Families are often the primary care providers for their loved ones who are mentally ill. Saint Clare's Intensive Family Support Services (IFSS) provides support and education to family members or caretakers of adults diagnosed with serious mental illness. The program focuses on enhancing the strength and stability of the family system. Mental health professionals are available to respond to your individual needs during daytime, evening and weekend hours, with access to service 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Services include:
- Psycho-education about mental illness
- Family consultation to assess a family's needs
- Family support groups for mutual support and interaction
- Family retreats that offer respite care for family from the caretaking role
- Advocacy and assertiveness training to navigate the mental health system
- Referral and service linkage for obtaining mental health and non-mental health assistance for their ill family member.
These services are available free of charge to all of Morris and Sussex counties. For more information please contact us at:
IFSS Morris County
50 Morris Avenue
Denville, NJ 07834
Program Coordinator: 973-625-7095
Family Counselor: 973-625-7069
Family Advocate: 973-625-7131
To e-mail, click here.
For Morris County support group listings, click here.
To view an electronic copy of our latest newsletter, Helping Hands, click here.
IFSS Sussex County
20 Walnut Street
Sussex, NJ 07461
Family Specialist: 973-702-2741
Family Counselor: 973-702-2953
To e-mail, click here.
For Sussex County support group listings, click here.
For IFSS special events listings, click here.
This program is one of numerous services provided by Saint Clare's Behavioral Health Services. The toll-free Behavioral Health Services Central Access Helpline can be reached at 1-888-626-2111.
For crisis assessment, intervention and referrals, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, please call a member of our Psychiatric Emergency Services team at 973-625-0280.
