Transportation
Commuting services are provided to clients who are engaged in treatment- and/or recovery support-related appointments and activities and who have no other means of obtaining transportation. Forms of transportation services may include public transportation or a licensed and insured driver who is affiliated with an eligible program provider.
Life Skills
Life skills services address activities of daily living, such as budgeting, time management, interpersonal relations, household management, anger management, and other issues.
Education
Supported education services are defined as educational counseling and may include academic counseling, assistance with academic and financial applications, and aptitude and achievement testing to assist in planning services and support. Vocational training and education also provide support for clients pursuing adult basic education, i.e., general education development (GED) and college education.
Parent Education and Child Development
An intervention or treatment provided in a psycho-educational group setting that involves clients and/or their families and facilitates the instruction of evidence-based parenting or child development knowledge skills. Parenting assistance is a service to assist with parenting skills; teach, monitor, and model appropriate discipline strategies and techniques; and provide information and advocacy on child development, age appropriate needs and expectations, parent groups, and other related issues.
Limited Recovery Providers and Resources
The following is a limited list of providers and resources that are available to assist those in the substance abuse recovery community:
New Jersey’s Recovery Center at Eva’s Village
393 Main St. Paterson, NJ 07501-2815
(973) 523-6220 X261
FAX: (973) 825-7297
Prog. Dir Michael Santillo mike.santillo@evasvillage.org
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD-NJ)
360 Corporate Boulevard
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
(609) 689-0121
FAX: (609) 689-3244
www.ncaddnj.org
Join Together
(617) 437-1500
www.jointogether.org
Faces & Voices of Recovery
(202) 737-0690
www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Employment Services and Job Training
These activities are directed toward improving and maintaining employment. Services include skills assessment and development, job coaching, career exploration or placement, job shadowing or internships, résumé writing, interviewing skills, and tips for retaining a job. Other services include training in a specific skill or trade to assist individuals to prepare for, find, and obtain competitive employment such as skills training, technical skills, vocational assessment, and job referral.
Case Management
Comprehensive medical and social care coordination is provided to clients to identify their needs, plan services, link the services system with the client, monitor service delivery, and evaluate the effort.
Relapse Prevention
These services include identifying a client’s current stage of recovery and establishing a recovery plan to identify and manage the relapse warning signs.
Referrals and Assistance in Locating Housing
This includes referral to local sober houses, access to housing databases, and assistance in locating housing.
Child Care
These services include care and supervision provided to a client’s child(ren), less than 14 years of age and for less than 24 hours per day, while the client is participating in treatment and/or recovery support activities. These services must be provided in a manner that complies with State law regarding child care facilities.
Family/Marriage Counseling and Education
Services provided to engage the whole family system to address interpersonal communication, codependency, conflict, marital issues and concerns, parenting issues, family reunification, and strategies to reduce or minimize the negative effects of substance abuse use on the relationship.
Peer-to-Peer Services, Mentoring, Coaching
Mutual assistance in promoting recovery may be offered by other persons who have experienced similar substance abuse challenges. These services focus more on wellness than illness. Mentoring and coaching may include assistance from a professional who provides the client counsel and/or spiritual support, friendship, reinforcement, and constructive example. Mentoring also includes peer mentoring which refers to services that support recovery and are designed and delivered by peers—people who have shared the experiences of addiction recovery. Recovery support is included here as an array of activities, resources, relationships, and services designed to assist an individual’s integration into the community, participation in treatment, improved functioning or recovery.
