Philly courts hosted a job fair for the pre-trial population

Philadelphia Inquirer    July 23, 2019 It was an unconventional job fair. There were no splashy banners advertising companies, no branded swag, no suits. Just folks filling out paperwork on the benches […]

Heat wave response: Philly’s quadrupling homeless outreach for Code Red

Billy Penn    July 19, 2019 The incoming heat wave had only started to tease Philadelphia on Thursday morning, but the 85-degree thermometer reading was already paired with an uncomfortable dose of […]

City program makes camp a possibility for youth with behavioral health challenges

Philadelphia Inquirer    July 17, 2019 Before 2016, Miguel Batiz spent countless summer days in his Holmesburg bedroom, using the computer, playing video games, and eating. Aside from trips with his mother […]

The best mental health treatments for youth are slow to catch on in Philadelphia, study finds

Philadelphia Inquirer    July 5, 2019 Not all therapy is created equal. Years of scientific research have shown that some types of mental health treatment, like cognitive behavioral therapy, are more effective […]

Need to address: City jails combat influx of drugs on the inside, recidivism with MAT program

Philadelphia Weekly    July 5, 2019 Paul Robbins recently spent about six months in Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility (CFCF), a Philadelphia’s men’s jail, for drug-related charges.Robbins was on methadone when he was incarcerated, […]

Philadelphia treatment center smoking ban doesn’t deter addicts

6 ABC    July 1, 2019 CENTER CITY (WPVI) — Philadelphia health officials say the smoking ban at the city’s drug treatment centers isn’t detering people from seeking addiction help. They started […]

Six months in, Philly assesses its smoking ban in inpatient rehabs

Philadelphia Inquirer    July 1, 2019 Six months into a ban on smoking in all city-funded inpatient drug treatment centers, Philadelphia officials say the prohibition hasn’t impacted the number of people seeking […]

Philly health officials, advocates split on impact of smoking ban at inpatient rehabs

WHYY    July 1, 2019 Protesters marched down Market Street Tuesday to demand that Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health end its ban on smoking cigarettes at inpatient addiction-treatment facilities. The protesters say […]

Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.

Philadelphia Inquirer    June 11, 2019 As a Monday morning rain rinsed LOVE Park and chased early commuters into their offices, 34 people gathered by the LOVE sculpture and waited impatiently for […]

New Philadelphia emergency unit responds to overdoses in Kensington

WHYY    June 10, 2019 Every morning at 8 o’clock, social worker Shane Randall gets an email telling him which addiction-treatment facilities have available beds that day. But Randall doesn’t work for […]