In-Home Therapy to End in March for 3,000 Kids
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 14, 2011
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About 3,000 New Jersey children with behavioral problems who have been getting therapy at home will lose that service after March 30, the state Department of Children and Families has decided. Mental health professionals vow to challenge the edict.
Limiting the number of children receiving "in-home intensive community" treatment is projected to save the state about $2 million, although Jeffrey J. Guenzel, director of the department's Division of Child Behavioral Health Services, said the decision was not made to save money. Guenzel said in-home therapy works, and has vastly reduced the number of children who need long-term residential care, but private agencies that profit from the service are treating kids who may not need it.See the full content of this document
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In-Home Therapy to End in March for 3,000 Kids
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