About Us

What's New

A grand reopening of the headquarters building is being planned for late spring 2008. In 2006, COPE itself experienced a crisis when a part of its main counseling center at 104 Bloomfield Avenue collapsed. Now we are rebuilding a center that will enable us to serve our clients better than ever in a "state of the art" facility. The damage to the structural integrity was so serious that major renovations and reconstruction were warranted.

Company Profile

COPE Center, Inc., is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing quality behavioral health-care services that are affordable, accessible, and responsive to individual, family, and community needs. The letters of COPE’s name stand for Counseling, Outreach, Prevention, and Education, all areas in which the agency’s professional staff is actively engaged in programs throughout Essex County and surrounding areas, including the centers in Montclair and Verona. Its counselors work in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse, family crises, problems in daily living, and AIDS. COPE was started over 30 years ago by the Junior League of Montclair and the United Way of North Essex.

Board of Trustees 2007-2008

Officers

  • Peter M. Rooney, President
  • Roger Nelson, Esq., Vice President
  • William Bloom, Second Vice President
  • John Finney, Secretary
  • Stewart Campbell, Treasurer

Trustees

  • Joan Brandley
  • Robert C. Butler
  • Tom Cherry
  • Janet Dryden Nevius, Ph.D.
  • Richard Hatzenbuhler
  • Patricia Kolbe
  • Robert Prout
  • Reese Stone

Advisory Board

  • Carmen & Yogi Berra
  • Dick & Jane Berry
  • Helen Breen
  • Timothy R. Cutting
  • Grace DePaola
  • Constance DuHamel
  • Jeffery Eastman
  • Elizabeth Enright
  • Mrs. Floyd Hall
  • Teddy D. Hawkins
  • John Helm
  • Ted & Miriam Irwin
  • Patricia Marchese
  • Elizabeth and Robert Skinner
  • Jane Stanton
  • Judith and William H. Turner
  • Nancy C. Wells

Upcoming Events

COPE means hope...
...for those struggling
with AIDS, substance
abuse, family crisis
issues and problems
of daily living.