The proposed project will target atlantic county new jersey, an area composed of 16 towns and cities with an estimated population of 274,534, to provide services that address the grief and trauma…

The Alcove Center for Grieving Children and Families, a non-profit organization in Southern New Jersey, has received a $570,106 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) program. This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, will enable The Alcove to expand its services in Atlantic County, New Jersey to address grief, trauma, and family issues affecting youth due to parental substance abuse. Specifically, The Alcove will develop three new programs: a Youth Grief Program, a Youth Trauma Program, and a Family Engagement Program. These initiatives aim to strengthen and reunify families impacted by substance abuse through intervention, prevention, and treatment services tailored to meet the needs of affected youth. Additionally, The Alcove receives sub-awards from the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety to support domestic violence response coordination, services for victims of crime, and assistance to women affected by domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other violent crimes, funded through the STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) formula grants program and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) program.

The proposed project will target atlantic county new jersey, an area composed of 16 towns and cities with an estimated population of 274,534, to provide services that address the grief and trauma youth suffer from the loss of a parent and/or trauma inflicted due to parental substance use. Atlantic county has prevention and treatment services for the family member with the substance addiction, but family therapy services are very limited and there are no direct services tailored to meet the needs of youth affected by substance abuse. This project will expand the agencys services to provide family engagement services focused on reunifying and strengthening families that have been affected by substance use by developing three programs: youth grief program, youth trauma program, and family engagement program.