Community Resources

Parent & Caregiver Support

Find the Help You Need

Education, health, mental health, family support, parenting, child care, and other services that can help children and families.

Health & Wellness

  • Family Helpline: 1-800-843-5437
  • Crisis Text Line: Text NJ to 741741
  • Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-572-7233
  • Mom 2 Mom Peer Support Helping Program
  • Mental Health Support

 

Transition

  • A360 Transition Planning Website
  • Support Coordinator FAQ
  • Quick Guide to Transition
  • Turning 18
  • Turning 20-21
  • NJCAT

 

Financial & Legal

  • Medicaid
  • DDD
  • DVRS Legal Support
  • Guardianship/Power of Attorney
  • Hinkle Prior & Fischer

 

Socialization Resources

Engaging with the Community

Socialization is crucial for individuals with autism as it helps them develop essential communication and social skills, build relationships, and increase independence, ultimately leading to a better quality of life.

Summer Camps

  • Camp Ramapo
  • Camp Fatima of New Jersey
  • Camp Discovery (Cherry Hill)
  • Camp Sun-Fun (Gloucester County)
  • Camp NOVA (Sussex County)

 

Year-long Camps

  • Camp Quality
  • Rising Treetops at Oakhurst
  • Therapeutic Recreation (Monmouth County)
  • Camp Acorn

 

After-School Programs

  • Shining Stars
  • Pillar Care Continuum

 

Advocacy Resources

Empowering Yourself

Find resources to help you advocate for your needs in relation to discrimination and accommodations for people with autism and related disabilities.

Government Agencies

  • Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
  • Division of Developmental Disabilities – Department of Human Services
  • Services and Supports – Division of Developmental Disabilities
  • Division of Developmental Disabilities’ Office on Autism (OOA)
  • Community Care Wavier (CCW)

 

Non-Profit Agencies

  • Span (Parent advocacy network)
  • New Jersey Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Network
  • The Arc of New Jersey
  • New Jersey MENTOR
  • New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD)
    Developmental Disabilities
  • Association of New Jersey (DDANJ)