How Can We Help?
• Advocacy
• Educational Workshops
• Referral & Linkages
• Respite services
• Bilingual Staff
• Free services
Our Programs Include....
I.F.S.S. Intensive Family Support Services: Families with an adult mentally ill member can receive: Individualized consultation and support, educational workshops, support groups, and respite services.
Community Advocate Program: The peer outreach support ream (P.O.S.T) is made up of individuals with life experiences with mental illness, who serve as mentors for other adults with mental illness living in the community. Individualized assistance is provided to develop social skills, educational, vocational, and recreational interests.
Arab American Counseling: Arab American Counseling services provide confidential, culturally sensitive individual and family counseling to New Jersey residents of Arab American decent. Cultural competency training is also provided to organizations.
C.P.S.N. Consumer parent support network: Parents with a mental illness can receive case management services, one-to-one peer support from another consumer parent, parenting education workshops, advocacy, and ongoing parent support groups.
I.O.C. Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: IOC is court ordered mental health monitoring, intensive case management, and treatment for mental health consumers who have been resistant to and have had difficulty engaging in outpatient treatment. The goals are to engage the mental health consumer in community based treatment and to avoid repeated hospitalizations.
Support groups: (Double trouble in Recovery (DTR), Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) in Passaic County)
Our mission of the MHAPC is to serve children, adults and families affected by mental illness through support services, education, and advocacy. We are dedicated to increasing public awareness and understanding of mental health issues and enhancing mental health services in Passaic County.
