Feb. 6, 2024 | TAPinto Montclair (MONTCLAIR, NJ) – Montclair Township and several other local community organizations are set to receive federal funding as part of the annual community grant programs, as announced by officials this week. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (sixth from right) announced that the Township of Montclair and Succeed2gether, SOFIA, Oaks Integrated Care, Family Promise and MNDC from Montclair were among 10 Essex County municipalities and 30 community organizations that received a total of about $5.7 million from the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Services Grant program on Wednesday, January 31st. READ MORE

September 5, 2023 | WHYY When students at most Camden County schools experience a mental health crisis, they need to get evaluations and clearances before they can return to class. Most cases don’t require a hospital admission for a student to receive treatment, but with few other options for quick evaluations and clearances, many students and their families end up in emergency departments. During the last school year, Camden County schools referred students in crisis to emergency rooms at Jefferson Health, Cooper University Health Care, and Virtua Health approximately 2,500 times, according to county officials. READ MORE

August 23, 2023 | Tap Into Camden  CAMDEN, NJ – A Camden Coalition program that addresses behavioral health needs was one of 10 winners out of 427 entrants in a federal agency's national competition this month. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognized the organizations that provide "exciting approaches to effective outreach and engage with racial and ethnic underserved individuals in order to foster behavioral health equity throughout the country." The challenge prize for each is $50,000. A lot of the Coalition's Pledge to Connect program's work is trying new approaches to assist individuals with complex needs, Leigh Wilson-Hall, the Coalition's associate director of clinical redesign initiatives, told TAPinto Camden in an interview. It is meant to recognize individuals who [...]

January 30, 2023 | 6ABC CINNAMINSON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- It took Aubri Milano-Hilsee and the staff at St. Charles Borromeo Parish School in Cinnaminson, New Jersey more than two hours to set up the dominos. And it took only minutes to make them all fall down. The boxes are being donated to area food banks: Bread of Life, Oaks Integrated Care, and the South Jersey Food Pantry. They will go a long way to helping kids get access to breakfast each morning. READ MORE