The Hispanic Family Center offers behavioral health services through its Family Counseling Clinic. Services available to adults with severe and persistent mental illness include both outpatient mental health and a Partial Care Program.Our mission is to provide the community with a broad range of culturally relevant social services and advocacy programs that promote and encourage empowerment and self-sufficiency. Through our comprehensive programs and services, HFC seeks to address the immediate needs and long term (physical, mental, social, economic, and political) of the residents of Southern New Jersey, as well as establish itself as an instrument of change and a voice of power for the clients it serves and represents.
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Services Offered
Addiction Services - This nationally recognized evidenced-based program is proven* to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence. The program helps children develop healthy skills and coping mechanisms for situations they may face in livers. The LifeSkills program also helps to promote healthy and positive personal development.
Counseling- Our skilled bilingual and multi-cultural mental health and psychiatric staff provide a full array of case management interventions, mental health evaluations, individual and group counseling, psychiatric evaluations and medication monitoring to holistically treat each individual and their specific needs.
* Girls Exercising Real Life Skills (GERLS) * Mental Health Outpatient Services
Domestic Violence Advocacy - For years, the Hispanic Family Center has been providing bilingual, domestic violence advocacy and counseling services to victims of domestic violence through its Proyecto Apoyo (Project Support) program. Since its inception, Proyecto Apoyo has increased awareness of domestic violence, its prevalence, nature and impact; providing avenues for victims and their children to seek assistance, and provide "wrap-around" resources that promote dignity, empower, and encourage self-sufficiency.
* Domestic Violence Advocacy and Counseling
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Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.