Addiction Services Partnership Helps People Reenter Workforce

BERKELEY, NJ — Ocean Mental Health Services will partner Friday with an organization that helps get formerly incarcerated citizens back into the workforce. The partnership with the New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) is meant to help people in OceanMHS's treatment program.

The agreement will allow NJRC to immediately and directly refer clients enrolled in the treatment programs. The agreement enables clients access to Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) that will enable them to control cravings for opioid use.

OceanMHS operates as one of New Jersey's designated Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers. The national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has certified the CCBHCs as best-practice providers.

The signing of this agreement takes place at 11 a.m. Friday at OceanMHS Headquarters (687 Route 9, Bayville).

The NJRC seeks to develop a culture in which formerly incarcerated people face no barriers to employment.

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