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Health & Human Services

Susan Portuese, Director Health & Human Services Township of Montclair Municipal Building
205 Claremont Avenue
Third Floor
Montclair, NJ 07042

Phone: 973-509-4970

Susan Portuese , Health Officer, Department Director
973-509-4970

For Vital Statistics, Cat and Dog Licenses, Registrar, please call the Health Department main number: 973-509-4973

Health Education: Erica Abbruzzese, Health Educator
973-509-4969

Social Services and Senior Citizen Services: Bebe Landis, Program Administrator
973-509-4904

Animal Control/Montclair Animal Shelter
Melissa Neiss, Shelter Director/Animal Cruelty Officer
Roberto Delgato, Sr. Animal Control Officer
Montclair Animal Shelter
77 Willow Street
Montclair, New Jersey 07042

Phone: 973-744-8600

For animal control issues please call the following numbers during hours indicated:

• Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. call the Montclair Animal Shelter: 973-744-8600
• For emergencies, weekends, holidays and after office hours call the Police Department: 973-744-1234

Department of Health and Human ServicesEnforcement of health and housing regulations, publichealth nursing, animal control, environmental health,senior citizen services, Section 8 housing, Registrar’s office.

Roseanne Weinfeldt, Senior REHS

Keith Costello, Senior REHS

Jackie Messineo, Public Health Nurse Supervisor

Barbara Prichard, Public Health Nurse

Mary Tistler, Public Health Nurse

Madelyn Goglia, Public Health Nurse

Erica Abruzzese, Health Educator

Celia Trembulak, Program Coordinator

Sharon Bencivenni, Vital Statistics

Anne Shields, Vital Statistics, Registrar

Lynda Flynn, Vital Statistics

Melissa Neiss, Animal Shelter Director/Animal Cruelty Officer

Roberto Delgato, Sr., Animal Control Officer

Bebe Landis, Program Administrator, Social Services

Linda Tate, Administrative Assistant, Social Services

Health Department Offers Home Radon Testing Kits

The Essex County Cancer Coalition provided 30 free home radon testing kits to the Montclair Health Department. The Montclair Health. The Health Department will distribute the free test kits to Montclair residents on a first come first served basis.

Why test for radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally when uranium breaks down in the soil and in rock formations. Radon gas moves up through the soil and seeps into homes through cracks in the foundation, the water supply, and openings around sump pumps, pipes and drains. Once in your home, the radon breakdown products can become trapped in your lungs and help lead to lung cancer. The risk from radon is even greater if you breathe in tobacco smoke. Since radon is invisible, odorless and tasteless, the only way to know it’s in your home is through testing.

If you are interested, please call the Montclair Health Department at 973-509-4970 to register for this program. Once you have registered, you will be contacted with further instructions

Influenza Vaccine Information from the Montclair Health Department

Every year in the United States, five to 20 percent of the population contracts the flu. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes. Older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions, are at high risk for serious complications from seasonal influenza.

The single best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. Persons, especially those at high risk for serious complications and their close contacts, are encouraged to get vaccinated as soon as vaccine is available at their doctors’ offices or in their communities. It is not too early to get a flu vaccine as soon as it is available, even in August or September. The protection you get from the vaccine will not wear off before the flu season is over.