State of New Jersey
Department of Health
Governor Phil Murphy · Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver
Improving Health Through Leadership and Innovation
1-855-654-6735
If your life is in danger, call 911 now.
If you need to talk to someone now, please call the New Jersey Hopeline at 1-855-654-6735. New Jersey Hopeline operates 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
If someone's life is in danger, call 911 now.
The Department of Health and other state agencies have a wide array of resources to help children, teens, young adults and their families deal suicidal crisis situations.
Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.
Commissioner
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625
New Jersey is home to over 2,000 licensed hospitals, nursing homes, and medical care facilities. The New Jersey Department of Health works to ensure that citizens receive appropriate levels of care in every regulated facility.
New Jersey's local and county health departments are community-based public health service and a first point of contact for questions about public health services or health conditions.
