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  • V/TTY: 973-648-2983 (This line is solely for the deaf and hearing impaired)
  • Administration: 1-973-692-5748

To find your local Social Security Office, click here.


REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION

Northern Region

  • Serving: Essex, Passaic, Hudson, and Morris counties (V26)
    • Phone: 862-327-2425
  • Serving: Bergen, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties (V27)
    • Phone: 862-353-1656

    Southern Region

    • Serving: Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Somerset, Ocean, and Huntington counties (V28)
    • Serving: Burlington, Gloucester, Camden, Salem, Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic counties (V56)
    • Phone: 866-920-6997

    LOCAL CONTACTS

    Ahmad S. McDougle, MPA
    Director
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101
     
    James Orsini, MD
    Medical Director
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101
     
    Julio Vacacela
    Assistant Director
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 382
    Trenton, NJ 08625
     
    Emily Cofsky
    Chief, Training and Quality Assurance
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101
     
    Mandie Novotny
    Chief, Upper Northern New Jersey Region
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101
     
    Alice Rich
    Chief, Lower Northern New Jersey Region
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101
     
    Jemmie Jones
    Chief, Central New Jersey Region
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 2671
    New Brunswick, NJ 08903
     
    Ruth Hoppock
    Chief, Southern New Jersey Region
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 378
    Trenton, NJ 08625
     
    Mark Anthony Tamayo
    Disability Hearings Supervisor
    Division of Disability Determination Services

    Location 1:
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, NJ 07101

    Location 2:
    P.O. Box 2671
    New Brunswick, NJ 08903

    The goal of our Professional Relations Unit is to enlighten the medical, legal, disability advocacy organizations, military/veterans, and educational communities about the Social Security Disability Programs. The Professional Relations Officers (PROs) make informational presentations to professional health care and school communities about Social Security’s need for timely, accurate, and complete medical information. PROs educate doctors, hospital/medical records company staff, and other health care professionals about how information submitted is used in evaluating Social Security disability claims. They also recruit, train, and manage over 200 health care professionals statewide in performing Consultative Medical and Psychological Examinations as well as Speech/Language Evaluations.


    PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS STAFF
                  
    John Fraykor
    Supervisor, Professional Relations
    V27 coverage area
    Covering Counties: Bergen, Sussex, Union, and Warren
     
    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 2671
    New Brunswick, NJ 08901
                  
    Anna Maria Campbell
    Professional Relations Officer
    V56 coverage area, Labor Building - 10th Floor
    Covering Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, and Burlington
     
    Division of Disability Determinations
    P.O. Box 378
    Trenton, NJ 08625-0378
     
    609-943-4421

    James Toner
    Professional Relations Officer
    V26 coverage area
    Covering Counties: Essex, Passaic, Hudson, and Morris

    Division of Disability Determinations
    P.O. Box 649
    Newark, N.J 07101

    973-648-4578
    Professional Relations Officer
    V28 coverage area
    Covering Counties: Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer, Ocean, Somerset, and Huntington

    Division of Disability Determination Services
    P.O. Box 2671
    New Brunswick, N.J 08901

    609-575-8836

    One of Social Security Administration's (SSA's) five strategic goals is "to make SSA program management the best in the business with zero tolerance for fraud." The Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Teams, which is managed by SSA and the Office of the Inspector General, provide greater investigative support to the state Disability Determination Services.

    Since 1998, thirteen CDI teams have been operational throughout the country targeting doctors, lawyers, and other service providers who facilitate disability fraud. Their efforts have resulted in over $148 million in projected savings to the SSA program.

    The Social Security Administration's Fraud Hotline may be reached at 1-800-269-0271. You may also contact the SSA Fraud Hotline by mail at P.O. Box 17768, Baltimore, MD 21235.

    To report fraud, click here.