The goal of the Youth Incentive Program (YIP) is to prevent out-of-home placement of children and adolescents experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges. Under YIP, local volunteers representing service providers, county and state government and families and consumers serve on the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CIACC). CIACC advises county government and the New Jersey Department of Children and Families about local needs. As such, the CIACC serves as the mechanism that advocates for a responsive, accessible and integrated system of care for children, ages 0 to 18 years, who are challenged by an emotional and/or behavioral diagnosis and their families and for young adults, ages 18 to 21 years, who are moving to the adult system. The CIACC allocates and monitors community development funds to enhance or develop local services. Please use the Needs Assessment link to contribute your experience as a family member, former consumer of children's services or provider.
Provided funding and ongoing monitoring of various programs, including after-school partial hospitalization, juvenile fire prevention treatment and child and adolescent psychiatric assessment and medication monitoring.
Provided one-time funding to enhance program delivery at two programs for children.
Continued advocacy at state and local levels to meet the needs of emotionally disturbed youth and bridge gaps in the overall system of children's mental health services.
Collaborated with other groups serving children and families, such as the Youth Services Commission, Human Services Advisory Council, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, Englewood School District Collaborative Initiative and STEPS Aging Out Transition Committee.
Conducted a needs assessment of gaps and barriers in children's services in Bergen County.
Participated on the Strategic Planning Committee convened by the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services (DCBHS), NJ Department of Human Services, to define County CIACC roles as the State's system of providing children's services evolves.
To contact CIACC: mail 327 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652; call 201-634-2756; or email amcmechen@co.bergen.nj.us
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