Family and Youth Supportive Services is an intensive, in-home case management program that provides advocacy and psychoeducational counseling support to youth and families.
The Crisis Diversion Home provides compassionate care to New Jersey adults 18 and older who are experiencing mental illness. The program aims to stabilize those at risk of hospitalization or who have previously experienced frequent hospitalizations to help them remain in the community.
During the 30-day stay in the group home, individuals will receive the following services from highly trained clinicians:
The Suicide Prevention Education Program provides free training to individuals and groups in the evidence-based Suicide Prevention model, QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer). A certified instructor leads each 1-2 hour training which can be conducted either virtually or in person*. Trainings can be custom-tailored to the audience and are available to groups of any size.
*This training qualifies for the 2-hour state training requirement for schools. Continuing Education (CE) certificates can be provided.
Why QPR?
Haven offers short-term, walk-in emergency housing for youth age 9-18 in need of a safe place to live. Haven provides 24/7 safe housing and basic needs support for youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, or human trafficking or those youth who have run away or need safe housing due to a variety of circumstances.
Haven is a caring and healing home, where children receive support and work on their future with the goal of family reunification. Haven counselors seek alternative, stable living arrangements when returning home is not the safest choice.
Stable Connections provides solutions to prevent youth homelessness. Services support youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Working together with community partners, Stable Connections identifies young people at risk for homelessness and connects them and their families to inclusive, equitable, and comprehensive support services. Secure connections include a wide array of community partners, forming a holistic support system to respond to the needs of youth and their families to avoid crises and keep youth safe in a home setting.
Diversion support services for teens with low-level offenses.
JOBS connects adults with a history of justice involvement with employment resources with the goal to gain and retain employment.
Services include:
Camden Works is committed to helping Camden residents find employment by guiding them through the entire process from preparation, skills development, recruitment and placement. By providing resources, case management, and wrap-around services to encourage job retention, Camden Works offers a holistic support to residents of Camden looking for pathways to a viable career.
If someone you care about has a mental illness, you are not alone.
Intensive Family Support Services offers comprehensive support and education services for family members and friends of individuals living with mental illness.
For family members and friends of a loved one experiencing severe mental health problems, coping with symptoms and behaviors associated with mental illness can be very difficult.
Intensive Family Support Services helps families and friends to:
After School Youth Connect is an after-school & weekend educational and recreational program for youth aged 8-18 and their families in Camden City. The program engages youth in activities to support positive development.
The program provides support with:
Conflict resolution
Internet safety
Workforce development
Life skills
Social skills
Drug prevention
