News - October 2020

PACT, New Brunswick, NJ • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team • Provide community based treatment and life skills training to persons with serious mental illness

Somerset Behavioral Health & Youth Services, Bridgewater, NJ • Provide supervised visitation and therapeutic interventions to biological parents and their children who are working toward family reunification • Work with a DCP&P contracted caseload of children placed in relative or non-relative Resource Homes

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen certifies clinicians in statewide evidence-based initiative. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen was recently recognized by the NJ Department of Human Services and Valerie L. Mielke, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, for its Agency’s work in the New Jersey Evidence-Based Practice Initiative: Opioid and other Substance Use Disorders; specifically in completing the initiative necessary to implement and sustain the evidence-based practices of Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

The first annual Middlesex County Veterans Award Breakfast took place on October 17th. Catholic Charities Acting Executive Director-Julio Coto was honored at this year's event for leadership and selfless acts of time and dedication to the veterans of Middlesex County.

Somerset Behavioral Health & Youth Services, Bridgewater, NJ • Intensive in-home counseling for CP&P-referred families and youth in Middlesex County • 24/7 cell phone coverage

Housing & Homeless Prevention, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ • Provide services to homeless individuals with disabilities • Screen, assess, service plan, linkages, crisis intervention and advocacy

Be A Champion and join us on October 22 at 7:00 PM! Hear inspiring stories of the courage, creativity, and compassion of our Catholic Charities ‘heroes’ as they continue to provide uninterrupted service to those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crisis Counseling Services for those affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Spirit of Hope Counseling Services, Middlesex County, NJ • Provide counseling at Catholic parishes for 1 year with the possibility of extension • Provide individual, family and couples counseling for those experiencing anxiety and depression, individual with mental health needs and/or those impacted by COVID-19

Middlesex Behavioral Health, East Brunswick, NJ • Provide individual and family therapy

Housing & Homeless Prevention, New Brunswick, NJ • Provide case management and employment services to individuals at Ozanam Family Shelter and other permanent supportive sites • Screen, assess, service plan, linkage, crisis intervention and de-escalation

Social Concerns, Edison, NJ • Responsible for providing virtual and in-person outreach to NJ residents impacted by COVID-19 in Middlesex, Somerset, Warren and Hunterdon Counties with a goal of promoting resilience and self-efficacy to those that are seeking assistance