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The Office of Mental Health (OMH), a core component of Philadelphia's Behavioral Health System, has long provided a crucial mental health safety net to Philadelphia's 1.4 million residents. Operated by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, OMH provides administrative, fiscal and program planning management for services for adults with severe mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbances. OMH contracts with treatment providers to bring supplemental mental health services to more than 50,000 adults and children annually, many of whom require intensive and specialized care.
Primarily funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), through state base allocation and federal block grant dollars, OMH also draws funding from the City of Philadelphia through its General Fund. Currently, OMH contracts with an extensive network of providers in every geographic location in the City, including 12 community mental health centers, more than 30 specialized mental health agencies, 5 crisis response centers and 30 inpatient providers.
Listed below are the services that OMH coordinates in conjunction with the
Office of Addiction Services and Community Behavioral Health, the City's behavioral health Medicaid managed care organization:
These include:
Adult and Child Mental Health Services
Supplemental Adult and Child Mental Health Treatment
Child Mental Health Services, including collaborations with schools, Department of Human Services, Family Court, and other city programs serving children with mental retardation and mental illness and children with a dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental illness
Crisis Response Services
Vocational, Residential and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
Homeless Outreach
Targeted Case Management
Peer, family and community education and support
Protection and consumer and family advocacy
Services for Non-English-Speaking Populations, Older Adults, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Forensic Services and Women With Dependent Children
Professional Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN)
Policy and planning
Quality improvement
Administrative oversight, including licensure endorsement and monitoring of providers, authorization of treatment providers, access and gatekeeping of residential services
For more information, please contact:
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