Mental Health Resources
Please CALL or TEXT 9-8-8 or visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline chat to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
En Espanol: La línea 988 está disponible 24/7/365. Sus conversaciones son gratuitas y confidenciales.
Mental Health Resources For Schools, Educators, Students, and Parents
Food Security Resources
Shelter
Bergen County Division of Child Care Resources
Our mission is to empower Bergen County families by enabling them to provide their children with high-quality child care that fosters healthy childhood development. Additionally, we are committed to supporting the child care community through comprehensive education and training programs.
Center for Hope and Safety
If you live in Bergen County, NJ and feel unsafe in your home, call the hotline 24/7. If you are unable to speak safely on the phone, the National Domestic Violence Hotline will connect you to the Center for Hope and Safety. Text “LOVEIS” to 22522.
Alternatives to Domestic Violence
At Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV), we envision a Bergen County where all persons, families, and communities are able to access and thrive in safe, equitable, and autonomous relationships.
Bergen Resource Net
Your source of information about support, resources, and services for families in Bergen County.
Project Medicine Drop
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has developed Project Medicine Drop as an important component of its effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. It allows consumers to dispose of unused and expired medications anonymously, seven days a week, 365 days a year, at “prescription drug drop boxes” located within the headquarters of participating police departments.
Each Project Medicine Drop box is installed indoors, affixed to the floor or wall in a secure area within police department headquarters, within view of law enforcement officers, in an area to which members of the public may be admitted to dispose of their unused medications. Their prominent “Project Medicine Drop” logos make the boxes highly visible and recognizable.
This initiative builds on the success of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take Back Initiative, and the American Medicine Chest Challenge, which is sponsored in New Jersey by the DEA, Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey, and Sheriffs’ Association of New Jersey. Both programs provide single-day opportunities to drop off unused medications at pre-identified, secure locations.
Project Medicine Drop provides the opportunity to discard unused prescription medications every day throughout the year. The participating police agencies maintain custody of the deposited drugs, and dispose of them according to their normal procedures for the custody and destruction of controlled dangerous substances. They report the quantity of discarded drugs to the Division of Consumer Affairs on a quarterly basis.
Medical Waste + Safe Syringe Disposal
NJDEP Safe Syringe Disposal Guide for Home Generated Medical Waste
Where and How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission is unable to take medical waste of any kind.
Used needles and other sharps should never be thrown loosely into the trash or recycling. Throwing sharps away the wrong way can seriously injure sanitation workers, recycling staff, children, pets, and others in the community. Sharps can also spread disease.
Sharps include:
• Syringes
• Needles
• Lancets
• Auto-injectors
• Infusion sets
To safely dispose of sharps:
• Always place sharps in a proper sharps container immediately after use
• Never recap, bend, or break needles
• Do not flush sharps down the toilet
• Do not place sharps in recycling bins
• Keep sharps containers out of reach of children
If you do not have a sharps container, use a heavy-duty plastic household container with a tight-fitting lid that will not leak or puncture easily.
Do NOT use:
• Glass containers
• Soda cans
• Water bottles
• Milk cartons
When the container is about 2/3 full:
• Seal the lid tightly with tape
• Label the container “Sharps” or “Biohazard”
• Bring it to an approved sharps disposal location
Sharps disposal locations in Bergen County include:
• Englewood Hospital
• Holy Name Hospital
Please remember: throwing loose sharps or sharps containers into the regular trash is prohibited in some municipalities. Please check your local ordinances for disposal requirements.
Consumer Product Safety
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention & Control
Protecting children from exposure to lead is important to lifelong good health. No safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect learning, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement.
Helpful Resources for Preventing Lead Poisoning
NJ Department of Health
A brief overview of where lead is found and how to prevent lead poisoning.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Everything you need to know about Lead Poisoning from prevention, programs, statistics and latest news and regulations.
