August 10, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A message from DBHIDS Commissioner Jill Bowen, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m pleased to announce that the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) recently won the 2021 ReCAST grant, a competitive award allocated through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The grant will help us further our efforts to address trauma, achieve equity, and engage community in Philadelphia, especially during the prolonged period of trauma the city is currently experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ReCAST \u2014 which stands for Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma \u2014 works to assist high-risk youth and families and promote resilience and equity in communities that recently faced civil unrest by developing evidence-based violence prevention and community youth-engagement programs, as well as offering linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Philadelphia ReCAST program will target neighborhoods in West Philadelphia (Cobbs Creek, Mill Creek-Parkside, and Paschall-Kingsessing) and North Philadelphia (Nicetown-Tioga, Sharswood-Stanton, and Strawberry Mansion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the next five years, the grant will provide up to $1 million per year to help these communities work together to promote resilience and equity, improve behavioral health connections, and reduce trauma through a sustained community-change process. Specifically, the program will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This grant and program are one more step toward DBHIDS fulfilling our mission to educate, strengthen, and serve individuals and communities so all Philadelphians can thrive. I look forward to sharing the progress and success of this program with you in coming years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jill Bowen, Ph.D. August 10, 2021 A message from DBHIDS Commissioner Jill Bowen, Ph.D. I\u2019m pleased to announce that the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[70,31,42,114,48,116,115],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-3369","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-commissioner-bowen","tag-community","tag-dbhids","tag-grant","tag-philadelphia","tag-resiliency-in-communities-after-stress-and-trauma","tag-substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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