Pennsylvania Services

YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES

Individual & Family Therapy

  • Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services or "Wraparound"
    These services are provided by mobile therapists, behavioral specialists, and therapeutic staff support (TSS) workers working together as a treatment team in Pennsylvania.  Services are provided in the home, school and community setting either individually or in any combination depending on the need.  The treatment team collaborates with other systems and services being provided to the family.  Services must be recommended by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist and must be preauthorized by the applicable medical assistance payer.  Referrals can be made directly to NET by calling (215) 408-4944. 
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Family Focused Behavioral Health Services
    This Pennsylvania based program is designed to serve as an alternative to traditional "wraparound."  A team comprised of a lead clinician, a case manager, and a crisis worker provides intensive support to all members of the family in the home, school, or community setting.  Intensive coordination between the treatment team and other community resources and a flexible approach to working with families are key elements of this program.  An extensive family assessment is conducted in order to establish clear goals in partnership with the family.  Psychiatric assessment and consultation is integrated in the program model.  Services must recommended by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist and services must be authorized by Community Behavioral Health (CBH).  A less intensive version of the Family Focused model is also available.  Referrals can be made directly to NET by calling (215) 408-4944.
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Outpatient Mental Health
    Traditional outpatient treatment is provided on site at several locations in Pennsylvania.  Many therapists are trained to provide both individual and family therapy.  When needed, psychiatric assessment and medication management services are also provided.  Referrals can be made directly to NET by calling (215) 408-4944.
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center

 

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption

  • Dependent Foster Care
    Dependent Foster Care services are provided in Pennsylvania to youth including treatment level, mother/baby placement, kinship care, and traditional foster care.  The primary goal is to either return the child to his/her family of origin or to develop an alternative permanent plan for the youth.  Case management support and counseling is provided to the youth and to their families.  Information and referral services help families to access services they may need in order to fulfill goals of the Family Services Plan.  For older youth, services emphasize life skills development.  All referrals for dependent foster care are made by the Central Referral Unit (CRU) of DHS.  (If you are interested in becoming a foster parent please call 215-408-4967 for more information.) 
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Delinquent Foster Care
    Delinquent Foster Care services are provided in Philadelphia to youth who are adjudicated delinquent and placed in foster care.  The youth receive ongoing counseling regarding victim awareness, community safety and life skills in addition to basic foster care support.  Restitution plans are developed and monitored by the case manager.  The case manager may also help the youth make restitution.  Referrals are made by the youth's probation officer to NET by calling (215) 408-4911.  (If you are interested in becoming a foster parent please call 215-408-4967 for more information.)
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Treatment Foster Care
    Treatment level foster care services are provided in Pennsylvania to children and youth with specialized behavioral health needs.  The primary objective of treatment foster care is to provide youth with specialized care in the least restrictive setting, which is in the community and in a family setting.  Treatment foster parents receive additional training specific to this population and work in partnership with behavioral health team to ensure that the child or youths' needs are met.  The Department of Human Services (DHS) determines a child/youth's eligibility for treatment level foster care and referrals are made by the DHS's Central Referral Unit.  (If you are interested in becoming a foster parent please call 215-408-4967 for more information.) 
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Adoption
    NET is a Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN) affiliate agency.  These services are found in Pennsylvania and are designed to support a successful transition through and after an adoption.  Prior to an adoption being finalized, services include adoption preparation for the child and thorough assessments of adoptive families.  After an adoption is finalized, services include case management, assessment, and respite.  Youth and families are referred by SWAN (888-793-2512).  Families can ask to be referred to NET.
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • In-Home Protective Services (IHPS)
    The In-Home Protective Services (IHPS) program, located in Philadelphia, will provide case management support to families identified by the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS).  Families for whom abuse or neglect is indicated or for whom the risk of abuse is high will be referred to the IHPS program.  The IHPS program will implement a Family Service Plan, monitor safety of the youth, assist families in gaining access to community and other resources, and assist families in developing appropriate parenting skills.  A parent coordinator will develop specific parenting classes or activities designed to educate parents regarding child development, behavior modification and other parenting techniques.
    Location and contact information for Rhawn Street Center

 

Juvenile Justice & Prevention

  • In-Home Detention
    Located in Philadelphia, youth in this program receive 22 to 25 hours of community based activities per week as well as intensive supervision.  Activities are designed to develop competencies, provide education, foster victim awareness and protect the community utilizing BARJ (Balanced And Restorative Justice) principles.  Activities include sessions focusing on drug and alcohol issues, sexual health, career development, community resources, and skill development.  Additionally, all youth participate in activities coordinated in conjunction with Philadelphia organizations and grassroots efforts.  Youth workers monitor school attendance and curfew, and report adjustment and recommendations back to the court.  Referrals are currently made through the CBDS (Community Based Detention Services) unit of the Youth Study Center. To contact the Program Manager please call (215) 408-4961.
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • School Based Social Services
    Services are delivered by Resource Specialists in schools located in the Central Region of the Philadelphia Schol District.  Short term case management, brief intervention, and crisis stabilization supports are provided.  Youth are identified by school personnel and display or are at risk of developing behavioral health needs.  Operating in the school setting helps to facilitate coordination between behavioral health and education and fosters a team approach to working with youth and families.  Youth and families are linked with appropriate supportive services. 
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center
  • Community Based Residential Detention
    These services are provided in Philadelphia at two staff secured short term residential facilities for adjudicated youth awaiting disposition by the court system.  The two facilities are the Firehouse, which is an all boys residential facility and Henry House, which is an all girls residential facility.  While in placement, youth receive counseling, medical and dental care, case management services, court representation and life skill supports. All referrals come directly from the City of Philadelphia Family Court.
    Location and contact information for Firehouse
    Location and contact information for Henry House
  • Delinquent Services to Children in their Own Homes (SCOH)
    Case management support is provided in Pennsylvania for youth and families to address the issues that contribute to delinquent behaviors.  This program provides an average of three hours direct service per week in the home, school and community setting.  Services focus on issues identified in the Family Service Plans as developed by the Probation Officer.  NET's case managers provide assistance to youth and families to help them identify community resources, gain access to necessary services and develop educational goals.  The case managers also monitor school attendance/performance and develop a restitution plan when appropriate.  Referrals are made by the youth's probation officer to NET by calling (215) 408-4944.
    Location and contact information for Youth & Family Services at Spring Garden Center

 

ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

Drug-Free Addictions & Co-Occurring Treatment

  • Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
    The Bridge Street, Spring Garden and Frankford Avenue Counseling Centers located in Philadelphia offer IOP programs designed to treat co-occurring substance dependency and psychiatric disorders with specific attention to consumers' unique needs.  Forensic programs support Forensic Intensive Recovery (FIR) and other stipulated consumers in meeting their criminal justice requirements.  The women's IOP track addresses the specific needs of women.  In addition, Latino IOP services are designed and delivered by Latino staff for the Spanish-speaking community.  Both centers offer convenient morning, afternoon and evening treatment sessions.  Services include group psycho-education and psychotherapy as well as individual counseling.  Co-occurring mental health issues are treated by clinical and medical professionals.  Medical needs are monitored by staff physicians.  Spring Garden Counseling Center is an approved Assessment Site for Community Behavioral Health (CBH).  For more information or referral call (215) 451-7100.  IOP services are also provided to consumers receiving medication assisted recovery services through the NET Steps program (www.netsteps.org) at NET's Bridge Street site.  Referrals can be made to the NetSteps program by calling (215) 743-6150.
    Location and contact information for the Spring Garden Counseling Center
    Location and contact information for the Frankford Avenue Counseling Center
  • Recovery Support Center
    Located in Philadelphia, The Support Center provides a supervised, informal meeting place for men and women in recovery from substance abuse.  The Support Center is open during the afternoon and early evenings, and operates with staff supervision at all times.  The Support Center facilitates ongoing connection with recovery support.  Under the supervision of NET staff, the Support Center offers an array of services to the participants including:

    • Peer mentoring and case management support
    • 12 step group support
    • Faith-based programs
    • Emergency housing, flood, and clothing supports
    • Social and recreational programs
    • GED attainment assistance
    • English as a second language
    • Reading, parenting, and life skills education
    • Vocational training and career counseling
    • Job search support and programming
    • Financial literacy and planning
    • Credit Restoration

    All participants in the Support Center must simultaneously be receiving treatment from NET for their substance use and/or their co-occurring disorders.  To contact the Recovery Support Center please call 267-597-3937.

    • For more information about The Recovery Support Center please     click here.
    Location and contact information for the Frankford Avenue Counseling Center
  • Women's Trauma Recovery Program
    The Women's Trauma Recovery Program offered in Philadelphia focuses on needs which are specific to women. A key to this treatment approach is the Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model or TREM, which recognizes the unique histories of trauma that lead women to abuse and to become dependent on substances. In the TREM treatment approach women are taught to view themselves in more positive ways and are guided in building self-esteem and self confidence in their ability to recover from the effects of past trauma and substance dependence. In addition to accepting a lack of control over addictive chemicals, women learn how to develop and use a personalized recovery plan.
    Location and contact information for the Spring Garden Counseling Center
    Location and contact information for the Frankford Avenue Counseling Center
  • Co-Occurring Treatment
    The Co-Occurring Treatment and Intensive Outpatient Treatment program offered in Philadelphia provides a holistic and unique treatment approach to consumers who suffer both a diagnosed psychiatric illness and substance dependence. For many people, psychological problems and difficulties in daily living set the stage for the abuse of alcohol and/or drugs. Inadequate attention to issues that often accompany substance dependence can seriously disrupt long term recovery. Similarly, chemical abuse often triggers a decline in self-esteem, interferes with interpersonal relationships and may damage one's ability to cope with life's stresses in general. The Minkoff based treatment approach focuses on developing a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle while also treating the chronic effects of psychiatric illness. The Co-Occurring Treatment Program addresses the interaction between dependency and psychiatric illness and how to recognize this interaction.
    Location and contact information for the Spring Garden Counseling Center
    Location and contact information for the Frankford Avenue Counseling Center
  • Co-Occurring Residential Treatment
    Located at the Wharton Center in Philadelphia, the Residential Recovery Program for co-occurring males with or without a history of criminality provides for an integrated treatment approach through three distinctive phases of residential treatment: Assessment/Engagement, Stabilization, and Community Reintegration. Through the NET continuum of care, services can be provided continuously and without interruption. Each residential phase is characterized by unique interventions and outcomes directly tailored to the consumer's stage of change. Upon completion of a comprehensive assessment phase, the consumer enters a treatment program that matches his unique presenting etiology along with treatment planning correlated to his stage of change.
    Location and contact information for the Wharton Residential Center
  • For information about our affiliate Riverside Care, Inc. please visit www.riversidecare.org.  To learn about NET's aquisition of Riverside Care, Inc. please click here.

 

Medication Assisted Recovery

  • NET Steps
    NET Steps was created in 2003 as a Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR) program that is fully state licensed, state monitored, city inspected and federally approved by CSAT & the DEA.  The program is licensed to provide methadone/buprenorphine (suboxone) maintenance and ambulatory detoxification.  NET Steps was built upon a recovery model where each person's Higher Power is a major factor in his or her unique recovery process.  The model requires a low client to staff ratio so therapeutic intensity can be maintained continuously.  The NET Steps is spiritually-based formal set of treatment interventions designed to attain a state of remission & recovery from the common symptoms experienced by those suffering from the progressively fatal disease of opiate addiction. The program prides itself on the promotion of a recovery life style with sobriety rates that are extraordinarily good.  Operationally the program offers specialized recovery focused counseling via Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient and Transition modalities.  The program takes a holistic approach in improving quality in all life areas. Central to this, is intensive attention to healing the broken spirit through the development of a recovery lifestyle and sober support system.

        In recognition of the vast needs of consumers, the NET Steps prides itself in its accessibility, flexibility and individualization in treatment planning and delivery. In addition to several levels of care options based upon clinical need, the program offers treatment schedule variety with respect to group days and times, frequency and length. The counseling program is delivered through a combination of group, individual and family therapy.  Examples of this diversity include the below offerings:


    Other services offered include addiction medicine, psychiatry, benefits management and some limited transportation.  The program also has a very active People's Advocacy Committee, Methadone Anonymous meetings and maintains a Safe Haven environment.  The Advocacy Committee publishes a sophisticated newsletter, entitled 'Bridge Supports.'  In addition, NET Steps has created positions for Persons Served in the children's playroom.  These positions provide paid positions for the children's caretakers.  The Advocates proposed the playroom idea as a method to reduce a common barrier encountered for person's entering treatment, specifically how to take care of their children when starting recovery.  The program is also highly-equipped to treat individuals who are pregnant, experiencing co-occurring medical and/or mental health disorders, and those re-entering society following incarceration.

    For more information about NET Steps and its programs please click here.
    Location and contact information for NET Steps

  • NET at PPS
    NET at Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) is an innovative maintenance program that is provided "behind the walls" within the Philadelphia Prison System for methadone maintained people.  To be eligible, the newly incarcerated individual must be actively enrolled in a bona fide Opiate Treatment Program (OTP) at the time of incarceration.  The program operates 365 days per year within the various correctional facilities at the multi-site State Road campus.  NET at PPS has strived to fast track all newly incarcerated clients onto methadone via a "Guest Dosing" protocol.  The program started on a small scale and has evolved into a very fast paced and high volume operation.  The program offers a specialized re-entry component, entitled Bridge Dosing.  This unique service is offered to newly released inmates to receive short term dosing at the NET Steps OTP Bridge Street clinic until they can be re-admitted at their home "OTP" thus preventing relapse.  The services offered by NET at PPS within the jail include assessment, methadone maintenance, individual & group counseling, addiction medicine physician's services.  To view PPS locations and information please visit http://www.phila.gov/prisons/.

    MEDICAL EMERGENCIES:
    For medical professionals who are treating consumers and in need of immediate assistance during NET Steps off hours (7:00pm-5:00am) please call 215-808-9114.  Medical professionals - please be prepared to provide client diagnosis and specific call back information which is required to satisfy confidentiality regulations.

 

Residential & Detoxification

  • Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
    NET's Wharton Center located at the Bridge Street site in Philadelphia offers specialized treatment to men in a therapeutic residential setting. This treatment includes group psycho-education, psychotherapy, individual therapy, like skills training and daily 12-step meetings. Referrals are accepted from area hospitals, detoxification facilities and forensic programs. For more information or referrals call (215) 831-6050.
    Location and contact information for the Wharton Residential Center

 

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