On Wednesday, June 1st let’s join together and use our voices to tell City Council that Philadelphians need a fully funded mobile crisis program in this year’s city budget!

Following the tragic murder of Walter Wallace, Jr. at the hands of police during a mental health crisis, our communities and movements succeeded in getting a pilot program funded last year for NON-POLICE mental health emergency responders. However, the program has been slow to roll out, and currently the plan is to keep the program small next year. But Philadelphians need these services NOW.

Please follow the directions at the link below to offer official written feedback on the proposed city budget, and to make your voices heard to specific city council members who need to be convinced of the importance of continuing to expand this program. All you have to do is send 1 email!

Written Budget Testimony Action Guide: https://bit.ly/tnt-testify

Treatment Not Trauma Press Conference

City Hall North Apron by Harriet Tubman Statue

Join us in calling on City Council to increase funding for Mobile Crisis Units in this year's budget. Philadelphians deserve behavioral health crisis support 24/7 across the city!

Last year Philadelphia allocated over $7 million to mobile crisis teams in a huge victory toward creating non-police responses to mental health calls to 911. However, the program has struggled to staff teams for the pilot the program and there is not enough money in this year's proposed budget to increase the number of teams. This vital program must expand. Our communities, across the city, must be able to call 911 around the clock and get a trained mental health professional for our loved ones in crisis. We deserve a care response not a cop response.

Join Amistad Law Project and members of the Treatment Not Trauma Coalition on Thursday, May 19th at 11 AM at Philadelphia City Hall (North Apron by the Harriet Tubman statue) to highlight the essential essential trauma-informed mental health services that our communities need. We’ll demand that City Council double funding in this year's budget for mobile crisis response.

We are calling for funding for mobile crisis to be double, because we want to set the program up for success.

In Philly and across the country a movement is growing for robust alternatives to policing. Philadelphia will need far more than the four teams of the pilot program. It’s time for our city to be a champion for those who experience mental health crises and for Philadelphia to become a national leader for what robust mobile crisis response can look like.

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