PATH focuses on the delivery of a comprehensive network of mental health, social, and support services for people who have serious mental illnesses, alone or in conjunction with substance abuse, and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Twenty-four agencies are funded in New Jersey to provide PATH services, with at least one agency in each county. For persons whose homelessness may be due to or exacerbated by their mental illness, PATH finances specialized case management services. People who are suffering from a serious mental illness. All programs provide a range of other services.
Programs go to the client and provide needed intervention, assessment, and services linkage.
Each county participates in the YIP program. YCM provides a comprehensive range of services, which include, but are not limited to, assessment, coordination of service delivery, case and systems advocacy, and service linkages, brokerage and referral to assist children and youth in receiving all service benefits to which they and their families are entitled and to remove access barriers to mental health and non-mental health services. Youth Case Management programs exist in every county. Contracting for services is completed through the DYFS Regional Offices. Each HSAC completes a plan, which outlines these needs and makes funding recommendations based on an open request for proposal process.