Providing supportive services to Camden City residents who are in need of social and supportive services. The initiative, a partnership between Camden County Police Department and Center For Family Services, connects participants with a CCPD social worker to provide intensive case management and ensure warm handoffs to appropriate services.
Services offered include:
Family and Youth Support 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.
Haven Youth Shelter offers short-term, walk-in emergency housing for youth age 11-17 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.
Stable Connections provides solutions to prevent youth homelessness. Services support youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Phone: 877. 922.2377
Email: access@centerffs.org
Address: 13 Roosevelt Avenue, Jersey City, NJ
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:
It starts with one. It starts with you. You can be the one to change a life. A child right here in your community is in need of support and a safe place to live. You can be the one to provide help and change a life.
