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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 […]
DBHIDS Statement on Fatal Shootings Near South Street
June 6, 2022 Unprecedented. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking. The words are beginning to feel overused as shootings – some coordinated attacks, some sudden flares of gunfire – continue unabated in our streets, […]
DBHIDS Statement on Racial and Ethnic Violence
May 25, 2022 The City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) stands resolutely in opposition to racial and ethnic violence and to the mindset that […]
DBHIDS Statement on Recent School Tragedies
May 25, 2022 Days after a series of ruthless, racially motivated acts in Buffalo, N.Y., Dallas, and Laguna Woods, Calif., the nation is again in shock following the indescribable attack […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: DBHIDS is Here to Help
May 2, 2022 READ ENTIRE NEWS RELEASE PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: May 2, 2022Contact: Christina Crews, Christina.Crews@phila.gov May 1 marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month – a time […]
COVID Town Hall for Providers: Video and FAQ
January 21, 2022 NEW! FAQ added Feb. 11 On Jan. 21, DBHIDS hosted a Town Hall in collaboration with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to provide accurate, reliable information […]
Nominate for ‘My City, My Place’ Brighter Futures Award by Jan. 28
November 8, 2021 The nominations period has opened for the 2022 ‘My City, My Place’ Brighter Futures Awards, the 30th anniversary of the event. The DBHIDS Division of Intellectual disAbility Services […]
Philly in the ‘final stages’ of multi-million dollar reforms promised after police killed Walter Wallace Jr.
BillyPenn.com November 5, 2021 Read full article at BillyPenn.com One crisis responder says the city is “living up to its commitment.” A year after Walter Wallace Jr. was killed by police […]
Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street
WHYY October 13, 2021 CLICK TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE ON WHYY AND WATCH VIDEO The subway concourse at Walnut Street Station in Philadelphia is supported by about 200 concrete columns, which […]
Nicole Connell Named DBHIDS Chief of Innovation Effectiveness
September 27, 2021 After more than 15 years’ experience working across locally and federally funded social service entities and nonprofit community-based organizations including seven years with the City of Philadelphia […]
