PROGRAMS

The Outpatient Unit of the Mental Health Clinic of Passaic provides community-based mental health services for children and adults. A wide range of therapeutic services is available including individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, couples counseling, psychiatric evaluation and ongoing medication monitoring, psycho-education for consumers and their families, and parenting workshops.

The Family Center is a community-based, family oriented specialized outpatient mental health service for thirty-five Passaic and Clifton families. The primary target is families, children and/or adults who experience, or have experienced, abusive and neglectful behaviors. The Program has been in operation continuously since 1976. The goal of The Family Center is to ameliorate the stressors producing negative behaviors by meeting the mental health needs of the identified clients as well as ensuring positive and optimal functioning in all relevant life spheres.

The Ida Gurtman Therapeutic Children’s Program is a specialized, partial care/day treatment program for children between the ages of 2½ and 6 years whose emotional problems interfere with their daily functioning. The program services children and their families in one of two three-hour sessions, either 9:00 am to 12 noon or 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday

The Partial Care 6-11 program serves children between the ages of 6 and 11 who have been psychiatrically hospitalized, or who are at risk of psychiatric hospitalization. The families of these children are treated simultaneously. This is an on-site, after-school, year ‘round intensive therapeutic program that meets for three hours daily, Monday through Friday, after school from 3:15 pm to 6:15 pm. During the summer the program runs from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.

The School Based Youth Services Program (SBYS) in Passaic High School and Passaic Lincoln Middle School provides support services to students to help them gain social and academic skills to be successful in life. The SBYS staff works closely with school personnel to support those students who are at high risk for academic failure, physical and emotional abuse, peer and/or familial difficulties, teen pregnancy or teen parenting.

The Community Care Program is a community-based, family-oriented specialized outpatient mental health service for seriously emotionally disturbed Passaic County youths and their families. The Program has been in operation continuously since 1982. The goal of the Community Care Program is to mainstream the identified child into the community. By meeting the child’s and family’s mental health needs as well as ensuring positive and optimal functioning in all relevant life spheres, this goal can be met.

The Ida Gurtman Therapeutic Children’s Program is a specialized, partial care/day treatment program for children between the ages of 2½ and 6 years whose emotional problems interfere with their daily functioning. The program services children and their families in one of two three-hour sessions, either 9:00 am to 12 noon or 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday