DBHIDS Launches Forensic Equity Unit
The Behavioral Health and Justice Division (BHJD) of the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) is officially launching a new Forensic Equity Unit. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]