Philly health officials, advocates split on impact of smoking ban at inpatient rehabs

WHYY    July 1, 2019 Protesters marched down Market Street Tuesday to demand that Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health end its ban on smoking cigarettes at inpatient addiction-treatment facilities. The protesters say […]

Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.

Philadelphia Inquirer    June 11, 2019 As a Monday morning rain rinsed LOVE Park and chased early commuters into their offices, 34 people gathered by the LOVE sculpture and waited impatiently for […]

New Philadelphia emergency unit responds to overdoses in Kensington

WHYY    June 10, 2019 Every morning at 8 o’clock, social worker Shane Randall gets an email telling him which addiction-treatment facilities have available beds that day. But Randall doesn’t work for […]

Philly’s Mural Arts taps an underutilized workforce with ‘same-day pay’

KYW Newsradio    June 5, 2019 PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Cities around the country are experimenting with employing homeless people by offering jobs that provide a day’s pay for a day’s work. […]

City of Philadelphia to host free mental health events throughout May

Philly Voice    May 3, 2019 The City of Philadelphia will recognize May – a month dedicated to mental health awareness – by providing an array of free events. Spearheaded by the […]

Philadelphia Announces Free Mental Health Month Events Promoting Healing, Wellness and Understanding

May 1, 2019 An Intimate Conversation with #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke, Two Mental Health First Aid Certification Trainings and a Community Celebration for Children are all Part of the Lineup. […]

Gompers Elementary School focuses on mental health

thenotebook    April 12, 2019 Mora-Lee Moore, an 8th-grade class representative at Gompers Elementary School in Wynnefield, put it succinctly: Mental health is the “most deeply cared-about issue in our community,” she […]

Participatory Grantmaking Initiative Brings Public-Private Partnership to Address Behavioral Health Needs of Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia

April 11, 2019 (Philadelphia, PA) – The City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) joins the Scattergood Foundation, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern […]

Worth a shot: City doubles down on MAT therapy in continued fight against the opioid epidemic

Philadelphia Weekly    March 12, 2019 Leonidas Tsiaras is an example of how medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder can turn around someone’s life.After surgery for extraction of his wisdom teeth at […]

Why aren’t slots for opioid treatment filled? City tries to turn the tide

Philadelphia Inquirer    March 8, 2019 The opioid crisis continues to shock with its persistence and casualties. Last year, about 1,100 people died of overdose in the city. One fact that should […]