Sea Change Recovery Community Organization

01/23/2026

in the news... The SandPaper

Ocean County-based nonprofit Sea Change Recovery Community Organization, serving Ocean County, is now accepting registrations for its family support group, a free program designed to support families and loved ones impacted by substance use, the RCO has announced. The group meets Wednesdays from 7 t...

01/22/2026

Alert 🚨 Get free naloxone and training!
Call Sea Change (609) 241-2630

“Better to have it an not need it, than to need it and not have it”

Keep each other safe.

01/22/2026

Alert 🚨 Get free naloxone and training!

Call Sea Change (609) 241-2630

“Better to have it an not need it, than to need it and not have it”

01/22/2026

We ❤️ Causeway CARes and JBJ Soul Kitchen Red Bank!

We are incredibly grateful to our community partners at Causeway CARes for donating another truck to JBJ Soul Kitchen Red Bank! 💛

With this new addition, we can continue expanding our community outreach while delivering hot meals to neighbors in need. This donation significantly strengthens our outreach and catering efforts in Monmouth County, helping us further combat food insecurity. We are deeply thankful to Causeway Cares for their continued generosity and support.

This will be our second truck donated from Causeway Cares. The truck donated last year has already made a meaningful impact, improving our ability to pick up groceries and deliver meals to warming centers in Ocean County during Code Blue season, and allowing our team to serve more people more efficiently.

01/18/2026

This is such an important article about the “fentanyl crisis”.

Deep gratitude to the very brave Susan Ousterman for sharing her story after the unimaginable loss of her child. 🫶🏼 Her courage helps bring truth, compassion, and humanity into a conversation that too often lacks all three.

https://filtermag.org/fentanyl-weapon-mass-destruction/amp/s

In December, the federal government announced it would classify illicit fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.” Having buried my ...

01/09/2026

TOMS RIVER
CSPNJ/County Building (Capacity 60)
1959 Rt 9
848-338-5498
4:00pm - 9am

Family Promise of the Jersey Shore at HABCore Harbor
(2 Families, 5 members per family)
2445 Windsor Avenue, Toms River
609-540-3408 *Please call ahead*
Monday and Tuesday only 7:00pm - 7am

LAKEWOOD
Warm Hearts (Capacity 30)
764 Ocean Avenue
732-900-1724
7pm - 7am

St. John’s Zion AME (Capacity 15)
114 First Street
848-992-9152
7pm - 7am

01/05/2026

Code Blue Alert

Code Blue Statement
During an extreme weather event, the County follows its existing Code Blue Plan.

Once a Code Blue Alert from the County Office of Emergency Management is released, information regarding the availability of weather-related services, provided by non-profit and volunteer organizations, will be offered on the Ocean County Department of Human Services website, through email, and via social media.


Warming Centers

The following are verified warming centers for the Code Blue Alert
4pm Monday, January 5 through 8am Tuesday, January 6:

TOMS RIVER
CSPNJ/County Building (Capacity 60)
1959 Rt 9
848-338-5498
Monday 1/5 4pm - Tuesday 1/6 9am

Family Promise of the Jersey Shore at HABCore Harbor
(2 Families, 5 members per family)
2445 Windsor Avenue, Toms River
609-540-3408 *Please call ahead*
Monday 1/5 7pm- Tuesday 1/6 7am

LAKEWOOD
Warm Hearts (Capacity 30)
764 Ocean Avenue
732-900-1724
Monday 1/5 7pm - Tuesday 1/6 7am

St. John's Zion AME (Capacity 15)
114 First Street
848-992-9152
Monday 1/5 7pm - Tuesday 1/6 7am

12/21/2025