Human Services Division of Children's Services
County of Middlesex
Office of Human Services
75 Bayard Street, 5th Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732/745-4186

WHO ARE WE?   
        

Wanda Dillon, Division Head Children's Services	732-246-5640
Evelyne Ngatchou, Differential Response Coordinator	732-246-5652
Mary Tarrant, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Coordinator	732-745-3655
Lakeasha Carter, Program Development Specialist/CIIAC Coordinator	732-745-3732
Shumaila Akhtar, Program Development Specialist	732-745-3290
Nekeba Washington, Program Development Specialist	732-745-3215

WHAT DO WE DO?

The Middlesex County Division of Children's Services

• Serves as the comprehensive children's services planning entity, recommending and monitoring allocation of Federal, State, and County funds for programs related to youth
• Staffs the Council for Children’s Services, a combined council of the Youth Services Commission (YSC) and the County Interagency Coordinating Council for Children (CIACC)
• Facilitates MDT services for juveniles linked with the Family Court
• Facilitates training workshops and conferences that provide professionals, consumers, and family members with information regarding mental health and related children's services
• FireWatch Hotline 732-745-4049

Click below for further details:

•  Office of Children's Services


LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES:
NEW JERSEY

• Collaborative Support Programs of NJ (CSP-NJ): www.cspnj.com/
• Family Support Center of New Jersey: http://www.familysupportnj.com/
• FireWatch New Jersey www.firewatchnj.com
• Mental Health Association in New Jersey http://www.mhanj.org/
• NAMI New Jersey: www.naminj.org
• New Jersey Associations of Mental Health Agencies Inc. (NJAMHA): www.njamha.org/
• New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health Care Services: www.njkidsoc.org
• New Jersey Division of Mental Health: www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmhs/
• New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc: http://www.njpanda.org/
• New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse: www.njgroups.org/
• The Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey: http://www.shanj.org/index.htm

NATIONAL

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: http://www.aacap.org
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: http://www.bazelon.org/
• Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health at Columbia University: http://www.kidsmentalhealth.org/
• Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS): www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/
• GAINS Center: www.gainsctr.com/
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: www.nami.org
• National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems: http://www.naphs.org/
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors: http://www.nasmhpd.org/
• National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: http://www.ncmhjj.com/
• National Empowerment Center: www.power2u.org/
• National Institutes of Health: www.nih.gov
• National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
• National Mental Health Association: www.nmha.org
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse: http://www.mhselfhelp.org/
• Parents Med Guide: http://parentsmedguide.org/
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): www.samhsa.gov