How You Can Help

Your support helps provide evidence-based behavioral health care and improve lives in our communities.

September is Suicide Prevention Month

September is Suicide Prevention Month—a time to raise awareness, inspire hope, and remind people that support is available. You can make a difference by helping expand access to behavioral health resources and life-saving support. Your donation can help strengthen this important work.

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Your Support Ensures

 
222,000 +
UCHC Individuals Receive Care
850,000 +
UBHC Individuals Receive Care
 
42,000 +
Individuals Trained by BRTI

A System of Care Designed for Impact

UBHC’s approach is built on the understanding that behavioral health is not a single moment of care, but a continuum.

From early intervention and prevention, to crisis response, to long-term recovery and resilience, UBHC delivers care that adapts to the needs of individuals and families over time.

This system is strengthened through:

  • Innovative care environments, including purpose-built spaces like the Brandt Center
  • Community-based and virtual support models that expand reach and accessibility
  • Research and education that inform and improve care delivery

How Your Support Transforms Behavioral Health Care

Behavioral health challenges are among the most urgent public health issues facing our communities.

Demand for services continues to grow, while systems of care are often fragmented and under-resourced. Rutgers Health UBHC is addressing this challenge by advancing an integrated model that connects clinical care, research, education, and community-based support.

Philanthropy is essential to scaling this work and expanding access, strengthening the workforce, and advancing innovation across the continuum of care.

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Your Impact

At Rutgers Health University Behavioral Health Care, philanthropy fuels a comprehensive system of care one that reaches people in moments of crisis, supports them through recovery, and advances new approaches to treatment and prevention.

Because of you:

· Young people and families receive holistic, evidence-based, compassionate care in specialized settings like the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Retreat

· Veterans, service members, and their families access 24/7 peer support through nationally recognized programs like Vets4Warriors

· Individuals in moments of crisis find immediate, confidential support from caregivers and clinicians to new mothers and first responders

Your support ensures that care is not only available but coordinated, responsive, and designed to meet the full spectrum of behavioral health needs.

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University Behavioral Health Care Program Video Spotlight

Our quarterly video spotlight featuring three University Behavioral Health Care programs, sharing how each supports patients, families, and the community ~ July through September 2026

Partner With Us

Partnership starts with a conversation. If you’re interested in collaborating or supporting University Behavioral Health Care as a donor, please contact us:

Marilyn McGhee, PhD
Executive Director of Development, Rutgers Health Professional Schools
Rutgers University Foundation
335 George Street, Suite 4000
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
Cell: 732-468-1366
marilyn.mcghee@rutgersfoundation.org