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Behavioral Health

2024 Statewide Crisis Intervention Team Symposium

When: September 25, 2024 What: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), in collaboration with the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Centre County CIT, will hold the …

Policy

PA Governor Shapiro Signs 2024-25 State Budget
Behavioral Health

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $27.5 Million in Funding Opportunities Enhancing Women’s Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health Webinar Recording: Safety Technology: Combining Human Resources with 21st Century Technology to Create and Maintain Safer Environments (CLPS Consultants)
Policy PCCYFS Legislative Updates
Funding Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Grant Opportunities
Funding Philadelphia DHS RFP: Trainers
Behavioral Health July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!
Behavioral Health Behavioral Health Updates
Policy PCCYFS Legislative Updates

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June 7, 2024

Office of Children, Youth, and Families Releases Caseworker Recruitment and Retention Study

The Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) released the Caseworker Recruitment and Retention Study on June 4, 2024. Caseworker shortages are not new to child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania ...
June 6, 2024

Medical Assistance (MA) Fee Schedule Now Includes Codes for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued Medical Assistance Bulletin 99-24-03, dated May 28, 2024, to advise providers of the updates to the Medical Assistance (MA) Program Fee Schedule based ...
June 5, 2024

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) – Supporting Youth Success Subcommittee

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) was recently awarded a federal grant to examine needs of youth, families, and communities across Pennsylvania through a new ‘Building Continuums of ...
June 5, 2024

Behavioral Health Updates

Managed Care Organizations Updates as of 6.5.2024
June 3, 2024

PCCYFS Legislative Updates

May 31, 2024 Next week, the State House and the State Senate resume session. Typically, the month of June is wrought with not only a flurry of legislative activity and ...
June 3, 2024

June Is Pride Month!

With June being pride month, PCCYFS wanted to share this proclamation President Biden released establishing that advancement of equity among LGBTQIA+ individuals is a priority of the administration. We have ...
May 31, 2024

Voluntary Resolution Agreement – Training Requirements FAQ

The Office of Children, Youth and Families released the Voluntary Resolution Agreement – Training Requirements FAQ.  This document provides an overview of the information provided at the information sessions and ...
May 29, 2024

Recap: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Family First Prevention Services Act

May 24, 2024 - Social Current (D.C.) On May 22, 2024, the Senate Finance Committee convened the hearing, “The Family First Prevention Services Act: Successes, Roadblocks, and Opportunities for Improvement.” ...
May 28, 2024

Pennsylvania Citizen Review Panel’s 2023 Annual Report

The Citizen Review Panels' Annual Report is produced in collaboration with individual citizen review panels, the Department of Human Services Office of Children, Youth and Families, the Pennsylvania Child Welfare ...
May 28, 2024

United States Department of Health and Human Services Final Rule: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, on May ...