The Center for Prevention & Counseling

09/04/2025

🌟 NOW HIRING: Recovery Specialist 🌟

Turn your recovery journey into a powerful force for helping others.
Be the person you needed when you were struggling.

As a Recovery Specialist, you'll meet people at their most vulnerable moments - in hospitals, through police calls, and during their first steps toward recovery. Your experience becomes their hope.

This isn't just a job. It's your chance to be part of someone's turning point.

Ready to make an impact?

Visit our website to learn more about the position and what we offer.

09/04/2025

🎒✨ It's a New School Year! ✨📚

The Center for Prevention & Counseling is wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and happy school year! As we kick off another exciting year of learning, development, relationship building, and fun, we're here to support our entire community.

Our Sussex County Coalition for Healthy & Safe Communities just dropped its brand-new digital 2025 Back-to-School Toolkit and is packed with valuable resources for parents, teachers, coaches, and anyone who plays an important role in a young person's life!

Inside you'll find:

📖 Tips for talking to teens about tough topics (without the eye rolls!)
🏆 52 creative family bonding activities
🎯 Self-confidence building exercises for students
📱 Guidance on social media and youth mental health
⚽ Resources for coaches and youth sports leaders
🌟 Tools for creating safe, supportive classroom environments

👇🏼Link to access the newsletter and Back-to-School Toolkit is available in the comments below.

Your voice matters most in shaping healthy choices. Please share to help us spread the awesome resources throughout our community.

09/03/2025

September is Su***de Prevention Month.

Prevention begins with awareness. Knowing the warning signs of ***de could save a life.🛟

***dePreventionMonth

09/02/2025

🎉 September is National Recovery Month! 🎉

This year's theme: Recovery is REAL - Restoring Every Aspect of Life 💫

Week 1: Recovery Starts with Caring for Your WHOLE Self 🌟

Recovery isn't just about overcoming addiction—it's about rebuilding and nurturing every dimension of your life: your health, your home, your community, and your purpose. When you believe in your ability to recover!

Recovery includes whole health and touches every aspect of life. That's why we offer comprehensive recovery support services including:

💜 Support group meetings
💜 Peer-to-peer coaching
💜 Case management services
💜 Community connections that make recovery possible

This week we're featuring our STAR Program - NOW ENROLLING! 💫🌟⭐

Our Support Team for Addiction Recovery (STAR) Program provides 1 year of dedicated recovery support for adults with a history of Opioid or Stimulant Use Disorder in Sussex County.

What STAR offers:
- Weekly face-to-face meetings with Recovery Coaches & Case Managers
- Ongoing telephone support
- Skill development to maintain long-term recovery
- Connection and referrals to: SNAP benefits, healthcare coverage, treatment, counseling, obtaining/reinstating driver's license, start or complete education, new employment/workforce development, transportation, stabilized housing and community resources

Remember: Treatment + recovery support services + community connections = RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE 🌈

Ready to restore every aspect of your life? Contact us to learn more about STAR and our other recovery support services. 973-383-2497

09/02/2025

Tuesday reminder for our Sussex County community 💙

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." - Maya Angelou

💙 Your struggles aren't flaws in your story. They're the transformation.
💜 Healing isn't pretty. Change doesn't happen in a straight line.
💙 Growth requires breaking down before building up.

Whether you're working through loss, trauma, burnout, life transitions, substance use or any challenge that's reshaped you - every difficult moment isn't separate from your strength. That IS your strength.

Try to see the whole story - not just the end result, but the courage it takes to rebuild. The sleepless nights, the hard conversations, the days when progress feels impossible.

What transformation can you honor in yourself today?

💙 Maybe it's learning to trust again after betrayal.
💜 Maybe it's setting boundaries after years of burnout.
💙 Maybe it's having one difficult but necessary conversation.
💜 Maybe it's just getting through yesterday.

**All of it matters. All of it counts.**

At CFPC. we've had 50 years of witnessing beautiful transformations in Sussex County and we're here to help. If you or someone you know needs support navigating substance use or addiction, please call/text 844-722-5327.

09/01/2025

💜🏃‍♂️💚💛🏃💙🩷🩵🧡 Check out this fun community event!

🎉The NJ4S Morris-Sussex Color Blast Fun Run/Walk is ONE MONTH AWAY on 9/27/25!
✨ Get ready for fall fun!!! We'll join with students, schools, families, and communities, in partnership with Vernon Township High School’s Psi Alpha International Honor Society for High School Psychology.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
🕘 Registration: 9:00 AM | Run/Walk: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 Location: Vernon Township High School – 1832 County Road 565, Glenwood, NJ
👟Course: .75 mile loop around school athletic fields. Do as many loops as you’d like—each lap means more color!

This 🆓FREE community event will be filled with:
🎶 Music | 🎲 Games | 🎨 Crafts | 👕 T-Shirt Decorating | 💙 Wellness Fair

💡 Special Giveback: NJ4S Morris-Sussex is providing a FREE t-shirt to decorate to those who bring a non-perishable food item or shampoo, conditioner, or deodorant to support The Weekend Bag Program. Learn more: weekendbagprogram.org

👉 Find out more and REGISTER here: runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Glenwood/NJSColorBlastFunRunWalk

💙 Agencies & Community Partners
If you work for an agency that provides services in Sussex County and would like to participate in the Wellness Fair portion of the event, reach out to NJ4S@mhainspire.org. We’d love to have you join us!

We can’t wait to see you there—let’s make this a day full of color, community, and fun! 🌈

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!

Today we honor the dedication, hard work, and contributions of workers everywhere. Thank you to all who build, serve, create, and care for our communities each and every day.

Our agency offices will be closed today in observance of Labor Day, but we're here when you need us. Our helpline remains open 24/7 — call or text 844-722-5327 for support anytime.

Wishing everyone a safe and restful Labor Day!

09/01/2025

Today on International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember those we've lost and recommit to being one big family united in hope and action.

The overdose crisis and addiction touch every corner of our community - our schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. But it also reminds us that our lives are deeply connected, and we have the power to change what comes next.

At the Center for Prevention and Counseling, we believe in second, third, and fourth chances, in compassion that extends beyond our own families, and in meeting people exactly where they are without judgment.

We move beyond awareness to action. Here's how we're here to help our community family:

🔹 FREE Opioid Overdose Prevention Training - First Friday of every month

🔹 FREE Narcan/Naloxone kits - Call or text our 24/7 helpline: 844-722-5327

🔹 Harm Reduction Center at 61 Spring St, Newton - Offering syringe access & disposal, Narcan/naloxone, drug test strips, peer support, and healthcare referrals
(Mon-Fri 9-4, call 844-722-5327 option 3)

🔹Sussex County Recovery Community Center offers sober events, activities, meetings and social events

🔹Our clinical team offers individual, family, and youth counseling for substance use disorders

🔹Addiction Recovery Supports team offers case management, peer recovery coaching and support and more

Our approach promotes health and wellness, saves lives and breaks down stigma.

Every story shared, every voice raised, and every person who seeks help brings us closer to a future free from overdose. No one should carry this grief alone.

There's always hope.💜 There's always help. 💜

08/27/2025

Drive Sober This Labor Day, and Every Day!

During the Labor Day holiday period, we typically see an increase in drunk-driving deaths — and that's why you'll likely see more law enforcement on the roads.

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over aims to educate people about the dangers and consequences of driving drunk.

Have a Plan Whether You're Driving, Riding or Hosting

☑️Before drinking, plan a safe and sober ride home.
☑️Don’t let someone get behind the wheel if they've been drinking.
☑️If you’re hosting a gathering, make sure all your guests have a sober ride home.
☑️If you see an impaired driver, call 911. And always wear your seat belt — it’s your best defense against impaired drivers.

“I didn’t think I’d get caught” is a lousy excuse for drinking and driving. This PSA from NHTSA highlights some of the many impacts of a DUI—including owning...

08/27/2025

What if the most powerful conversations happen in the quiet moments? 💙

Tonight, try something radical: eat dinner without devices. Put the phones in a basket, turn off the TV, and just... listen.

💙Listen to the silence between bites.

💙Listen to someone's day unfold.

💙Listen to the stories that only emerge when there's space for them.

💙It might feel awkward at first. Kids might complain. You might reach for your phone out of habit. That's all normal.

But in those quiet spaces - that's where families rediscover each other. Where you learn what's really on your teenager's mind. Where your 8-year-old finally tells you about what happened at recess. Where you remember what your partner's laugh sounds like without background noise.

Connection doesn't require perfect conversations. Sometimes it just requires showing up to the silence together. 💙

Try it tonight. What do you discover?