African Family Health Organization - Behavioral Health Program
2420 South 54th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Voice
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Services provided free of charge.
Bucks, PA
Chester, PA
Delaware, PA
Montgomery, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Description
Offers culturally attuned approaches to providing behavioral health care and promoting wellness, including coed, single gender, age group-specific, and intergenerational group meetings, and individual counseling. Teaches practices for successful assimilation, emphasizing coping skills to prevent risks of detrimental behaviors within and outside the home. Encourages parents to understand and facilitate their children's natural inclination to adapt, while still maintaining their cultural identity.
Providing organization
African Family Health Organization
Provides culturally sensitive health, human, and educational services to African and Caribbean immigrants and refugees (ACIR) in the greater Philadelphia area. Maintains a presence in the community through street outreach and building relationships with community establishments, braiding salons, churches, mosques, community organizations and associations, stores, restaurants and schools located in the geographic area populated by our target population.