Addiction and mental health care in New Jersey

Waypoint lists 711 behavioral health providers in New Jersey, in 246 cities: 328 offer substance use treatment, 384 offer mental health care, 256 are recovery residences or sober homes, and 54 provide crisis services. 390 offer telehealth.

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Types of care in New Jersey

Substance Use Treatment (328)

  • Outpatient SUD treatment: 279
  • Medication-assisted treatment (MAT / MOUD): 260
  • Intensive outpatient (IOP): 239
  • DWI & court-ordered programs: 170
  • Adolescent SUD treatment: 97
  • Residential SUD treatment: 55
  • Opioid treatment program (methadone): 49
  • Withdrawal management (detox): 48

Mental Health Care (384)

  • Co-occurring disorders (MH + SUD): 347
  • Outpatient therapy / counseling: 298
  • Couples & family therapy: 249
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): 238
  • Trauma & PTSD treatment: 220
  • Psychiatry & medication management: 203
  • Partial hospitalization (PHP): 101
  • Eating disorder treatment: 62
  • Assertive community treatment (ACT): 38
  • Residential mental health treatment: 20
  • Inpatient psychiatric care: 18

Crisis Services (54)

  • Walk-in / urgent behavioral health care: 41
  • Mobile crisis response: 28

Housing & Sober Living (256)

  • Sober living / recovery residence: 256

Children, Youth & Family (166)

  • Children's community mental health services: 164
  • Psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF): 2

Medicaid work requirements in New Jersey

Adults covered by Medicaid expansion in New Jersey must meet new work requirements starting January 1, 2027, unless they qualify for an exemption. People in addiction treatment and people with a substance use disorder or disabling mental health condition may be exempt. See who is exempt and what to do.

Cities with the most providers

  • Cherry Hill: 22
  • Newark: 18
  • Toms River: 17
  • Trenton: 17
  • Paterson: 14
  • East Orange: 11
  • Eatontown: 10
  • Absecon: 9
  • Mount Holly: 9
  • Princeton: 9
  • New Brunswick: 8
  • Northfield: 8
  • Brick: 7
  • Flemington: 7
  • Freehold: 7
  • Glassboro: 7
  • Jersey City: 7
  • Lindenwold: 7
  • Morristown: 7
  • Woodbury: 7
  • Asbury Park: 6
  • Egg Harbor Township: 6
  • Elizabeth: 6
  • Hackensack: 6
  • Long Branch: 6

All providers in New Jersey

Absecon

Alloway

Asbury Park

Atco

Atlantic City

Atlantic Highlands

Avenel

Barnegat

Barrington

Bayonne

Bayville

Belle Mead

Belleville

Bellmawr

Berlin

Blackwood

Blairstown

Bloomfield

Boonton

Boonton Township

Bound Brook

Brick

Bridgeton

Bridgewater

Burlington

Caldwell

Califon

Camden

Cape May Court House

Cherry Hill

Chester

Chester Township

Clark

Clayton

Clementon

Cliffside Park

Cliffwood

Clifton

Clinton

Closter

Collingswood

Cranford

Denville

Deptford

Dover

Dumont

East Brunswick

East Orange

East Rutherford

Eatontown

Edison

Egg Harbor City

Egg Harbor Township

Elizabeth

Elizabethport

Elmer

Elmwood Park

Englewood

Englishtown

Fair Lawn

Fairfield

Flanders

Flemington

Florham Park

Forked River

Fort Dix

Freehold

Galloway

Gibbsboro

Glassboro

Gloucester City

Great Meadows

Hackensack

Hackettstown

Haddon Heights

Hamilton

Hammonton

Haskell

Hazlet

Hi-Nella

Hightstown

Hillsborough

Hoboken

Holmdel

Hopelawn

Howell

Irvington

Jackson

Jefferson Township

Jersey City

Keansburg

Kearny

Keyport

Kinnelon

Lake Hopatcong

Lakewood

Lanoka Harbor

Laurel Springs

Lawrence Township

Lawrenceville

Lebanon Township

Lindenwold

Linwood

Little Falls

Livingston

Long Branch

Lopatcong

Lumberton

Magnolia

Mahwah

Manchester

Margate City

Marlboro

Marlton

Matawan

Mays Landing

Medford

Merchantville

Middlesex

Middletown

Millville

Monmouth Junction

Monroe Township

Montclair

Montgomery Township

Montville

Moorestown

Morris Plains

Morristown

Mount Holly

Mount Laurel

Mountainside

Mullica Hill

National Park

Neptune

New Brunswick

New Providence

Newark

Newfield

Newton

North Brunswick

North Haledon

North Plainfield

Northfield

Oakland

Ocean Township

Oceanport

Old Bridge

Oradell

Orange

Palmyra

Paramus

Parsippany

Passaic

Paterson

Paulsboro

Pemberton

Pennington

Penns Grove

Pennsauken

Pennsville

Perth Amboy

Phillipsburg

Pine Brook

Pine Hill

Piscataway

Pitman

Plainfield

Pleasantville

Pompton Plains

Princeton

Princeton Junction

Rahway

Ramsey

Randolph

Red Bank

Ridgefield

Ridgewood

Ringwood

Rio Grande

Riverside

Riverton

Rochelle Park

Rockaway

Rockaway Township

Runnemede

Rutherford

Saddle Brook

Salem

Sayreville

Scotch Plains

Secaucus

Sewell

Short Hills

Shrewsbury

Sicklerville

Somerdale

Somers Point

Somerset

Somerville

South Amboy

South Plainfield

Southampton

Sparta

Springfield

Stanhope

Stirling

Stratford

Succasunna

Summit

Teaneck

Thorofare

Toms River

Towaco

Trenton

Tuckerton

Turnersville

Union

Union City

Vauxhall

Ventnor

Verona

Villas

Vineland

Voorhees

Waldwick

Wall Township

Wallington

Washington

Watchung

Wayne

West Caldwell

West Milford

West Orange

West Windsor

Westampton

Westville

Westwood

Whippany

Wildwood

Williamstown

Willingboro

Woodbridge

Woodbury

Woodbury Heights

Woodcliff Lake

Free help any time

  • Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
  • Call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for treatment referrals.
  • Call 211 for local services.

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In crisis? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In an emergency, call 911.