Philadelphia Treatment Not Trauma Coalition

04/30/2026

Philadelphians experiencing mental health emergencies deserve a response that is: SAFE, TIMLEY, TRAUMA-INFORMED, and provided by Mental Health professionals.
(ID: purple background. Kitty giving side eye to the text: Police with guns, flashing lights and a legacy of violence responding to Mental Health crisis. Kitty smiling peacefully with text: Mental health professionals with training, empathy, and respect responding to
Mental Health crisis)

04/28/2026

The city is facing devastating federal cuts in a matter of months that will severely impact access to and delivery of mental health care. The city needs to share a plan on how to mitigate harm to the community. CBHphilly.org (community behavioral health) spent a ton of money to create an economic impact report. https://cbhphilly.org/about-us/data-reports-and-minutes/economic-and-social-impacts-of-cbhs-medicaid-funding/
(ID: pink background, Mayor Parker in a green dress with her hands in a question motion, text: Federal cuts gut Medicaid in 2027. ut the city has failed to
share a plan to maintain life saving mental health care! The CBH economic impact report projects: 67,200 Philadelphians kicked off Medicaid
$122M lost economic output
810 lost jobs
decreased supply of Mental Health services
degraded health outcomes, increased health care needs, rising costs, and downstream implications.)

04/09/2026

The city spent $1.3 million on police uniforms last year and all they do is to spark fear in Philadelphians. The last thing someone experiencing a mental health crisis needs is to feel threatened and to fear for their safety. If you were unbearably anxious, extremely confused, distressed, or if living felt intolerable would you want someone with a gun and history of violence to respond or would you want a trained mental health professional? (IMAGE: light pink background, photo of Witten, a former Cowboys tight end holding a football with an arrow to text saying "This uniform elicits disgust. It’s a gut
reaction.) photo of a Philadelphia cop in the new dark blue uniform with an arrow and the text "This uniform elicits fear.
It’s a gut reaction caused by generations of and ongoing police harm and brutality. Fear escalates a mental health crisis." the text: WE NEED NON-POLICE, NON-CARCERAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE at the bottom.)

04/07/2026

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/louisville-seeks-justice-katelyn-hall-fatal-police-shooting-mental-health-crisis/417-41636b29-7d8d-4f5e-b82f-50caac220b6e?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WHAS11_News&fbclid=IwY2xjawRB7-ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFVWTRMdkJrQW5DUlF6MEUwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHheYaOvf6Q70V0qFGeyy91UCOKpyAIuOVM-lcUhZQT_Lw_OCJGZDrmbP-8cO_aem_KfzNh-Qj3HaezBIlxh4d8A

Officials now explore improved response model after the death of 28-year-old Katelyn Hall.

03/02/2026

Whether you're a clinician, friend, or family member you can help someone struggling with suicidal ideation by listening to them. But if someone is worried about you calling the state on them, they may just stuff their feelings and thoughts down, which exacerbates the struggle. (Image pink and purple background. drawing of two people talking at a table, text: Talking about suicidality can help decrease the intensity of thoughts and feelings and keeping it in can intensify them. But many people are silenced by their fear of having police called on them and of forced hospitalization. WE NEED NON-POLICE, NON-CARCERAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE)

11/27/2025

Join us for a Mental Health Community Teach-in! Sunday 11/30/25, 2:00-4:00 pm at Making Worlds Bookstore. 210S 45th St. We'll explore mental health crisis resources, community centered practices, and advocating for a fully funded, non-police crisis response. Making Worlds Bookstore

11/10/2025

Join us for a Mental Health Community Teach-in! Sunday 11/30/25, 2:00-4:00 pm at Making Worlds Bookstore. 210S 45th St. We'll explore mental health crisis resources, community centered practices, and advocating for a fully funded, non-police crisis response.

10/27/2025

"Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often

10/21/2025

At a community meeting recently in Philadelphia, police referred to human beings as a "nuisance". This easy dehumanization of people is why police are never the right choice for providing mental health crisis care. (ID: puple with white text: No human being is a “nuisance” regardless of their struggles with mental illness, substance use, or housing.
Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, care, and compassion.
No one should be swept aside, disregarded, degraded, or disappeared._

08/01/2025

This is info about 302's as per the law. It's not totally how things go down in reality, but might be good info to have. (ID: purple background, pink graphic of a law paper text. 1: The term “302” comes from the
PA Mental Health Procudes Act
Article 3: Involuntary Examination and Treatment

301: Says who who may be “Subject to Involuntary Emergency Examination and Treatment”.

302: What happens when some is taken into “Involuntary Emergency Examination and Treatment ”- Less than 120 hrs
303: “Extended Involuntary Emergency Treatment Certified by a Judge or Mental Health Review Officer.” Less than 20 Days.
304: “Court-ordered Involuntary Treatment” 20-90 Days. 2. 301: Who can be taken to treatment against their will.
“People who exhibit, “clear and present danger,” based on previous 30 day history of inflicting or attempting to inflict body harm on another or been shown to have difficulty surviving without intervention, OR su***de attempt, OR credible threats to physically harm self”. 3. 302: What “should” happen when someone is taken to treatment against their will in Pennsylvania.

A provider documents that the person is “severely mentally disabled” and in need of immediate treatment. A county administrator may issue a warrant.
Assessment within 2 hours of arriving at a facility then treatment begins.

07/01/2025

We stand with Philadelphia Municipal workers. All our struggled are intertwined. (Image: purple, white and pink blocks: TAKING CARE OF MUNICIPAL WORKERS IS MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL PHILADELPHIANS.
WORKERS WHO ARE RESPECTED, VALUED, AND COMPENSATED FAIRLY MAKE US ALL HEALTHIER.
THE WORKERS WHO SUSTAIN CLEAN STREETS, LIBRARIES, WATER, AIRPORT, POOLS AND MORE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILIES.
FINANCIAL STRESS EXACERBATES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS.)

06/23/2025

Updated flier: Location is the Public Park behind Friends Hospital crisis response center. Parking available in the hospital parking lot. (Look for Treatment Not trauma members to guide you from the parking to the vigil.)

Aaron Rainey should be alive, but he was killed by Philadelphia Police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Please join us Tuesday 6/24 at 7:30 at the Public park behind Friends Hospital to honor his memory.