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Community Advocates / POST Program provides individual, direct advocacy and peer counseling to adults with mental illness. Through support, education, and by linking them to community-based mental health and social services, CA/POST workers help consumers move toward wellness, recovery and integration back into their communities. For more information, in Atlantic County, contact: Jaime Angelini at jangelini@mhanj.org; for Hudson and Union Counties, contact Steve Rosenel at srosenel@mhanj.org; for Ocean County, contact Bill Bradley at bbradley@mhanj.org


Intensive Family Support Services (IFSS) Understanding and coping with a family member's mental illness can be a painful and challenging journey. Information and support are needed, although sometimes difficult to find. The IFFS of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey is designed to assist families with adult children who have mental illness learn to cope with the situation. For more information on the Union County IFSS, contact Joyce Benz at jbenz@mhanj.org.; for the Atlantic County IFFS, contact Christine Gromadzyn at cgromadzyn@mhanj.org.

Peer Recovery WarmLine (PRW))is a peer-run service providing ongoing telephone support to mental health consumers as they work towards their recovery. All calls are answered by peers who are trained, supportive mental health consumers. PRW is live Monday to Friday, 8 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 5 pm to 10 pm, and holidays, 3 pm to 10 pm. At the Peer Recovery WarmLine we try to get to know you as a person and how you view your world. PRW uses the Intentional Peer Support model, which stresses mutual support of each other’s recovery and talking about your own “story” in a way that helps the recovery process for both you and the peer you are speaking with. If you need it, the PRW will also provide mental health related information and referral. PRW has peers who are available to train individuals, groups, and agencies on how to use the concepts of WRAP and Intentional Peer Support in their daily lives in order to encourage recovery and the development and sustainment of supportive interpersonal relationships. For more information about the Peer Recovery WarmLine, contact the coordinator, Peter Cooper at pcooper@mhanj.org or call 877.292.5588. To comment on the Peer Recovery WarmLine, send an e-mail to PRWfeedback@mhanj.org

Self-Help Groups: The MHANJ runs a variety of self-help support groups which are organized and managed by persons in recovery from mental illness. Groups tend to be short term and are offered on a rotating basis. Examples of groups offered are Double Trouble (for individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues), Stages from Loss to Recovery and Wellness Groups. For more information about groups in Atlantic County, contact Vicki Phillips at vphillips@mhanj.org.; in Hudson and Union Counties, contact Steve Rosenel at srosenel@mhanj.org.; in Ocean County, contact Michele Green at mgreen@mhanj.org.

Self Help Centers: ICE (Atlantic County), Journey to Wellness (Ocean County) and Esperanza (Union County) are places where mental health consumers can go to feel safe and relaxed and learn how to plan their own recovery. Self-Help Centers provide an environment of mutual support and empowerment that promotes wellness, which is a state of social, spiritual, mental/emotional, intellectual, vocational and physical health. For more information on the ICE self help center, contact Frank Lepore at flepore@mhanj.org. For Esperanza, contact Jose Santos at jsantos@mhanj.org. For Journey to Wellness, contact Lori Bair at lbair@mhanj.org.
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