Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab in New Jersey

Treatment rules and programs in New Jersey

Who oversees treatment

The Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), part of the Department of Human Services, is New Jersey's designated single state agency for substance use and mental health. Substance use treatment facilities are licensed by the Department of Health under N.J.A.C. 8:43K.

Prescription monitoring

The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP) is run by the Division of Consumer Affairs. It tracks controlled dangerous substances dispensed in outpatient settings, and licensed prescribers and pharmacists can check a patient's history.

Public coverage for treatment

New Jersey's Medicaid program is NJ FamilyCare, which covers most substance use treatment services for eligible people.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

New Jersey's Overdose Prevention Act (P.L. 2013, c.46) protects a person who calls for medical help during an overdose, and the overdose victim, from arrest and prosecution for certain drug possession and use offenses. It does not cover other crimes such as trafficking.

Featured residential programs in New Jersey

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

What gay-friendly rehab looks like

The programs on this page are residential or hospital programs that report both an LGBTQ program or group and a program for adult men to SAMHSA. That doesn't mean they serve only gay men; it means they have structured groups where gay, bisexual and queer clients can talk openly.

Residential care gives you distance from triggers, a daily structure of therapy and support, and time to rebuild routines in New Jersey or wherever home is.

Gay & Gay-Friendly Rehab by city in New Jersey

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Trenton
• Newark
• Jersey City
• Atlantic City
• Paterson
• Elizabeth
• Vineland
• Clifton
• Camden
• Passaic
• Union City
• Bayonne
• East Orange
• New Brunswick
• West New York
• Hoboken
• Perth Amboy
• Plainfield
• Hackensack
• Sayreville
• Linden
• Kearny
• Fort Lee
• Bridgeton
• Franklin
• Fair Lawn
• Garfield
• Princeton
• Long Branch
• Rahway
• Westfield
• Englewood
• Millville
• Bergenfield
• Paramus
• Cliffside Park
• Ridgewood
• Somerset
• Lodi
• South Plainfield
• Carteret
• Summit
• Secaucus
• Roselle
• North Plainfield
• Palisades Park
• Glassboro
• Pleasantville
• Harrison
• Elmwood Park
• Morristown
• Point Pleasant
• Hawthorne
• Avenel
• Rutherford
• Iselin
• Colonia
• Dover
• Madison
• Dumont
• Tinton Falls
• Ocean Acres
• Lindenwold
• New Milford
• South River
• North Arlington
• Asbury Park
• Washington
• Fords
• Ramsey
• Williamstown
• Metuchen
• Tenafly
• Bradley Gardens
• Phillipsburg
• Fairview
• Hopatcong
• Cherry Hill Mall
• Franklin Park
• Hammonton
• Collingswood
• Springdale
• Moorestown-Lenola
• Princeton Meadows
• Highland Park
• West Freehold
• Middlesex
• New Providence
• Roselle Park
• Short Hills
• Edgewater
• Oakland
• Ridgefield Park
• Mercerville
• Woodland Park
• Ringwood
• Eatontown
• Somerville
• Holiday City-Berkeley
• Hasbrouck Heights
• Hamilton Square
• Newton
• Red Bank
• Echelon
• Robertsville
• Wanaque
• Glen Rock
• Upper Montclair
• Martinsville
• Florham Park
• Wallington
• River Edge
• Bellmawr
• Haddonfield
• Beachwood
• Greentree
• Gloucester City
• Ridgefield
• Guttenberg
• Franklin Lakes
• Westwood
• Browns Mills
• Pompton Lakes
• Ocean City
• Totowa
• Little Ferry
• Pine Hill
• Hillsdale
• Bound Brook
• Somers Point
• Manville
• Lincoln Park
• Waldwick
• East Rutherford
• Marlton
• Keansburg
• Absecon
• Matawan
• Succasunna
• Northfield
• Caldwell
• Dayton
• Morris Plains
• Oceanport
• Somerdale

Cost and coverage

The cost of treatment depends mostly on the level of care, length of stay and your insurance. Residential care costs the most; outpatient therapy the least. Many programs on SAMHSA's directory accept private insurance, and some offer sliding-scale fees. See our insurance guides.

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