Helpful Links and Agencies

Community Connections

Do you need help and don’t know where to start? Community Connections can help you navigate the human services system, better understand what resources and services are available to you, and make referrals to organizations and programs that best address your needs. We can help link you to resources focused on services for seniors, mental health, drug and alcohol, employment, childcare, housing, food, and so much more. To speak to a Navicate, call 610-278-3522 Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm or visit www.montcopa.org/CommunityConnections for more information.

PA Get Help Now

Find Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services: 1-800-662-4357

CHELTENHAM COMMUNITIES THAT CARE (CTC)

Cheltenham CTC is a risk-focused approach to reducing adolescent drug use and violence through community mobilization and planning. They include a community resources tab on their website here.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL RESOURCES

Montgomery County Recovery Center: Center of Excellence

Developed in response to the growing opiate abuse epidemic.

When a person with an opiate use disorder presents with a need for treatment, contact us. While we do not provide treatment, we do provide a warm handoff to the appropriate provider after meeting with the individuals we support. We are a mobile unit that will deliver services where the client presents — from a local shelter to an outpatient or inpatient program.
Contact Information
25 E. Marshall St.
Norristown, PA 1940phone 484-681-5278
fax 484-684-7581
email [email protected]
Drug & Alcohol Program Recovery Support Services

Montgomery County Drug and Alcohol

610-278-3642

Fax: 610-278-3683

1430 DeKalb Street
Norristown, PA 19401

The program provides a wide range of drug and alcohol services to county residents. These services fit into three main categories: Prevention, intervention, and treatment. Prevention and intervention services are provided to the community at large regardless of personal income.

2017 Drug & Alcohol Program Brochure

2017 Recovery Support Services Brochure

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SAMHSA was established in 1992 and directed by Congress to effectively target substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more effectively and more rapidly into the general health care system.

[email protected]
Phone: 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727)
TTY: 1-800-487-4889
Fax: 240-221-4292
Rockville, MD 20847-2345

Parents. The Anti-Drug

TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other. The site provides parents and other adults caregivers access to:

Helpful articles and advice from experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention
Science-based drug prevention information, news and studies
Support from other parents striving to keep their children drug-free
Perspectives of teens themselves.

Call 1-800-662-HELP to find help locally.

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

E-mail [email protected] or call 301-443-1124 (240-221-4007 en español).

Alcohol, Drug Abuse Helpline/Referrals (HOTLINE) 800-234-0420

Be Part of the Conversation -- Support and resources for families struggling with addiction

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) provides essential information about the harmful effects of illicit drug use through the following websites for parents, educators, and caregivers.

www.JustThinkTwice.com

DEA’s website for teens, www.justthinktwice.com, provides credible information about the harmful effects of drug use. The site includes information about various drugs, including facts and fiction about drugs, the consequences of drug use, as well as topics about addiction, impaired driving, and true stories about teens that have had drug problems.

The site provides descriptions of specific drugs, such as marijuana, Spice/K2, bath salts, and heroin, as well as the drugs’ street names, effect on the mind and body, overdose effects, legal status, and origin.

www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com

DEA’s website for parents, www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com, provides valuable drug education information for parents, educators, and caregivers to further help identify drug use, drug paraphernalia, warning signs of drug use, and the harmful side effects of the most commonly abused drugs.
The site features several downloadable publications including “Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention,” “Prescription for Disaster: How Teens Abuse Medicine,” and “The Dangers and Consequences of Marijuana Abuse.”

Campus Drug Prevention

www.campusdrugprevention.gov is DEA’s latest effort to support drug abuse prevention programs on college campuses and in surrounding communities. The website was created for professionals working to prevent drug abuse among college students, including educators, student health centers, and student affairs personnel. In addition, it serves as a useful tool for college students, parents, and others involved in campus communities.

The website offers valuable information, including data, news updates, drug scheduling and penalties, publications, research, national and statewide conferences and events, state and local prevention contacts, and resources available from DEA’s federal partners. The website also includes a “Help a Friend” resource to educate and prepare those who plan to talk to their friends or loved ones about drug use concerns.

MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE

Montgomery County Behavioral Health/Developmental Disabilities: 610-278-3642

This organization strives to enrich the lives of people in a positive way, through a unique partnership with the community that ensures quality services.

Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP): 215-751-1800

Provides support to consumers living in the community (e.g. housing, case management) and family education through their Training and Education Center (x232) which offers a very helpful information packet and workshops about specific mental illnesses and problem-solving strategies.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Montgomery County

NAMI helps individuals with mental illness and their families in Montgomery County, PA

Coping with the Holidays

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national, federally funded network of local crisis centers providing suicide prevention and intervention services through a toll-free telephone number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

Montgomery County Adult Mobile CRISIS HOTLINE

If you are a Montgomery County, PA resident and you or a family member or friend are experiencing a crisis situation, or both, call 1-855-634-4673, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

PLAN of PA (Planned Lifetime Assistance Network): 610-687-4036. Provides fee-for-service case management, representative payee service, personal care planning for the future, special needs trust services.