PACT Team holds women's group meeting for consumers

On August 5th, the Catholic Charities East Brunswick PACT Team held a women’s group meeting for PACT consumers.  Participants created colorful tie dyed tee shirts and socks using different techniques to achieve unique and creative designs. After completion of the projects, lunch was provided by the PACT Team.  The camaraderie and support enjoyed by participants is one way the Catholic Charities’ PACT Teams support persons in the community with serious and persistent mental illness.  

PACT is an evidenced-based practice that offers treatment, rehabilitation, and support services, using a person-centered, recovery-based approach, to individuals that have been diagnosed with serious mental illness.  The mission of PACT is to ensure that people with serious and persistent mental illness receive services that provide the greatest degree of personal freedom and dignity.   PACT services are provided predominantly in community settings by a mobile, multi-disciplinary team.  Catholic Charities PACT includes teams in East Brunswick, New Brunswick and Perth Amboy which provided more than 23,000 hours of service to consumers last year.  For more information, please visit www.ccdom.org.