COPE Center, Inc. is a non profit community-based behavioral healthcare agency serving the residents of Essex County and surrounding areas. The name is an acronym for Counseling, Outreach, Prevention and Education, all areas in which professional staff are actively engaged. Incepted in 1968 by the United Way of North Essex and the Junior League of Montclair and Newark and incorporated in 1971 as North Essex Drug and Alcohol Council (NEDAC). The mission of COPE is to provide quality behavioral healthcare services that are affordable, accessible, and responsive to individual, family and community needs. COPE counselors work in the areas of alcohol/drug abuse, family crises, problems in daily living, and AIDS. COPE provides licensed IOP, OP and early intervention levels of substance abuse treatment for both adults and adolescents; services are co-occurring integrated. Community and School based programs include middle school substance abuse and bullying prevention, parenting skills development, child and infant mental health initiatives.