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ACAP
301 South Livingston Avenue, 2nd Floor
Livingston, NJ 07039

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

November 20, 2008

Dear Friend and Neighbor,
For the past 27 years, the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis (ACAP) has grown from a small non-profit school and treatment facility to a thriving institution with over 70 graduate students and over 4,200 patient treatment hours per year. 

The North Jersey Consultation Service, ACAP’s treatment service, is an important resource to families and individuals who do not h ave medical coverage and to agencies which are unable to provide psychotherapy services on site such as local group homes and day treatment programs.  Your support will help us continue this commitment to our local community: No one is ever turned away due to diagnosis or inability to pay. 

These vignettes are examples of how the work at the NJCC is important:
Eight-Year-Old M. had failing grades in school.  She was oppositional at home.  Her family had no medical insurance and her parents were unemployed, but the family members could be seen at the NJCC for $5 per session.  The NJCC support assisted M.’s father in returning to full time work and in linking M.’s older sister to an intensive substance abuse program.  The family worked towards a stable emotional environment resulting in improved financial, medi cal and emotional outcome for M. as well as each family member. 

Eighty-Eight year old Mrs. G was mourning her husband.  She found herself crying uncontrollably and uninterested in pursuing her usual social contacts or activities.  She felt guilt about her anger and intense concern for her own health.  She was referred to the NJCC by a family friend and became able to regain her life, building new relationships, good health and meaningful activities. 

Support from foundations, corporations and individuals like you make work like this possible for ACAP, offering psychotherapy but also innovative education in the behavioral health field.  ACAP offers our original Certificate in Psychoanalysis and has just graduated the first class of students in our new Master’s degree in psychoanalytic counseling — the first in the country. 

Your gift can support trainees in our Joining Forces pr ogram, a two-year pilot which has trained over 42 inner-city workers in our local communities.  These professionals work with the most vulnerable children and families in Greater Newark such as the New Jersey State Division of Youth and Family Services, Newark Public Schools and Youth Consultation Service.  Joining Forces seed monies have decreased significantly this year so your gift helps guarantee the program’s sustainability. 

Our grants help us to underwrite our mission to train those who work with the most hopeless patients in the most underserved populations as well as to offer direct mental health services and treatment to those who are in the most financial and emotional need.  

We ask you to join ACAP’s Circle of Friends by making a donation to the 2008 annual fund drive and we welcome your referrals to our Consultation Center. Together, our c ommitment is great and we congratulate you on all you have helped ACAP accomplish in 2008!  In this financial climate, your donation is more valuable than ever. 

Sincerely,
Vicki Granet Semel, Psy.D.
Executive Director, ACAP

2008 Areas of Greatest Need

ACAP is in greatest need of your general operating support.  Your donation is valuable to us and can help to make progress towards our goals for 2008:

1.     Library Fund
$30,000 Conversion to an Electronic Card Catalog and addition of Research Databases.  Your donation can help us to meet this goal!

2.     Scholarship Fund
$25,000 to support Joining Forces in 2009.  Our program to assist urban workers to participate in courses and to improve the impact of their work on vulnerable children and families in New Jersey.  Just $1,200 allows one worker to participate for two semesters in 2009.

3.     DYFS Initiative
ACAP has trained over 150 DYFS workers in our step back method through one day conferencing.&n bsp; However, we are unable to meet the demand for this training.  With your financial assistance, we can expand the number of participants and the number of children impacted.  Each gift of $125 covers the cost of a participant for a full 7 hours of conferencing.

4.     NJCC Financial Hardship Assistance Program
In the tough financial times we face, more and more people will be in need of low cost treatment alternatives.  The NJCC is preparing to accept individuals facing financial hardship and help them to transition their lives.  We see individuals who need support to turn their lives around but may be uninsured or underinsured.  We never turn patients away due to inability to pay.  A donation of $200 waives all intake fees a family of 4.

5.    The Coming Home Initiative
Veterans and their families have special needs.  The Coming Home initiative helps veterans become aware of a treatment program that can offer a confidential, comfortable environment for themselves and their family members to explore a new life togethe r and transition veterans back into productive family and vocational life. Couples face special problems in reestablishing connection, and developing support for each other in the face of challenges.  Despite military training veterans may not be prepared to face the feelings and impulses left over from war experiences.  Their family members may feel unable to help.  We can provide a place to restore integrity to those who are having normal reaction to the intensity of their experiences.  $1,000 would allow us to advertise this unique program.

Interested in making a donation but not online?  Call our fundraising office.
Annette Vaccaro, Grants Coordinator
973-629-7808