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 won the 2021 ReCAST grant, a competitive award allocated through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will help us further […]<\/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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