The NJPPC is a state funded grant program where Hackensack Meridian Health, Cooper University Health Care, and the Atlantic Health System partner to provide support, evaluations, and referrals for children with behavioral and emotional health issues. The program is available for children up to age 18 or older if the patient is still seeing their pediatrician who is registered with the NJPPC.

Services are regionalized through statewide hubs.

The NJPPC provides quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care. Pediatricians are encouraged to integrate behavioral health resources into their practices and work with child and adolescent psychiatrists as well as other behavioral health providers.

Brochures (available for download in English and Spanish)

In order for your child to receive services through the NJPPC, their pediatric provider (e.g. pediatrician) needs to be a registered member of the NJPPC. Although the NJPPC is a consultative program that helps pediatric providers connect patients to behavioral health care, your child’s pediatric provider will still be their primary treatment provider. You may direct your child’s pediatric provider to this link so they can learn more about the NJPPC and how to register with the program.

?How the NJ Pediatric Psychiatry Collaborative Works

The NJPPC is a regionalized system of psychiatric and behavioral consultation teams to assist pediatricians in managing their patient’s mental health needs. It brings pediatricians into the fold in a collaborative partnership with child and adolescent psychiatrists to broaden children’s access to evidence-based mental health care. The NJPPC is designed to educate pediatricians on mental health care, help them screen for and identify mental health concerns, and get timely access to a consultation with a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

The NJPPC gives more patients access to mental health care sooner. It offers a triaged approach to delivering care based on the severity of the child’s needs. Participating pediatricians can-

Consult with the NJPPC child and adolescent psychiatrist and behavioral health staff

Refer patients to the NJPPC staff for intake and referral to services in their community

Access psychiatry evaluation services via telehealth

Age Groups	Children Adolescents
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health Behavioral Mental Health

Last Updated: 04/26/25