Philadelphia Treatment Not Trauma Coalition

10/04/2026

A mental health emergency should never end in police brutality or murder, yet throughout the US, including in our city it is happening frequently. Join us for a candlelight vigil to remember community members who lost their lives to police during mental health crisis and to demand better for all Philadelphians and for people throughout the world. Malcolm X Park, 51st and Larchwood. (ID: Black background, hand holding a lit candle, pink and white text: Treatment Not Trauma, Candlelight vigil, Malcolm X Park
Tuesday October 27th
6:00Pm, People in mental health crisis deserve care, dignity and to stay alive)

08/18/2026

Medicaid cuts are coming in a matter of months. How is the city going to maintain care, support people who lose their jobs, and respond to the effects of up to 90,00 people losing access to healthcare? (ID 1: up to 90,000 Philadelphians will lose Medicaid on 1-1-27. Ask city council what is available to you when you lose coverage. How will the city help us access:
medications
treatments
Therapy
emergency care
home health care
mental health care? How will the city support healthcare workers who lose their livelihoods?)
slide 2: Ask city council: What is available to me when i lose medicaid coverage? District Councilmembers
Mark Squilla: (215) 686-3458
Kenyatta Johnson (Council President): 215) 686-3412
Jamie Gauthier: (215) 686-0459
Curtis Jones, Jr.: (215) 686-3416
Jeffery Young, Jr.: (215) 686-3442
Michael Driscoll: (215) 686-3444
Quetcy Lozada: (215) 686-3448
Cindy Bass: (215) 686-3424
Anthony Phillips: (215) 686-3455
Brian O'Neill: (215) 686-3422
At-Large Councilmembers:
Nina Ahmad: (215) 686-3450
Kendra Brooks: (215) 686-3438
Katherine Gilmore Richardson: (215) 686-0454
Jim Harrity: (215) 686-8295
Rue Landau: (215) 686-3420
Nicolas O'Rourke: (215) 686-3452
Isaiah Thomas: (215) 686-3446

slide 3: Federal cuts gut Medicaid in 2027. But the city has failed to
share a plan to maintain life saving mental health care! The CBH economic impact report projects:67-90k 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.

05/13/2026

05/07/2026

Join in community to learn the ways the people are responding to Medicaid cuts and fighting to keep funding for community safety and mental health✊💜

The entire behavioral health system is at risk because of federal cuts to Medicaid in 2027. There will be new requirements that will result in anywhere from 50,000 to 300,000 Philadelphians losing their benefits. We are already on an unsteady foundation with major behavioral health providers like West Philly’s oldest and largest provider, the Consortium, currently in financial crisis.

▶️REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/A4JP_West

We need our city leadership to step up and protect Philadelphians. Our communities are resilient and, with the right amount of protection and investment, will be healthy and thriving. Join over a meal and build relationships to better fight for ourselves and our neighbors. See you May 13th!

📅Wednesday, May 13 from 6-8pm
📍West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship – 123 S 51st St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
🍛Dinner provided!

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

What should public safety funding actually look like in Germantown?

At a March 31 community conversation at the Nile Cafe, organizers and neighbors connected budget season to Medicaid, mental health care, utility burdens, and the broader question of what Philadelphia chooses to prioritize.

Hosted by Amistad Law Project, Abolitionist Law Center, Philly Tech Justice, Treatment Not Trauma, and the Alliance for a Just Philadelphia, the event also made space for attendees to share their own spending priorities for the city.

Germantown neighbors opened budget season with a facilitated conversation on safety, Medicaid, and mental health.

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.

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