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Medicaid and CHIP Renewals
Did you get a letter in the mail about renewing your Medicaid or CHIP coverage?? If you get your Medicaid or CHIP coverage through the state, you must complete an annual renewal to avoid a disruption in your coverage. Help is available to complete your renewal. Don’t wait to get started! Start your renewal online, […]
Heat Safety eLearning 2023 Now Available
The Heat Safety 2023 eLearning course is now available on the DBHIDS Learning Hub. To access this course, please do the following: If you are experiencing any difficulties completing this course, please email us at dbhids.learninghub@phila.gov for assistance.
Faith and Spiritual Affairs Conference Tackles Trauma, Grief, and Healing
Published April 28 in The Philadelphia Tribune When Imani Badey’s knows what trauma is about: Her oldest son got shot when he was just 22. A few years later, a second son was shot in Philadelphia. She has been homeless, and she has overcome. Now she is a patient care coordinator for the North Philadelphia-based […]
Don’t Lose Your Medicaid or CHIP Coverage
Do you or a loved one get Medicaid or CHIP coverage through the state? As of April 1, 2023, changes to federal law mean that you MUST renew your coverage every year or risk losing your coverage. You will not lose your state health coverage without a chance to complete a renewal or update your […]
City’s Department of Behavioral Health hosts inaugural Trauma, Equity and Community Conference
The Philadelphia Tribune Elected officials, community members and health professionals gathered on Friday to attend the city’s inaugural Trauma, Equity and Community (TEC) conference, with the hopes of beginning a yearly tradition moving forward. The conference, sponsored by the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services’ (DBHIDS), had the theme “TEC in the […]
Gun violence film screenings in Philly aim to ‘blanket the city’ with trauma support
WHYY A film being screened in Philadelphia paints a clear picture of the unaddressed trauma that perpetuates the cycle of gun violence, and urges residents to seek out the help they need. “TRIGGER” offers Philadelphia audiences a look at the raw experiences of people directly affected by shootings — those who’ve lost a loved one […]
DBHIDS Commissioner Jill Bowen Responds to Death of Tyre Nichols
January 30, 2023 The brutal, needless killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, at the hands of multiple members of the Memphis, Tenn., Police Department this month is heart-wrenching. The body-cam footage – there are no words to describe the tragic, distressing scene. This incident – this latest incident – serves as an all-too-real […]
DBHIDS Annual Report
DBHIDS Annual Report: 2021-2022 DBHIDS Annual Report: 2020-2021 DBHIDS Annual Report: 2019-2020 DBHIDS Annual Report: 2018-2019 Read more about the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services — including information about our Leadership Team, organization, strategic framework, and more — on our About Us page.
When mental health crises require more than a phone conversation, these mobile units come to help
Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 4, 2022 Most calls to crisis lines are resolved on the phone. But when a call needs an in-person response, a mobile crisis unit often swings into action. The alternative, some fear, is relying on police. by Abraham GutmanUpdated Sep 30, 2022 A grandmother calls a mental health crisis line for help […]
DBHIDS Commissioner Statement on Incident During Philadelphia’s July 4 Celebration
July 5, 2022 Before the chilling images from the July 4 Highland Park shooting that left six dead and dozens injured outside of Chicago even had a chance to settle in our minds, the news started coming in of a shooting on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during Philadelphia’s beloved Fourth of July fireworks show – […]
