Community Support Services / Supportive Housing provide services necessary to assist Hunterdon, Sussex and Union County residents achieve mental health rehabilitative and recovery goals across a series of wellness domains including employment, education, housing, physical and mental health. Services begin with the development of an individualized recovery plan through a comprehensive personalized needs assessment. Persons served in this program learn and practice skills in order to restore and/or develop their abilities to achieve community integration and remain living independently in the setting of their choice.

Services Include:

• Restoration of Daily Living Skills
• Tenant/Citizen Education
• Accessing and securing public entitlements
• Cognitive and Behavioral skill development for crisis management
• Medication education/Illness Management and Recovery

Eligibility Criteria:

• A diagnosis and documented history of a severe mental health need
• People who express an interest in learning and developing skills to restore function and promote community integration
• People living in Hunterdon, Sussex, and Union County whose lack of functioning or resources threatens their ability to remain independent in the community
• For Intensive Supportive Housing: person must be at risk of homelessness and/or state hospitalization