Name: Stuff the Bus
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Location: Cares Pompton Lakes

The Passaic County CARES Office was created to provide individuals with access to peer support, information about substance use disorder (SUD), recovery support services, and information about other community resources in a supportive substance-free environment. The CPRC offers a warm and welcoming environment that is a safe and sober space. It allows individuals from all recovery backgrounds to come together to receive peer-to-peer support, as well as to be offered training and social, educational, and recreational opportunities.

This office provides a continuum of care, including an array of services that support individuals seeking or in recovery from substance use and misuse.

Services include (but are not limited to):

linkage between treatment agencies and the CPRC for sustained recovery to prevent recurrence of substance use
support of individuals in their recovery to provide them a sense of hope and navigation to treatment
referral to Naloxone trainings, access to Naloxone Rescue Kits, and information on how to access Naloxone through a pharmacy

Through our work at the Passaic County CARES Office, we continue to expand the recovery continuum through peer-to-peer recovery support services, so as to prevent the recurrence of substance use and promote sustained recovery. The office is volunteer driven, member-inspired and premised on peer support. Though program efforts at the office are overseen by Prevention is Key, they are largely influenced by the local recovery community.

Visit the Passaic County CARES Office

126 Wanaque Avenue
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442

Hours of Operation:

Monday: 9:00am- 4:30pm

Tuesday: 9:00am- 4:30pm

Wednesday: 9:00am- 4:30pm

Thursday: 9:00am- 4:30pm

Friday: 9:00am- 4:30pm

Saturday: CLOSED

Sunday: CLOSED

For more information, contact passaiccprc@mcpik.org or (973) 625-1998 x150

*Services are by appointment only

Passaic County Hope One

Passaic County Hope One meets people where they are. We go into the community armed with compassion and kindness to assist people in need. We offer a safe space for those who are using substances to find recovery through treatment, peer support and harm reduction services. We offer dignity kits for our community members who do not have housing, which include basic clothing and toiletries. We provide support to family members and loved ones of those actively using and seeking recovery, through family peers and C.R.A.F.T. (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) meetings and individual sessions. We offer youth mentorship for youth impacted by substance use. We connect people to mental health services and support. We offer Narcan Rescue Training, including a Narcan Rescue Kit, to teach individuals how to recognize and properly respond to an opioid overdose including how to properly administer Narcan to reverse the overdose. We offer in person and online recovery support services for individuals and their loved ones.

CARES has a 24/7 peer support line, staffed by a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist. Call 973-625-1143.

This program is made possible by the partnership with Passaic County Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Prevention is Key’s special project CARES (Center for Addiction, Recovery, Education, and Success).