{"id":237,"date":"2021-03-02T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:48:58","slug":"diversion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/youth-services\/youth-services-commission\/diversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crisis Mediation and Program Services Linkage<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/departments\/human-services\/youth-services\/family-crisis-intervention-unit-fciu\/\">Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Agency:<\/strong>&nbsp;Union County Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a0 1143-1145 E. Jersey St., 4th Fl., Elizabeth, NJ 07201<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a0908-558-2520<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Crisis Line:\u00a0<\/strong>908-514-2313<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fax:<\/strong>\u00a0908-558-2540<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact Person: <\/strong>Marcela Nunez, Supervisor<strong><br>E-mail: <\/strong>nnunez@ucnj.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Service<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Description:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU) is a legislatively mandated program for families experiencing family conflict, runaway behavior, truancy, minor delinquency, threat to safety issues, and human trafficking within the family unit warranting intervention. The goal is to mediate the immediate crisis and make recommendations to prevent involvement or further involvement with the court. When all appropriate resources are exhausted, and the family is still in crisis, FCIU has the option of filing a Family Crisis Petition with Family Court. This program has 24\/7 response capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Targeted Population:<\/strong>&nbsp;Union County Youth under 18 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Point of Continuum:<\/strong>&nbsp;Diversion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hours:<\/strong>&nbsp;Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 am-4:30 pm with late nights until 7:00 pm Mondays and 7:30 pm Tuesdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crisis calls have 24\/7 response capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Youth can be referred by:<\/strong>&nbsp;Families, Community Members, Police Departments, and Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crisis Mediation and Program Services Linkage Program:&nbsp;Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU) Agency:&nbsp;Union County Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services Address:\u00a0 1143-1145 E. Jersey St., 4th Fl., Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Telephone:\u00a0908-558-2520 Crisis Line:\u00a0908-514-2313 Fax:\u00a0908-558-2540 Contact Person: Marcela Nunez, SupervisorE-mail: nnunez@ucnj.org Service&nbsp;Description:&nbsp;The Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU) is a legislatively mandated program for families experiencing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":188,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 00:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/dhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}