Intensive Family Support Services
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. Access to service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling the toll-free Behavioral Health Services Central Access Helpline at 1-888-626-2111.
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
e-mail: IFSSMorris@saintclares.org
For support group listings visit: Morris County Support Groups.
Read our latest newsletter: Helping Hands.
IFSS Sussex County
20 Walnut Street Sussex, NJ 07461
Family Specialist: 973-702-2741
Family Counselor: 973-702-2953
e-mail: IFSSSussex@saintclares.org
For support group listings visit: Sussex County Support Groups.
Read our latest newsletter: Balancing Act.
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.
