NCADD Of Middlesex County, Inc.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) of Middlesex County, Inc. is a non-profit, community-based health organization providing prevention, education, information, and referral services to county residents, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations, municipal alliances, and social service agencies since 1980.

The mission of NCADD of Middlesex County, Inc. is to promote the health and well-being of individuals and communities of Middlesex County through the reduction or elimination of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use problems. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County, Inc., as we know it today, has its roots in a solid history of education/prevention activities in the county starting back in the mid-1970s. At that time, an outreach movement began by the National Council on Alcoholism of Monmouth County, which resulted in the establishment of the NCA of Central Jersey, which included an office in Ocean County and one here in Middlesex. Housed at Middlesex General Hospital, our county branch began operations without funds, but with a dedicated group of volunteers. The activities of the agency at this time included training events in school settings; seminars at Perth Amboy General, Middlesex General, and South Amboy Memorial Hospitals; programs for numerous community groups; in-service training for various county agencies; co-sponsorship of the first statewide conference on Alcohol Problems and the Criminal Justice System; and a countywide seminar on alcoholism for the clergy. Services continued until funding became scarce and in 1977, the Council was forced to close down its operation. 1979 was a rebirth of the community?s concern that alcoholism education/prevention services were needed in the county. An ad hoc committee was formed from among members of the South Brunswick Family Services Advisory Group and application was made to the New Jersey Alcoholism Association to establish the Middlesex Council on Alcoholism. Upon the signatures of Mr. Joseph Redmond, Dr. C.S. Whitaker, Jr., Ms. Leona Kaufman, Mr. H. Eugene Speckman, and Ms. Ruth Paul, the Council was incorporated in the spring of 1980. Since 1980, NCADD of Middlesex County, Inc. has identified community needs and has met those needs with creativity and persistence. We have served hundreds of thousands of individuals through the wide array of programs we provide. NCADD is identified by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the local prevention resource center. We are a leader in Middlesex County in providing quality prevention education programs and establishing coalitions to address specific needs in the community.