Child Abuse
This document includes a list of important organizations, centers and hotlines to assist victims of child abuse or reporting.
Entrenamiento para personas con Incapacidad Intelectual y su familia.
En esta pagina puede encontrar una variedad de entramientos y recursos sobre la salud y el bienestar de individuos con dispacidades intelectuales y sus familias. Estos entrenamientos fueron creados por Philadelphia Coordinated Healthcare (PCHC) completamente en espanol.
Special Education: The 50-Year Fight for the Right to Learn
Today’s special education system was shaped five decades ago, when parents fought for disabled children’s right to learn.
How to Talk To Someone Who Does Not Talk
Supporting the RIGHT to Communication, EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY!
Why is IM4Q Important?
The Importance of Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) for Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Office of Developmental Programs (ODP)
Pennsylvania Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS)
TiPS is a Pennsylvania HealthChoices program designed to increase the availability of child psychiatry consultation teams, regionally and by phone, to primary care providers (PCPs) and other prescribers of psychotropic medications. The program is available for children insured by Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Program. TiPS provides real-time, peer-to-peer resources to the PCPs who need immediate consultative advice for children (up to age 21) with behavioral health concerns. TiPS psychiatrists don’t prescribe medications. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides consultation to providers in the Southeast Zone. Phone varies on region Southeast Zone: 267-426-1776 Northeast and Lehigh/Capital: 800-233-4082 Southwest and Northwest: 844-972-8477
Intellectual DisAbility Services Emergency Line
Call for emergency placement. Call to report missing people with intellectual disability. 215-829-5709 or 215-685-6440 (after 5pm)
Einstein Crisis Response Center at Germantown
Einstein Crisis Response Center (CRC) treats mental and behavioral health crisis emergencies with physiatry coverage 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Emergency mental health services are available to all people, regardless of health insurance or ability to pay. No appointment is needed. Einstein Crisis Response Center at Germantown 5501 Old York Road Philadelphia, PA 19141 215-951-8300
Behavior Health Special Initiative (BHSI) at Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Serivces (DBHIDS)
f) Behavioral Health Special Initiative (BHSI) Program provides assessments, referrals, and funding support for persons who are uninsured or underinsured with substance abuse problems and can access licensed treatment programs. The program manages several state and local funding allocations, the largest of which is the Behavioral Health Special Initiative. BHSI operates under the auspices of the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Addiction Services (OAS), a component of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) through a contract with PMHCC. Behavior Health Special Initiative (BHSI) at Philadelphia (DBHIDS) 801 Market St, 7th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-546-1200
Targeted Case Management (TCM) and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
Targeted Case Management is a primary, direct service provided to adults or children with serious mental illness or emotional disorders who live in the community. TCM is designed to ensure that individuals and their families gain access to needed medical, social, educational services as well as other agencies whose functions are to provide the support, training and assistance required for a stable, safe and healthy community life. 215-599-2150