Recommendations for Housing First in Philadelphia

Abstract

As the poorest urban city in the United States, Philadelphia has a growing number of chronic homelessness with individuals, couples, and families experiencing devastating challenges of an unjust criminal justice system, addiction, complex trauma, mental health challenges among other health disparities. Dr. Brie Radis, LCSW has worked and led the city’s first housing first treatment teams as a case manager, mental health specialist, team leader, and as their clinical director for the last fourteen years. She will share her clinical best practice reflections during this talk.

Presenters

Brie Radis
Associate Professor and Clinical Social Worker, West Chester University, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Online Lightning Talk

Theme

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

KEYWORDS

Housing First, Homelessness, Health Disparities

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