Mazzoni Center will be tabling throughout the Philadelphia Pride Festival. Therapist's from Mazzoni Center's Behavioral Health Department will be conducting free mental health screenings, discussing services offered at Mazzoni Center, and helping folks get connected to resources. Mental Health screenings will be offered from 11:00am - 4:00pm.
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council) will offer the Supporting Youth Recovery: Peer Paraprofessional Certificate in Supporting Youth Recovery program. Unique to this program is the enhanced version of Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) approved standardized Recovery Specialist (RS) Training to prepare peer paraprofessionals to include addressing the unmet behavioral health needs of children, adolescents, and young adults with a substance use disorder (SUD) and their families to provide RS to youth and young adults in recovery from a SUD and their families.
The Festival honors the historic significance of the sugarcane crop for generations of Puerto Ricans and recognizes the sugarcane workers who migrated from the Island to Philadelphia to work in the refinery. We will again have pavas and sugarcane to hand out to Festival attendees. Come early to get yours! The Festival is free and open to the public. Asociacion Puertorriquenos En Marcha, Inc (APM) will be providing Behavioral Health Screenings
Caring for a child with behavioral health needs can be demanding. Take a break. Respite care is short-term care for children ages 6-17. Children with a behavioral health diagnosis are eligible for short-term care.