Tag: Operation Helping Hand
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Burlington County Recovery Center aids residents struggling with addiction
Burlington County is expanding its addiction services with the launch of a Recovery Center to better help residents obtain treatment and other critical mental health and community support to assist them through recovery. Located at the Burlington County Human Services Building in Westampton, the Recovery Center will serve as a so-called “one-stop” location where…
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Battling the opioid crisis in Middlesex County
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is currently combating the opioid crisis by incorporating a 24-hour hotline (732-596-4199) and simultaneously administering two ongoing state funded Operation Helping Hand (OHH) grants. Middlesex County’s version of OHH, called Blue Cares, offers a 24-hour, 7 days a week Blue Cares hotline, staffed by approximately 30 trained peer recovery coaches,…
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Burlington County drug assistance program expands into court system
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on Feb. 12 that the county-sponsored “Operation Helping Hand” program expanded its services into two municipal court systems with potential to reach into other townships. Coffina said that the municipal court that serves Burlington City and Burlington Township now offers outreach and treatment options being offered to defendants charged…
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Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office initiates program to address drug abuse
Somerset County officials are taking steps planned to stymie drug abuse in communities. Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, and the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (NJ CARES) Director Sharon…