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A unique basketball league is reaching out to homeless residents in Philadelphia to help them make life changing plays off the court, making a lot of progress in just a few months. “I just wanted to get to do a little exercise, lose some weight, and just have fun. That’s all I wanted to do, […]

This basketball game began with a bucket, right off the tipoff, and then a matching bucket, and another bucket. Finally, somebody missed. Every Wednesday this summer, in a little gym just off a courtyard in the back of the historic Church of the Advocate at Diamond and Gratz Streets in North Philadelphia, there’s a men’s […]

PHILADELPHIA — The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) today announced that Joan Erney will retire as chief executive officer of its Community Behavioral Health (CBH) division effective ‪December 31, 2019. Behavioral Health Commissioner David T. Jones said CBH’s chief operating officer, Donna Bailey, has been named interim CEO of CBH effective […]

Becky Green and her husband have not had a steady place to live since 2017. “We sleep outside or with family and friends, depending on who will allow us to stay over,” she said. Without a fixed address or proper documentation, Green said, she and her husband have faced barriers finding work. Green said those […]

PHILADELPHIA — A new mural will be unveiled Tuesday in SEPTA’s Suburban Station. It’s creation is part of a new program that’s transforming lives. It’s a same day work and pay program that’s connecting people who are struggling and in need of things like mental health services. It’s been such a success that they’ve had […]

The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services announced today that close to 1500 of its clients are being notified of a privacy breach. It occurred in the Division of Intellectual disAbility Services (“IDS”), within DBHIDS. This division coordinates and administers services for 15,487 individuals with intellectual disabilities in Philadelphia, including home and community […]

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 of a Philadelphia courtroom Monday — sometimes with a drug test swab in their mouth — waiting for an interview where they’d hear about their options: food service, warehouse […]

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 humidity. In Logan Square, Carrie Wagner and Owen Riordan were working their way around the park. Not everyone accepted the icy bottles of water they offered, but some did. […]