NJ Human Services Launches COVID Crisis Counseling Helplines for Health Care Workers, Emergency Responders December 21, 2020, 3:02 pm | in
NJ Human Services Launches COVID Crisis Counseling Helplines for Health Care Workers, Emergency Responders
New Helplines Bolster Response to COVID-19 Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Concerns
Dec. 21, 2020
(TRENTON) – Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson today announced the Department has launched two new helplines in partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to provide emotional support and crisis counseling to health care workers and first responders impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our doctors, nurses, frontline hospital staff, first responders, and nursing home workers are risking their lives every day in this battle against COVID. Each day while caring for our families, they worry about the health and well-being of their own families. They have seen far too much heart