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EMERGENCY (215) 686-4420
The following are the services available through DBHIDS. Each service area includes a short description, eligibility information, how to attain a referral, and applicable contact information.
If you are unsure what service you require and do not have medical insurance, please contact the Behavioral Health Special Initiative (BHSI) at 215-546-1200, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
If you want treatment for a substance abuse challenge and do have medical assistance or Medicaid, please contact Community Behavioral Health (CBH) at 888-545-2600.
If you would like to access a list of NET Access Points, or feel you are experience an emergency and would like to find a Crisis Response Center, visit our webpage listing these centers located within Philadelphia.
Assessment
The process of gathering comprehensive information to ascertain the degree and severity of and individual’s alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, social, physical, and psychological effects of that use, strengths and needs of the individual, and level of care (LOC) determination.
Individuals wish alcohol and other drug challenges that are residents of Philadelphia County are eligible for addition services.
Individuals are referred to a NET Access Point after contacting BHSI, CBH, or private insurance carrier.
Detoxification
Treatment conducted in a residential facility that provides a 24-hour professionally directed evaluation and detoxification of addicted clients.
Eligibility for this level of care (LOC) determined by Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria (PCPC) 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Provides 24-hour medically directed evaluation and detoxification of psychoactive substance use disordered clients in an acute care setting
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Type of service that includes 24-hour professionally directed evaluation, care, and treatment for addicted clients in acute distress.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Type of service that includes 24-hour professionally directed evaluation, care, and treatment for addicted individuals in chronic distress, whose SUD symptomatology is demonstrated by severe impairment of social, occupational, or school functioning.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Partial Hospitalization
Consists of psychiatric, psychological, and other types of therapies on a regularly scheduled basis in which the individual resides outside the facility. This service is designed for those individuals who do not require 24-hour residential care, but would benefit from more intensive treatments. Services consist of regularly scheduled treatment sessions at least 3 days per week, with a minimum of 10 hours per week.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Individuals are referred to a NET Access Point after contacting BHSI, CBH, or private insurance carrier.
Outpatient Treatment
Outpatient treatment is an organized, non-residential treatment service providing psychotherapy in which the client resides outside the facility. These services are usually provided in regularly scheduled treatment sessions for, at most, 5 hours per week.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Individuals are referred to a NET Access Point after contacting BHSI, CBH, or private insurance carrier.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment
Is an organized, non-residential treatment service in which the client resides outside the facility. It provides structured psychotherapy and client stability through increased periods of staff intervention. Consist of regularly scheduled treatment sessions at least 3 days per week for at least 5 hours (but less than 10).
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Provides 24-hour medically directed evaluation, care, and treatment for addicted clients with coexisting biomedical, psychiatric, and/or behavioral conditions which require frequent care.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Referrals come from case manager/social worker or self referral. Please contact BHSI or CBH at the numbers above.
Medically Monitored Long Term Residential
A type of service that includes 24-hour professionally directed evaluation, care, and treatment for addicted clients in chronic distress, whose addiction symptomatology is demonstrated by severe impairment of social, occupational, or school functioning.
Eligibility for this LOC determined by PCPC 3rd Edition (2014).
Individuals are referred to a NET Access Point after contacting BHSI, CBH, or private insurance carrier.
Problem & Pathological Gambling Initiative
This initiative targets individuals that gamble continuously despite harmful negative consequences and have a desire to stop. Problem gambling is often defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others, rather than by the gambler’s behavior.
Any individual with a gambling problem in Pennsylvania is eligible to receive services under this program.
Self referrals and referrals from caregivers.
Contact Tamika Harvey at 215-599-4972, tharvey@pmhcc.org, or the Pennsylvania Gambling Addiction 24-hour hotline at 877-565-2112
Office of Addiction Services Recovery House Initiative
OAS Recovery House Initiative provides quality recovery care to individuals and families striving to maintain sobriety.
In 1995, the Philadelphia Coordinating Office for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Programs (now known as the Office of Addiction Services) established a recovery house system for persons enrolled in state-licensed outpatient substance abuse programs or MAT services. The goal of the program is to improve treatment outcomes by placing people in a positive, stable living environment that is conducive to recovery.
There are presently 26 OAS funded recovery houses throughout the City of Philadelphia. The initiative has the capacity for 470 residents.
Participant must be: Philadelphia resident at or above the age of 18 years old who are enrolled or is about to be enrolled in an intensive outpatient, outpatient drug free, or outpatient methadone maintenance treatment program or other MAT services
Forensic Intensive Recovery (FIR) case management, Intensive Punishment Program (IPP) case management, Treatment Court, or a Licensed Therapist at an Inpatient facility or an Outpatient facility. To make a referral, call 215-372-7400.
*Minimal fees are required, if working
PARR is the local resource for other recovery residences to ensure that recovery houses in Pennsylvania abide by standards and protocols for ethical practice and have training and state of the art information pertaining to residential operations.
For more information visit, parronline.org.
Case Management
Provide services to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, and members enrolled in the Community Behavioral Health Choices program, all of whom have substance abuse disorders or may have a co-occurring disorder.
Persons with substance abuse disorders may be referred for Intensive Case Management (ICM) Services.
ICM referrals come from alcohol and other drugs treatment providers and/or Community Behavioral Health.
If you require a BHSI ICM referral, please contact 215-546-6435 and a BHSI staff member will assist you.
Provides service coordination, linking, monitoring, assessment and supportive services to individuals between 13-24 years of age.
Children or adolescents Involved with or affected by substance use or abuse.
Child serving systems like SAP and JJ services system identify and refer cases through TCM.
Child Services
Youth M.O.V.E. is comprised of Philadelphia youth 14-21 years of age. M.O.V.E. stands for “Motivating Others through Voices of Experience”. Youth M.O.V.E. Philly’s mission is to pro-mote and support resilience, work to end mental health stigma, and serve as youth advocates, peer educators, mentors, and youth leaders in our community.
Youth 14-21 years of age who reside in Philadelphia County.
Referrals come from school counselors, community-based organizations, or self referral.
Contact Gabriel Bryant at 215-685-4726 or gabriel.bryant@phila.gov.
Grant to allow children with a behavioral health diagnosis to attend summer camp. Each eligible child can receive a grant of up to $400 to attend a participating summer camp.
Child must be a Philadelphia resident with a mental health diagnosis between the ages of 6 to 17, currently receiving publicly funded mental health and/or behavioral health services (paid for by Community Behavioral Health or The Office of Mental Health) through the summer.
Parents, if you have a child with behavioral health challenges, please contact your child’s behavioral health provider to submit an application.
For additional information visit the Madeline Moore Summer Camp Grant page, or email SummerCamp_DBHIDS@phila.gov.
Short term care that allows parents/guardians of children (ages 6 to 17) with a behavioral health diagnosis to take a break from the daily routine and stress of caregiving.
To determine eligibility, please review the Respite Services brochure.
A mandated K-12 program as stated in the public school code.
All youth are eligible to participate in the Student Assistant Program (SAP).
A teacher or other school personnel referral initiates the SAP process, the child can also self-refer.
Contact Susan Yackel at 215-599-4972 or susan.yackel@phila.gov.
Miscellaneous
Designed to empower an array of community stakeholders to work together in addressing challenges faced by their identified community. CCWI is comprised of two Community-based organizations (CBOs) and/or faith-based organizations (FBOs), at least one healthcare provider that directly delivers primary healthcare services, and one PA licensed Medicaid behavioral health provider experienced in trauma-informed care.
Eligible agencies are selected by DBHIDS after a thorough Request for Proposal (RFP) application and review process.
RFP applications are posted on www.dbhids.org every 2.5 years.
Contact Tonya Harris at 215-685-5423 or tonya.harris@phila.gov.
Consists of telephonic support for those individuals seeking treatment, maintaining recovery while in treatment, and/or attempting to remain drug free in the community, at large.
Individuals with alcohol and other drug challenges that reside in Philadelphia County are eligible for TRIP services.
RFP applications are posted on www.dbhids.org every 2.5 years.
Contact BHSI TRIP Resource Aides at 215-546-1200
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