Category(ies) Education Services, Mental Health Services, Other Assistance
Services Provided Free Education Services, Life Skills Training, Other Education Services, Parenting Classes, Child and Adolescent Services, Free Mental Health Services, Individual Counseling Services, Other Mental Health Services, Substance Use Treatment, Support Groups, Emergency Shelter, Low Cost or Sliding Scale Other Assistance, Other Services, Transportation Assistance
Note: Referral Process: Referrals come from a variety of sources, including DCP&P, Work First New Jersey Substance Abuse Initiative, County Boards of Social Services, Probation, PerformCare, CMOs, hospitals, methadone clinics, churches, pregnancy centers, as well as family, friends, and self-referrals. The Center for Great Expectations (CGE) provides a Continuum of Care that includes: Residential Treatment services for homeless pregnant/parenting adolescents (12 beds) and homeless pregnant/parenting adult women in substance use recovery (8 beds); On-site Child Development Center, Katy's Place, for children of residential clients (licensed for up to 36 children); Supportive Housing Program (27 units) for at-risk women & children; and Roots to Recovery Outpatient Services (North Brunswick location serving 340 women & men annually - with and without insurance accepted). The S.T.A.R.T. Program offers in-home substance use disorder and parent-infant mental early-relational health counseling and treatment as well as case management and doula services to pregnant and newly parenting women with substance use disorder across seven counties ( Somerset, Hunterdon, Morris, Essex, West Hudson, Union, and Middlesex ). CGE is a CARF-accredited organization and a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). The Institute of CGE now offers Trauma-attuned resiliency training, professional development, and workforce optimization in clinical/community settings, school environments, and businesses. Please email Pam DeLuca at epurtell@cge-nj.org to learn more about how CGE can assist. This program is fee based. Residential services for adolescents are provided as a RTC (Residential Treatment Center) IOS (Intensity of Service). While at the Center adolescents have the opportunity to build critical self-esteem and the critical life, coping, parenting and educational skills needed to support a future of health and opportunities for themselves and their children.