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IDRC Directory.Pdf INTOXICATED DRIVER RESOURCE CENTERS PUBLIC REFERRAL CONTACT DIRECTORY Atlantic County /Southern-48 IDRC Cumberland/Salem County IDRC Jennifer Pielhau Joseph M. Williams Stillwater Building, Rm. 328 The Southwest Council 201 S. Shore Road 1405 North Delsea Drive Northfield, NJ 08225 Vineland, NJ 08360 609-645-5932 856-794-1011 FAX: 609-645-5864 FAX: 856-794-1239 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bergen County IDRC Keri Blanchfield Essex County IDRC 101 Hudson Street Curtis Cottle Hackensack, NJ 07601 465 Martin Luther King Blvd 201-336-3310 Room 111 FAX: 201-336-3309 Newark, NJ, 07102 [email protected] 973-395-8425 FAX: 973-424-0053 Burlington County IDRC [email protected] Jim Melvin Human Services Bldg. Gloucester County IDRC P.O. Box 6000 Brian Colangelo 795 Woodlane Road 121 Johnson Rd, Suite 4 Westampton, NJ 08060 Turnersville, NJ 08012 609-265-5855 856-232-4840 FAX: 609-702-7070 FAX: 856-227-7953 [email protected] [email protected] Camden County IDRC Hudson County IDRC Amber Monserrate Simone Patterson Camden County College 830 Bergen Ave., 5A PO Box 200 Jersey City, NJ 07306 Blackwood, NJ 08012 201-209-2810 856-374-5015 FAX 201-395-5660 FAX: 856-374-5019 [email protected] [email protected] Hunterdon County IDRC Cape May County IDRC Megan Johnson Viola Heggs Hunterdon Drug Awareness Program Acenda Health 8 Main Street, Suite 7 128 Crest Haven Rd., Bldg. D Flemington, NJ 08822 Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-3220 908-788-1900 609-465-9001 FAX: 908-788-3836 FAX: 609-463-8530 [email protected] [email protected] 1 Revised 7-29-2021 Mercer County IDRC Passaic County/Northern 48-Hour IDRC Christina Bell Vito Andrisani The College of NJ 182 First Street Forcina Hall 115 Passaic, NJ 07055 2000 Pennington Road 973-777-2048 PO BOX 7718 FAX: 973-815-0879 Ewing, NJ 08628 [email protected] 609-771-2410 FAX: 609-637-5235 Salem/Cumberland County IDRC [email protected] Joe Williams The Southwest Council Middlesex County IDRC 1405 North Delsea Drive Ariana Rodriguez Vineland, NJ 08360 P O Box 30 856-794-1011 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 FAX: 856-794-1239 732-745-4500 [email protected] 732-745-4464, Bi-lingual Spanish [email protected] FAX: 732-745-4591 [email protected] Somerset County IDRC Lisa Federico Monmouth County IDRC PO Box 3000 Mary Heath Somerville, NJ 08876 Human Services Bldg. 908-704-6304 3000 Kozloski Rd., Suite 243 FAX: 908-704-1629 Freehold, NJ 07728 [email protected] 732-308-3713 FAX: 732-625-3907 Sussex County IDRC [email protected] Cindy Armstrong Div. of Community & Youth Services Morris/Warren County IDRC 1 Spring St. Sylvia Lippe Newton, NJ 07860 Morris County Prevention is Key 973-940-5200 25 West Main St FAX: 973-940-5220 Rockaway, NJ 07866 [email protected] 973-957-0805 FAX: 973- 957-0804 Union County IDRC [email protected] Vivian Arroyo Department of Human Services Ocean County IDRC Division of Individual and Family Support Services Kim Reilly 10 Elizabethtown Plaza 4th Floor 175 Sunset Ave. Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207 PO Box 2191 888-845-3434 or 908-558-2288 Toms River, NJ 08754 Fax: 908-558-2562 732-341-9700 Ext. 7500 [email protected] FAX: 732-678-0034 [email protected] 2 Revised 7-29-2021 Warren/Morris County IDRC Sylvia Lippe Morris County Prevention is Key 25 West Main St Rockaway, NJ 07866 973-957-0805 FAX: 973- 957-0804 [email protected] 48 HOUR IDRC PROGRAMS SOUTHERN NORTHERN Atlantic Residents ONLY Designated by the following counties: Bergen, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Jennifer Pielhau Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, 201 S. Shore Road Union, Warren Northfield, NJ 08225 Vito Andrisani 609-645-5932 182 First Street FAX: 609-645-5890 Passaic, NJ 07055 [email protected] 973-777-2048 FAX: 973-815-0879 [email protected] CENTRAL Designated by the following counties: Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem Administrative Address: John Laggner New Hope c/o Mattie House P.O. Box 66 Marlboro, NJ 07746 Telephone: 732-817-0616 FAX: 732-817-0617 [email protected] 3 Revised 7-29-2021 .
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