Emergency
News
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Education
for
Families
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Involvement
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INTERNET RESOURCES: LOCAL
(ALSO SEE FRN MEMBER WEB SITES IN THE "ABOUT
US"
AND "SUPPORT/EDUCATION FOR
FAMILIES" SECTIONS)
- City of Philadelphia,
Network of Care & Supports
http://philadelphia.pa.networkofcare.org/mh/home/index.cfm
Community-Based web site for people with mental illness, mental retardation or
substance abuse issues, their families and service providers
- Department of
Behavioral Health/Mental Retardation
http://www.phila.gov/dbhmrs/
DBH provides services through a network of community providers while collaborating
with the Philadelphia School District, child welfare and judicial systems, and other
stakeholders.
- Community Behavioral
Health
http://www.dbhmrs.org/community-behavioral-health/
CBH is Philadelphia’s own managed care organization, to provide behavioral
health coverage for persons on Medicaid.
- Consumer Satisfaction
Team
http://thecst.com/about.htm
Ensure that specific publicly supported and funded services meet the expressed
wishes and needs of the consumers of those services and that they promote
maximal recovery of persons served
- Office of Addiction
Services
http://www.dbhmrs.org/office-of-addiction-services
Administers, through its contracting process, a full spectrum of substance abuse
treatment, prevention and intervention programs available to all Philadelphia residents.
- Philadelphia Compact
www.philadelphiacompact.org
Families can learn and become involved with systems change across all the
child-serving systems: DHA-DBH-School District-Juvenile Justice. Increasing the
awareness of the importance of children’s social and emotional wellbeing
in the community.
- The Philadelphia
Alliance
www.philalliance.org
A professional society of more than forty specialized agencies working cooperatively,
committed to improving the quality of mental health, mental retardation and drug and
alcohol services through leadership and support of the human services system.
- The Philadelphia
Coalition of Community Behavioral Health/
Mental Retardation Centers http://www.philacoalition.org/
Supporting the agencies that provide behavioral health and mental retardation
services in Philadelphia.
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Military: Phila. Mental
Health Clinic For veterans of
Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey
http://www.philadelphia.va.gov/services/mentalhealth.asp
The Veteran Affairs Medical Center
215-823-4300
· Military:
Families At Ease
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The
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has resources in place to help your
Veteran
get the treatment and support he or she needs. All in complete confidence.
All
to get your family back on track
· Military:
Healing Ajax
A support group for friends and famiies of those who serve or
have served
in Iraq, Afghanistan & other wars, to learn and/or support their loved one
who may be suffering from PTSD or other behavioral health issues.