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March 26, 2024

2023 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Plan to the Governor

The 2023 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Plan to the Governor has been released, outlining nine recommendations. Recommendations can be found below in the Executive Summary of Recommendations to the Shapiro-Davis ...

March 26, 2024

PCCYFS Legislative Updates

March 22, 2024 Another session week in the books and we’re onto the next session week. This week we saw a flurry of committee meetings in the State Senate and ...

March 22, 2024

First Episode Psychosis (FEP) Programs Funding Opportunity

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to the Pennsylvania Behavioral Health System. The Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) is pleased to announce the State Fiscal Year ...

March 20, 2024

County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania Complex Case Workgroup Report

The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) released their Complex Case Work Group: Findings and Recommendations (February 2024). This report provides an overview of complex cases, the current landscape, and ...

March 18, 2024

PCCYFS Legislative Updates

The State House and the State Senate reconvene next week after about a month hiatus full of budget hearings and a special election. It’s shaping up to be an eventful week ...

March 15, 2024

Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2024

On March 9, 2024, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which was approved by the United States Congress on March 11, 2024. As stated by the National ...

March 15, 2024

Philadelphia DHS RFP: Juvenile Justice Training

The Philadelphia Department of Human Services has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for qualified applicants to facilitate curriculum to Juvenile Justice Staff in all departments that encompasses the warning ...

March 14, 2024

Pennsylvania Selected to Address Health Related Social Needs and Advance Health Equity in Medicaid

The Center for Health Care Strategies announced Pennsylvania was selected along with eight other states (nine total) to join a learning series that was, "made possible through support from Kaiser ...

March 14, 2024

Pennsylvania Chosen to Participate in a Children’s Behavioral Health Policy Lab

Pennsylvania was one of nine states chosen to participate in a Children's Behavioral Health Policy Lab. This conveneing will pull together state interagency teams, "including child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral ...

March 14, 2024

Top 10 Renewal FAQ’s for the Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse (OMHSAS) Services Providers

Over the past two years, Licensing Administration has embraced changes to streamline the renewal process for the existing Certificates of Compliance/licenses.  In working through the challenges, Licensing Administration found there ...