Mental Health Care in Gloucester City, NJ: A Local Guide

Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger, including a possible overdose. For thoughts of suicide or a mental health crisis, call or text 988 at any hour. If someone may be a danger to themselves or others but is not in immediate danger, call Camden County's crisis screening line, run by Oaks Integrated Care: 856-428-4357 (856-428-HELP), 24 hours a day. Our crisis page has more numbers.

Start with the name. Gloucester City sits in Camden County, not Gloucester County. The city's own website says so, and notes that the city borders Gloucester County, which is where the confusion starts. Every county-run crisis, screening and senior service that covers you is Camden County's. A search for "Gloucester" help can hand you the other county's numbers, and those are not your lines.

This guide is also written for families dealing with mental health and drug or alcohol use at the same time, because the treatment program inside the city handles both. It ends with what to do if you are afraid of an overdose tonight.

Quick answer: Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger, including a possible overdose. For thoughts of suicide or a mental health crisis, call or text 988 at any hour. If someone may be a danger to themselves or others but is not in immediate danger, call Camden County's crisis screening line, run by Oaks Integrated Care, at 856-428-4357, 24 hours a day. For drug or alcohol use, with or without a mental health problem, My Father's House, 104 North King Street, 856-742-0900, runs outpatient programs for adults and teens and says it treats both. New Jersey's addiction line, ReachNJ, answers at 1-844-732-2465, any hour.

Camden County, not Gloucester County: which crisis line is yours?

The state's list of psychiatric emergency screening services, updated October 8, 2026, names Oaks Integrated Care, 856-428-4357, for Camden County. Oaks says it screens adults and youth, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Oaks runs that screening at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, 2201 Chapel Avenue, Cherry Hill, and asks you to call 856-428-HELP before you go.

The same state list gives Gloucester County a different agency, based in Sewell. If a website or a search result sends you to a Sewell address or to any agency other than Oaks for crisis screening, you have landed on Gloucester County's system. Call 856-428-4357 instead.

The same number is how a relative or friend asks for Oaks' Adult Mobile Outreach, which meets an adult who is getting worse and will not or cannot come in.

The rule holds for older adults too. The state's Division of Aging Services lists the office for Camden County as the Division of Senior & Disabled Services, 856-858-3220, at 512 Lakeland Avenue, 4th Floor, Blackwood. The state also lists a toll-free aging and disability line, 1-877-222-3737.

One more name to keep straight: Gloucester Township is also in Camden County, but it is a separate town. Our Gloucester Township guide covers it.

Where do you call when it is mental health and drugs at the same time?

If you are not sure what kind of help is needed, start with ReachNJ, 1-844-732-2465 (1-844-ReachNJ). The state lists it as a 24-hour line, answered by a trained addiction professional within the first 30 seconds, that connects callers to local treatment. It serves residents of all ages regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, and the state says friends and family can call too.

The program on North King Street

My Father's House Inc. is at 104 North King Street, Gloucester City, phone 856-742-0900. It is an outpatient substance use program for adults and adolescents. Its FAQ says it offers dual diagnosis treatment for people with both substance use and mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety or PTSD. It lists alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamine and prescription drugs. It offers outpatient (OP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) care, not inpatient care, and runs a separate track at both levels for youths under 18.

Groups meet every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, in the morning and the evening:

It also runs Spanish-language evening groups: outpatient on Monday and Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., and intensive outpatient on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

For opioid or alcohol use, it says it offers Vivitrol injections and Suboxone maintenance, after its medical team evaluates whether medication is a fit.

On insurance, its FAQ says it accepts "Aetna Better Health of NJ, Amerigroup NJ, Horizon NJ Health, United Healthcare Community Plan, WellCare Health Plans of NJ and Medicaid." Two names are out of date: NJ FamilyCare says Amerigroup became Wellpoint on January 1, 2024, and a plan notice on NJ FamilyCare's site says WellCare of New Jersey became Fidelis Care on August 1, 2023. If your card says Wellpoint or Fidelis Care, ask My Father's House whether it takes that plan. For people without insurance, the FAQ says it offers flexible payment plans and financial assistance options, and it gives cost estimates after the first assessment.

To start, call 856-742-0900 or use the pre-admission form on its website; it says a recovery specialist then reaches out to schedule you. It is not a crisis service. If anyone is in immediate danger, call 911.

What about Oaks' addiction services?

Oaks, the agency that runs the crisis line, also treats addiction. Its Camden County addiction location is 1409 North Kings Highway (first floor), Cherry Hill, 856-482-8747. It offers medication treatment in Camden County for opioid and alcohol use disorders, and a co-occurring program for adults diagnosed with both a mental illness and a substance use disorder. Oaks lists Medicaid, Medicare, some private insurance and a sliding scale fee. To start, call its Access Center, 1-800-963-3377, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. That line does not answer around the clock.

When it is mental health without drugs or alcohol

Oaks lists two Camden County outpatient offices in Cherry Hill: 19 East Ormond Avenue, 856-428-1300, and 1409 North Kings Highway, 856-482-8747. Its counseling serves children, adults and families; the Access Center books intakes. Our Cherry Hill guide has more.

Mental Health Urgent Care, 2051 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, 856-254-3800, is Oaks' option for an adult 18 or older who needs help today but does not need a hospital. It takes walk-ins Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; it lists no Sunday hours. When it is closed, call 911 in an emergency; otherwise Oaks says to call its crisis line, 856-428-HELP.

For help picking the right kind of counseling when no one is in danger, NJMentalHealthCares, 1-866-202-4357, offers free, confidential support and referrals from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, according to the state. It is not a crisis line.

If cost is the obstacle, our City of Camden guide lists the community health centers a short drive north, and our NJ FamilyCare guide explains coverage.

What do the schools and the city offer?

Gloucester City Public Schools is at 1300 Market Street, phone 856-456-7000. Its Guidance page lists a school counselor for each grade group: two at Cold Springs School, one each for grades 4 and 5, grade 6, and grades 7 and 8 at the middle school, and three at the high school, split by grade and last name. Call the main number and ask for your child's counselor by grade.

The Guidance page links to a Resources for Families board that points to PerformCare, the 2NDFLOOR youth helpline and Oaks' urgent care. One entry is out of date: the board places Oaks' urgent care at 19 East Ormond Avenue. Oaks' own pages list that address as an outpatient office and put Mental Health Urgent Care at 2051 Springdale Road. Go by Oaks' address, and remember that urgent care serves adults, not children.

When a child or teen needs help and no one is in immediate danger, the number is PerformCare, 1-877-652-7624, 24 hours a day. PerformCare says: "For a life-threatening emergency, always dial 911." It can send a mobile response team to your home within one hour of notification, and the state describes it as a single point of entry for eligible youth seeking behavioral health or substance use treatment. For a teen who would rather talk first, the state lists 2NDFLOOR, 1-888-222-2228, a 24-hour youth helpline; confidentiality is assured except in life-threatening situations. Signs that a teenager may be using, or struggling with more than a rough year, are in our parent's guide.

On the city side, the Gloucester City Police Department is at 313 Monmouth Street, 856-456-0900. Its page lists office hours of Monday to Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Friday, and links to information about an anonymous prescription drug collection box. Call that number to ask where the box is.

If you are worried about an overdose tonight

Call 911 first. The state's overdose fact sheet lists the signs: the person will not wake up or respond to your voice or touch, breathing is slow, irregular or has stopped, the skin is pale, the lips and fingernails are purple, or the pupils are very small.

Give naloxone if you have it. Naloxone, often sold as Narcan, reverses an opioid overdose. The state's fact sheet says that if the person does not respond, another dose may be given every 2 to 3 minutes, in the other nostril, until they respond or help arrives. If the person is not breathing, it says to start chest compressions, 30 hard and fast, then two breaths; if you cannot give breaths, do hands-only compressions. Naloxone works only on opioids. The CDC says it will not reverse xylazine, a sedative often found with fentanyl, but naloxone should still be given, and rescue breaths are especially helpful.

Do not leave them alone. The fact sheet says to stay with the person until they go to the hospital or help arrives, because someone given naloxone may be at risk for another overdose or can choke on vomit. If you must step away, even to get naloxone or call for help, roll them onto their left side with the right leg and right arm crossed over the body.

You can keep naloxone at home before tonight. Under the state's Naloxone365 program, anyone 14 or older can get naloxone anonymously and at no cost at participating pharmacies. The state says you will receive a two-dose nasal spray without needing identification or a purchase. The state's list of participating pharmacies, last updated in September 2025, includes two in neighboring Mount Ephraim: Walgreens at 20 W. Kings Highway and CVS at 24 South Black Horse Pike. Call the pharmacy first, because the list may have changed.

The law protects the caller. The Attorney General's office says New Jersey's Overdose Prevention Act makes people who, in good faith, seek medical help for an overdose victim immune from arrest and prosecution for use or simple possession of illegal drugs, and the person who overdosed is covered too. A 2013 Attorney General directive told police to extend that protection to others present who took part in the call. It does not cover making or selling drugs, a drug-induced death, or driving under the influence. The state's naloxone fact sheet adds that the law protects anyone who gives naloxone or calls 911 in good faith. This is the state's summary, not legal advice.

When the night is over, call ReachNJ at 1-844-732-2465, any hour, or My Father's House at 856-742-0900 the next day. Someone given naloxone may be at risk for another overdose, so do not wait for the next one.