division of mental health and addiction services 
 Division of Mental Health 
                    Introduction to  
 and Addiction Services 
                   Introduction to                             
          Trauma & Disaster Counseling 
          Disaster Mental Health and 
                              
                 Crisis Counseling 
                            Welcome 
    •   Thank you for coming                 Introductions &  
    •   Bathrooms                              Ice Breaker 
    •   Breaks                                         
    •   Cell Phones 
    •   Confidentiality 
    •   Ground Rules 
    •   Parking Lot 
     
                     New Jersey’s Disaster  
                     Mental Health System 
      • Since the early 1990’s New Jersey has been a national 
         leader disaster mental health 
       
      • Today all 21 counties have viable disaster mental 
         health plans and each has a cadre of trained disaster 
         mental health responders 
       
      • Through the Disaster & Terrorism Branch, basic and 
         advanced training programs are offered for mental 
         health professionals and para-professionals to help 
         sustain an adequate disaster mental health workforce  
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         The History of  
         Disaster Mental Health Services 
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
    Act 
     
    
        • Passed in 1988 
        • Defined emergency management as a joint 
           responsibility of Federal, State and local governments 
        • Established the Crisis Counseling Program 
        • Required States to have a plan for the mental health 
           aspects of disasters 
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