A Recovery Resource Guide for Cherry Hill and South Jersey

Camden County’s addiction and mental health resources are sorted below by problem: which number to call, and what happens when you do.

Help in South Jersey is spread across a crisis line run out of a hospital on Chapel Avenue, a county office in Camden, a recovery center on Somerdale Road in Voorhees, state helplines, church-basement meetings along Route 70, and a handful of treatment programs. Each one does something different. Calling the wrong one first is not a disaster, but it can cost a day, and when someone in the family is drinking around the clock or talking about not wanting to be here, a day matters.

This list sorts the main local and state-wide resources by the problem they solve. Every number and address was checked against the organization’s own website in October 2026. It is written for people sorting this out for themselves and for the parents, partners, and grown children who usually end up making the calls. The Garden, an outpatient addiction and mental health center in Cherry Hill, appears near the end, where treatment itself comes in.

If Someone Is in Danger Right Now

Start here when there is any question of physical safety.

• 911: For an overdose, a seizure, someone who cannot be woken, chest pain, or an immediate threat of violence or self-harm.
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988, or chat online. A trained counselor answers, asks about safety, listens, and shares resources that may help, and Spanish-language and Veterans options are offered at the start of the call.[1]
• Camden County crisis screening, 856-428-HELP (4357): Camden County’s psychiatric crisis screening center is run by Oaks Integrated Care at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Chapel Avenue and Cooper Landing Road. The center asks people to call the line before coming in. A specialist on the phone may schedule an evaluation, refer elsewhere, send a crisis team member, or direct the person to the screening center.

For a family member, the practical difference is this: 988 is for talking someone through a crisis or getting guidance, and 856-428-HELP is the route into an in-person psychiatric evaluation in Camden County. If someone may be overdosing, call 911 first and use naloxone if you have it.

Statewide Lines That Help You Find Treatment

When the immediate danger has passed and the question becomes “where does this person go,” these lines do the searching.

• ReachNJ, 1-844-732-2465 (1-844-ReachNJ): New Jersey’s addiction hotline, where people with a substance use disorder, and their friends and family, can get assistance and information about treatment and recovery.[2]
• NJ MentalHealthCares, 866-202-HELP (4357): The state’s behavioral health information and referral service, run by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey. Specialists help callers find mental health services and can transfer them directly to a program.
• FindTreatment.gov: The federal locator for licensed treatment programs, searchable by ZIP code, level of care, and payment type.[3]
• SAMHSA National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357): A free, confidential federal referral and information service, in English and Spanish, that points callers to local treatment, support groups, and community organizations.[4]

County Offices and Free Recovery Support Near Cherry Hill

The Camden County Office of Mental Health and Substance Use, reachable at 856-374-6361, coordinates the county’s prevention, treatment, and recovery services. It does not provide treatment itself. Its staff help residents identify available services and make referrals, which is useful for anyone uninsured or unsure where to start.

The Living Proof Recovery Center in Voorhees, run by Center for Family Services at 108 Somerdale Road (856-216-7134), is a recovery community center: a place for peer support, meetings, and activities run by people who understand recovery first-hand. It is funded by the state Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Camden County. A second Living Proof center operates on Benson Street in Camden City. For someone a few weeks out of detox with an empty evening ahead, a center like this fills the gap between appointments.

Meetings in and Around Cherry Hill

Mutual-support groups are free, run by their members, and available most days of the week. Combined with professional treatment, they add a flexible layer of support that research links to lasting change.[5]

• Alcoholics Anonymous: South Jersey Intergroup, based in Voorhees, keeps the regional meeting list and answers its hotline at 856-486-4444. Meetings run in person across Cherry Hill and the surrounding towns, and online.
• Narcotics Anonymous: NA follows the same twelve-step model for people recovering from drug use, with meetings across South Jersey.
• SMART Recovery: A secular option built on cognitive behavioral tools, meeting in person and online, for people who would rather not use the twelve-step framework.

Not every group fits every person. Trying three or four different meetings before deciding is normal, and the first one is almost always the hardest to walk into.

Support for Parents, Partners, and Families

These resources are for the parents, partners, and siblings doing the worrying, and none require the person using substances to agree to anything.

• NJ Connect for Recovery, 855-652-3737: A free, confidential call line staffed by family peer specialists who have dealt with a loved one’s substance use themselves. They offer support, education, and help finding treatment, and they follow up.
• Southern Region Family Support Center, 877-922-2377: Run by Center for Family Services in Camden, this state-supported program offers free individual and group peer support for families in South Jersey whose loved ones have a substance use disorder.
• Al-Anon: Meetings for relatives and friends of people who drink. New Jersey Al-Anon Family Groups can be reached at 888-944-5678.
• SMART Recovery Family & Friends: Meetings for people with a loved one who is struggling with addiction, using practical, science-based tools.
• NAMI New Jersey: Family programs and support groups when a mental health condition is part of the picture, including its Family-to-Family course and a helpline.

When a person does start treatment, family is not left outside. At The Garden, family systems therapy brings key family members into sessions, and family therapy gives the household its own place to work.

Naloxone and Overdose Prevention

Any household where opioids are present, prescribed or not, should keep naloxone, the medication that reverses an opioid overdose. Since January 2023, New Jersey has made naloxone available free and anonymously to anyone 14 or older at participating pharmacies, with free training across the state’s three regions.[2] Fentanyl now shows up in pills and powders sold as something else, which means people who do not think they use opioids can still be at risk. A single counterfeit pill containing fentanyl can be fatal.

Sober Living in New Jersey

For someone leaving detox or inpatient care to a home that is not safe for early recovery, a sober living residence offers a drug- and alcohol-free place to live with structure and peers. New Jersey licenses these homes as Class F Cooperative Sober Living Residences through the Department of Community Affairs, and the rules keep clinical treatment out of the house itself while allowing recovery support.[6] Ask any residence to show its license. The Garden arranges sober living placement as part of treatment planning when it fits.

When It Is Time for Treatment

Hotlines and meetings help people get through a week. When drinking, drug use, anxiety, or depression has taken over, treatment is the next step. The Garden is an outpatient center at 523 Hollywood Avenue in Cherry Hill, a few minutes from the Cherry Hill Mall on Route 38, with a substance use track and a separate mental health track.

• Levels of care: Partial care (New Jersey’s term for partial hospitalization), intensive outpatient, and outpatient, chosen at the assessment.
• Detox and inpatient: Arranged with accredited partner providers, including transportation to and from, before outpatient care begins.
• Medication: Medication-assisted treatment with Vivitrol, Sublocade, or Suboxone where clinically indicated.
• What it treats: Alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, and other substances, plus anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and gambling and other behavioral addictions.

Treatment guides for nearby towns, including Haddonfield, Voorhees, and Marlton, cover drive times and local details.

Talk With The Garden About Next Steps

A call to admissions can happen alongside anything on this list, for yourself or for someone you love. It covers what has been happening, whether detox needs to come first, which level of care fits, and how coverage works. It commits nobody to anything. Reach The Garden through admissions or the contact page. If anyone is in danger tonight, call 911, or call or text 988.