Resource Guide for New Jersey Military Veterans and Families

390 Pages·2012·6.58 MB·English

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEAR READER LETTER
GCADA MEMBERSHIP
MILITARY & VETERAN FAMILY COMMITTEE
SUPPORT ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY AND VETERAN FAMILIES
Programs Available to Military and Veteran Families 1
NJ National Guard Family Assistance Center 13
NJ Veterans Memorial Homes 13
US Department of Veteran Affairs Vet Center 14
NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Service Offices 15
County Veteran Service Offices 17
HOUSING INFORMATION
Home loans 22
New Jersey Property Tax Benefits 27
New Jersey Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 31
Homelessness Prevention Program 38
County Shelters and Emergency Housing 39
Housing Discrimination 69
LICENSING BENEFITS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS
Professional Licenses 71
Motor Vehicle Licenses and Registration 76
Fishing and Hunting Licenses 77
ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
Entertainment and Recreation 79
WOMEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Women’ Referral Central 80
Deployed Military Spouses’ Assistance Program 81
Displayed Homemaker Centers by County 82
New Jersey Domestic Violence Hotlines 89
Domestic Violence Programs by County 90
Child Care Resources and Referral Agenies 101
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Employment and Training 108
EDUCATION AND GRANTS
Education and Grants 115
HEALTH CARE INFORAMTION
VA Community Based Clinics 121
Health Care for Women 123
Stigma/PTSD 124
New Jersey Suicide & Crisis Hotlines 135
State Mental Health Providers 141
Country Alcohol and Drug Abuse Offices 200
NJ Substance AbuseTreatment Directory 203
County Office of the Disabled 335
QUICK REFERENCES
Finances 339
Legal Assistance 340
General Resources 342
Self Help Groups 344
Military/Veterans Resources 348
New Jersey War Era 369
To Our Military and Veterans Families:
The Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
(GCADA) is honored to dedicate this Resource Directory to all the
brave men and women of New Jersey who have served in the US Armed
Forces in defense of our freedom. The War on Terrorism, since its start
in 2001, has relied upon our citizen soldiers, National Guard and Re-
serve Units, in addition to active service personnel.
The continuing personal and family sacrifices in service to our
nation involve long periods of deployment to the war zone leaving many
military families feeling isolated and confused. All of these difficulties,
as well as the combat experience itself, can cause both visible and in-
visible wounds for veterans and their families.
In this current war, the impact we are seeing is different from past ex-
periences in that our citizen soldier families live in our neighborhoods
and their kids attend our schools. In the past several years the GCADA
saw one of its department designee to the Council, Sgt. Cynthia Car-
lucci, from the New Jersey National Guard, deployed to Afghanistan.
Currently, New Jersey Department of Military And Veterans’ Affairs
Designee to the Council Dorinda Sapp’s fiancée has recently returned
from a tour of Afghanistan. Several GCADA members and its staff are
also veterans and are keenly aware of the price paid by service person-
nel and their families.
In response to the needs of our military members, veterans and their
families the GCADA Veterans Committee explored ways the Council
and the Alliance Prevention Network might assist these families, our
neighbors. The idea of a resource directory to assist military and vet-
erans families was one the Committee felt the Council could play a very
helpful role.
As with the first resource guide, this second edition would not be pos-
sible without the commitment of the Council, and the determined work
of the committee members and GCADA staff. The Veteran’s Commit-
tee also acknowledges the genuine support given by Governor Chris
Christie to New Jersey’s active guard, reservist, military service per-
sonnel, veterans and their families.
I have served on the GCADA for nearly two decades and have always
been proud of the leadership it has given to its grassroots prevention
network, the Alliance Program, since 1990. However, as a combat
wounded veteran, and as New Jersey State Commander for the Military
Order of Purple Heart, my pride in the GCADA has grown to a new
level knowing that it cares enough to reach out and find a way to help
today’s heroes, our military service personnel and their families, who are
paying the price for our nation’s freedom, security and comfort.
Sincerely yours,
Neil Van Ess, GCADA Acting Chairman
Governor Chris Christie • Lt.Governor Kim Guadagno
Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Executive Director
John Hulick
Judge Glenn Grant Administrative Office of the Courts
Dr. Allison Blake Department of Children & Families
Acting Commissioner Richard E. Department of Community Affairs
Constable III, Esq.
Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan Department of Corrections
Acting Commissioner Christopher Cerf Department of Education
Commissioner Mary O’Dowd Department of Health & Senior
Services
Commissioner Jennifer Velez Department of Human Services
Commissioner Harold J. Wirths Department of Labor & Workforce
Development
Attorney General Jeffery S. Chiesa Department of Law & Public Safety
Acting Adjutant General Department of Military and
Brigadier General Michael L. Cunniff Veteran’s Affairs
Treasurer Andrew Eristoff Department of Treasury
Dr. Richard McCormick New Jersey College Presidents’
Council
Governor Chris Christie • Lt.Governor Kim Guadagno
Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Public Members
Neil Van Ess – Acting Chairman/First Vice Chairman
Eric Arauz - Second Vice Chairman
Barbara Adolphe
Gregg Benson
Betty Ann Cowling-Carson
Frank Greenangel
Regan McGrory
Kevin Meara
Erica Morgan
Paul Ressler
Barbara Sprechman
Robert Zlotnick
Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Military and Veteran Family Committee
Neil Van Ess, Chairman
Public Member, Acting Chair, Governor’s Council on Alcoholism
and Drug Abuse
Doug Breen
Middlesex County Veterans Service Officer
Angela Conover
Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey
Dennis E. Donovan
Division of Mental Health & Addiction Services
New Jersey Department of Human Services
Bruce Hummer
New Jersey Prevention Network
Paul Kozak
Vet Works
Diane Litterer
New Jersey Prevention Network
Harry Morey
US Navy Retired
Nick Petrozzino
Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Dorinda Sapp
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Military Family Member
Ray Zawacki
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
East Orange Campus VA Medical Center
FREE ALL
Offers Valet Parking to Patients, Visitors, and
Disabled Staff Members.
LOCATION
East Orange Campus VA Medical Center
In front of the main hospital building
(Building 1)
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-Friday
6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
(Except Federal Holidays)