“Shining Lights” at OceanMHS
Guiding nearly 300 staff with various levels of computer skills into the 21st century of Electronic Medical Records is an enormously difficult undertaking! Yet, Susan Loughery and TJ Cooperman [...]
OceanMHS Awarded Early Intervention Support Services Grant
In March OceanMHS was awarded a grant of $1M from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services. The grant, for the Ocean County Early Intervention Support Services (Ocean-EISS) program, is [...]
New Hours for Project Recovery Evening Program
Project Recovery Evening Program, Ocean Mental Health Services’ (OceanMHS) program for people with both a mental illness and substance abuse problem, has new hours to better accommodate people [...]
The IFSS Program Welcomes Mary Lough-Normile, LCSW as IFSS Supervisor
Mary Lough-Normile, LCSW recently joined the Intensive Family Support Services (IFSS) team as program supervisor. Mary brings with her over 20 years of experience in the field of social work. [...]
1st Annual Race for Respect – And the winner is…
Thank you all who supported our Race for Respect 5K at Wells Mills County Park in Waretown on November 6th! Congratulations to all the runners and walkers – and a special cheer for the [...]
Service Expansion for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Ocean Mental Health Services mission is to offer a comprehensive continuum of mental health services that promotes full participation in community life. One way this is accomplished is by [...]
May is Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month! The OceanMHS therapeutic foster care program, Connections, is celebrating by sharing the story of a long term foster care parent. She shares with is what [...]
Discovering Project Recovery
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with a few people who attend the Project Recovery program. Project Recovery is a partial day program, which is open from 9am to 3pm. (There is also [...]
