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New Jersey Enhancing Emergency Services Programs for Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

2024-01-23T15:14:55-05:00January 21st, 2024|Categories: Press Coverage|

Jan. 4, 2024 | NJ Insider (TRENTON) – New Jersey Human Services is enhancing the statewide emergency services programs that support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Commissioner Sarah Adelman today announced the Department has awarded contracts to Community Options, Inc., Community Access Unlimited and Oaks Integrated Care to operate emergency capacity services (ECS) programs throughout the state. ECS programs support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), including those with acute behavioral needs who require immediate residential and day program support. This funding enables emergency, short-term support to be available for admissions seven days per week, 365 days a year with 24-hour coverage provided. READ MORE

New Camden County school program aims to keep students in mental health crisis out of hospital ERs

2023-11-20T13:29:33-05:00September 5th, 2023|Categories: Press Coverage|

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

Camden Coalition’s Behavioral Health Program Gets National Recognition

2023-09-25T20:54:41-04:00August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Press Coverage|

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 [...]

Pairing NJ’s foster youth with others who’ve gone through the system 

2023-03-13T15:37:56-04:00March 3rd, 2023|Categories: Press Coverage, Home Page|

NJ 101.5 | March 1, 2023 New Jersey youth in foster care now have the option of being guided by someone who's been through the system themselves. The New Jersey Department of Children and Families has announced the launch of a pilot program that connects youth residing in foster care with trained professional staff that have their own lived experience. "It's really someone who's walked in their shoes," said Daniela Guarda, assistant director in DCF's Office of Family Preservation and Reunification. Read More: NJ's foster kids pair with others who've gone through the system

Two-story domino run kicks off Catholic Schools Week in NJ

2023-09-25T20:43:58-04:00January 30th, 2023|Categories: Press Coverage|

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

Rep. Norcross Helps Deliver Over $3.8 Million for Mental Health Services in South Jersey Public Schools

2022-12-14T12:23:03-05:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Press Coverage, Home Page|

Insider NJ | December 9, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that South Jersey public schools will receive over $3.8 million in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen mental health resources in their schools. Collingswood Public School District and Camden County Educational Services Commission (CCESC) will each receive $1,940,000 to implement services for students in need. “These resources will help our public schools deliver critical support to our kids and help save lives,” said Congressman Norcross. “I have long applauded our educators for their tireless commitment to young people affected by mental health issues. If this funding helps them save one kid’s life, it will have been [...]

NJ Human Services Announces Pilot Program

2022-09-27T12:30:57-04:00September 7th, 2022|Categories: Press Coverage|

Insider NJ | September 6, 2022 TRENTON – In an effort to ensure better outcomes for defendants with serious mental health needs who are on pretrial monitoring, Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman today announced a new pilot program in Camden, Essex and Middlesex counties to identify and connect these individuals to mental health treatment and other vital social services. Under the state’s risk-based pre-trial release system, unless a detention motion is filed, a judge must issue a pretrial release decision within 48 hours of jail admission. Release decisions often occur on the same day, sometimes within 6 hours of admission, which can make it challenging to identify and provide treatment to an individual with serious mental illness before they are [...]

The Other Pandemic: After 2 Years, Our Kids Are Not Ok

2022-09-07T11:41:48-04:00April 1st, 2022|Categories: Press Coverage, Home Page|

SJ Magazine, April 2022 Issue By Jayne Jacova Feld As we start to come out of the pandemic, healthcare professionals are sounding an alarm. Kids aren’t ok. In fact, they’re not doing well at all. So parents, teachers, therapists, everyone: You need to look around. Check on the young people in your life. Because while you may think the last 2 years have been tough, you’re an adult. Kids and teens had an entirely different experience and fewer life lessons to know how to cope. So now their recovery begins. And it won’t be easy. Because they’re really not ok. In the early days of the pandemic, mental health workers worried that an overwhelming number of South Jersey kids would [...]

Oaks Integrated Care Announces Marianne Aleardi Of SJ Magazine As New Board Chair

2023-11-15T14:20:34-05:00April 1st, 2022|Categories: Press Coverage|

South Jersey Observer, February 10, 2022 Oaks Integrated Care is proud to announce Marianne Aleardi of SJ Magazine, as the newly elected board chair for the nonprofit organization. As a dedicated member of the board of trustees for ten years, Aleardi continues to give back to the South Jersey region through service and leadership in the community. Aleardi serves as publisher /editor-in-chief of SJ Magazine, a multi-media company focusing on the people and places of Southern New Jersey. Read More

Drive-Thru Backpack Giveaway Distributes Over 900 Backpacks To Camden Community

2023-11-15T14:20:01-05:00September 5th, 2021|Categories: Press Coverage|

South Jersey Observer, September 5, 2021 Oaks Integrated Care distributed over 900 brand new backpacks filled with school supplies to the Camden community at their Drive-Thru Backpack Giveaway event on August 28. The nonprofit organization partnered with the Food Bank of South Jersey to also provide free Kids Meal Kits to all participants. Hosted by the Kroc Center in Camden, NJ, families in need of support could safely stay in their cars while volunteers, staff and Camden County Police Officers packed trunks with donations. Read More

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