New Jersey Awards $3.2 Million Contract To Young Adult Institute For I/DD, Mental Health

The New Jersey Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) awarded a four-year contract valued at $3.2 million annually to Young Adult Institute (YAI) to create a community crisis prevention service for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and mental health needs in the state’s southern counties. The program is START – which stands for Systemic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Resources, and Treatment. YAI will launch the START program in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties.

YAI is anticipated to launch the START program in spring 2025. The program is anticipated . . .