KARE is a three-to-six month community-based residential program where trained professional staff provide a therapeutic environment for up to eight adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17.

• The KARE program is fully supervised 24 hours a day.
• Every hour is used to the best advantage through a full schedule of activities
• Supervised educational activities
• An After-School Partial Care Program
• Individual, family and group therapy
• Recreational events

KARE consumers also attend school 12-months per year at a special education facility approved by the New Jersey Office of Education.

Clinical staff are available at all times for discussion of personal problems, ventilation of feelings regarding stressful issues and assisting residents to work through feelings of anxiety and fear associated with leaving the hospital and re-integrating into the community.

Clinical services include:

• Family, group, and individual therapy
• Referral, after-care and follow-up services upon discharge
• Psychiatric evaluation and ongoing psychiatric assessment
• Medication monitoring
• Parental education 
• Support groups

Age Groups	Adolescents
Treatment Services	In-Community Services Psychological / Psychiatric Evals Out-of-Home Services Transitional Living Outpatient Services Assessment / Evaluation Counseling / Therapy, Family Counseling / Therapy, Individual Medication Monitoring
Payment Options	Medicaid Medicare Private / Commercial Insurance

Last Updated: 02/14/23