• An Alternative to Incarceration
    An Alternative to Incarceration

    PHMC's Forensic Services programs reduce recidivism and enhance community safety. We support about 10,000 justice-involved youth, adults and families each year.

    Programs
  • An Alternative to Incarceration
    An Alternative to Incarceration

    PHMC's Forensic Services programs reduce recidivism and enhance community safety. We support about 10,000 justice-involved youth, adults and families each year.

    Programs

Forensic Intensive Recovery

The Forensic Intensive Recovery (FIR) Program is a prison deferral initiative that offers substance use treatment as an alternative to incarceration. PHMC operates the Clinical Evaluation Unit (CEU). 

Services

  • Evaluations for chemical dependency

  • Referrals to community-based providers for outpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential treatment services

  • Case management, including connections to behavioral health assessments, substance use treatment, employment and educational supports

Referrals & Eligibility

  • All participants must be referred through the Defender Association of Philadelphia.

  • Case Management and Probation Supervision are required to receive these services.

The Office of Addiction Services (OAS) of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) funds this program.

 

PHMC's Forensic Services programs support about 10,000 individuals each year.

We serve justice-involved youth, adults and families.

Manny* used his time in PHMC’s Forensic Services program to work on his housing, substance use, employment, and legal goals. Admitted to the Intermediate Punishment Program (IPP) as a non-violent offender and evaluated for chemical dependency, he benefited from the program’s behavioral health assessments, substance use treatment, vocational training, case management, and intensive probation supervision.

 

Manny achieved sobriety throughout the IPP program and has maintained it since, and recently completed both his treatment and the IPP program. He has started a new job at a plastic company, and is in a much stronger position with respect to his employment and housing stability.

 

*Name changed to protect identity.

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