Bergen, Essex, & Passaic County programs | 862-200-4078 |
Hudson County programs | 201-370-4232 |
Hudson County Crisis Intervention for Urgent Care | 201-885-2539 |
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, & Warren County programs | 908-403-0804 |
Somerset County PESS (Screening Services) | 908-526-4100 |
Sussex County programs (Community Support Team) | 973-383-8670 |
Outpatient Counseling Services | 973-383-8670 |
Union County programs (including Homeless Outreach) | 908-512-7400 |
Outpatient Counseling Services | 908-310-5169 |
General Administrative calls | 908-512-7400 |
The Residential Intensive Support Team (RIST) is an intensive residential support program designed to address the needs of individuals who may require intensive but varying degrees of residential support in the transition from hospital to community living. Bridgeway's RIST programs are comprehensive, flexible, mobile teams skilled in state of the art interventions that provides person centered recovery and wellness services to people re-entering the community from a psychiatric hospital. RIST, as a housing model, supports individuals' use of other community mental health treatment, employment and rehabilitation services, as appropriate.
Services Include:
The Goals of RIST include:
Independent living integrated within the community; preventing unnecessary hospitalizations; enhancing the persons quality of life and achieving goals such as:
Provision of Best Practices:
Eligibility:
Candidates must be diagnosed with one of the following psychiatric diagnoses: