About UCPC BHC

UCPC Behavioral Healthcare, a 501©3 non-profit organization, was established in October 1944 by community members to help children and their families with emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Initially UCPC only served the western part of Union County but, with additional funds from municipalities and the county-seat, services were expanded across all towns in Union County which also included North Plainfield.

Until the 1960's the agency was primarily a child guidance center. With the de-institutionalizing of patients from the State psychiatric hospitals, the development of community mental health centers and funding from the Division of Mental Health Services, UCPC became increasingly more adult-focused.

In the late 1970's, an Adult Psychiatric Partial Care program was added and further expanded to accommodate those patients being discharged from psychiatric institutions.

In recent years, UCPC has developed programs and treatment services to help clients with concomitant substance abuse disorders with mental health disorders.

UCPC has greatly expanded these co-occurring disorder services in the past 2 years, working closely with local and state hospitals as well as local and state authorities to serve clients who are on probation or parole and who require these specific services.

UCPC has evolved to treat a variety of behavioral, mental health and addiction problems for all age groups in Union County and surrounding communities.

We treat all traditional mental health problems and co-occurring substance abuse problems including those with borderline to mild mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

Our consumer population is comprised of approximately 89% adults and 11% children.

Annually, we serve approximately 1600+ families, children and adults.

We serve primarily the targeted populations of the State and County which includes the seriously and persistently mentally ill, substance abusers, children, minorities, the homeless and indigent.

DID YOU KNOW?

At any given time, over 57.7 million people in the US are diagnosed with a mental illness. That means you, a family member, or someone you care has a statistically significant chance to develop a mental illness or experience a major life stressor for which they need professional help.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one out of every four people struggles with a mental illness and 17.5 million of these suffer from depression.
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability in American adults aged 15-44.
In the US, someone commits suicide every 13.7 minutes. On the average, 105.1 people kill themselves every day
(Suicide Data: 2010).

HISTORY OF UCPC