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Project L/EARN Alumna Wins Honors for Research
July 16, 2013 | Story
A 2013 Rutgers graduate takes the first significant step toward her dream to become a psychologist.
Treating Depression in Single Black Mothers
June 4, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar seeks to improve mental health care for a population at risk.
Camden County, N.J., Provides Hope to Its Homeless Residents
November 22, 2011 | Program Results Report
Project H.O.P.E. designed and delivered an integrated treatment program for homeless people with mental health and substance use disorders living in Camden County, N.J.
New Services for Released Prisoners with Mental Illness in Mercer County, N.J.
June 28, 2010 | Program Results Report
Greater Trenton Behavioral HealthCare and its partners provided re-entry assistance to 176 incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness through discharge planning, case management and needed follow-up services for 12 months or more.
New York City-Based Hispanic Clergy Complete Mental Health Training Program to Better Serve Their Congregations
March 25, 2006 | Program Results Report
The Blanton-Peale Institute refined, strengthened and expanded its training program in mental health counseling for Hispanic pastors serving inner city congregations that it had developed with prior funding from RWJF.
Survey Finds N.J. HMO Patients More Satisfied with Physical, Versus Behavioral, Health Care
September 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services surveyed patients who belong to New Jersey health maintenance organizations and use behavioral health services, to assess the use and quality of those services.
Spanish-Speaking Women Targeted in Agency Expansion
October 12, 2004 | Program Results Report
Women Helping Women, a non-profit agency providing low-cost support and therapy services to women in central New Jersey, expanded its program to offer additional services and to reach a larger, more ethnically diverse population.
Having Mental Health Services On-Site Doesn't Prompt Public Housing Residents to Seek Care
January 29, 2002 | Program Results Report
This project delivered services to indigent, elderly inner-city residents with serious mental illness, living in public housing projects in New Brunswick, N.J.
Children of Substance Abusers Learn Coping Skills
January 29, 2002 | Program Results Report
Services to Overcome Drug Abuse Among Teenagers developed Project HELP (Healing and Empowering with Love and Play), a comprehensive program for children of substance abusers in southern New Jersey.
Aftercare Treatment Coordinated for Mentally Ill, Substance Abusing Teens in One New Jersey County
September 1, 2000 | Program Results Report
The Middlesex County Educational Services Commission developed and implemented the first aftercare service in Middlesex County, N.J., for mentally ill youth completing treatment for substance abuse.