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Access to mental health care in Pennsylvania
There’s a name to extend psychological well being assets throughout the commonwealth.
State officers are reporting greater than 5,200 Pennsylvanians died of substance use problems in 2021.
Right here is extra concerning the plans to make the companies extra accessible.
The Wolf Administration is sharing details about psychological well being assets whereas highlighting Might as Psychological Well being Consciousness Month.
Native psychological well being professionals stated that there are companies out there to assist.
“There’s assist. Please know there are assets out there that can assist you or your beloved who may be scuffling with drug or alcohol misuse,” stated Jennifer Smith, Secretary of PA Drug and Alcohol Applications.
The Pennsylvania secretary of Drug and Alcohol Program stated that there are psychological well being assets to help these in want of companies.
Smith stated that the pandemic posed some challenges for these affected by psychological well being and substance abuse problems.
Drug and alcohol remedy applications needed to shift on a moments discover and adapt to the elevated emotional toll the pandemic took on people and households needing companies.
“Boundaries to hurt discount, remedy and restoration helps should be a precedence. It’s extra very important than ever that we bridge the divide between psychological well being and substance abuse dysfunction and that we take the wholistic coordinator strategy when addressing each of those points,” stated Smith.
There’s a nationwide effort to extend entry to disaster companies together with altering the hotline quantity.
“Anytime now we have a medical want we all know that we dial 911, and so the identical goes to use for any behavioral well being wants that individuals have. So in the event that they dial 988 they’d truly be capable of get linked to a name middle disaster middle that would assist them with gaining access to behavioral well being wants,” stated Stacey Buettner, Director of Disaster Providers at UPMC Protected Harbor.
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Once more that hotline will take impact this July and people can name 988 for a behavioral well being disaster.
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3 Winning Lottery Tickets Sold In Philadelphia Recently
PHILADELPHIA — Three Pennsylvania Lottery tickets sold in Philadelphia recently have been named winners in separate contests, according to officials.
In the Saturday drawing for the Treasure Hunt game, five tickets won.
One of the tickets that matched all five numbers drawn, 2-6-10-25-26, was sold at 7-Eleven, 3301 Tyson Ave. in Philadelphia. The other was sold at Omgn Inc., 2100 East Allegheny Ave., also in Philadelphia.
Those ticket and three others split the jackpot prize of $139,917.50 to win $27,983.50.
The other winning tickets were sold in Bucks, Butler, and Lebanon counties.
More than 45,800 other Treasure Hunt tickets won prizes in the drawing. Players should check every ticket, every time.
Additionally, a West Philadelphia Wawa sold a winning lottery ticket.
Lottery officials Monday announced the winning Raffle ticket numbers drawn for the third, four $50,000 prizes in the 4s Galore Drawings as part of the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle.
The Wawa at 3744 Spruce St. sold a ticket between Dec. 3 and Dec. 16 that was selected in the drawing.
Other winning tickets were sold in Cumberland, Bradford, and Westmoreland counties.
The Raffle features four bonus drawings held every other week, each awarding four $50,000 prizes, leading up to the Millionaire Raffle drawing on Jan. 4, 2025.
To learn if your ticket won a $50,000 4s Galore Drawings prize, scan it using the ticket checker on the PA Lottery Official App or at a lottery retailer.
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HS FOOTBALL: LFC and WVC players selected as finalists for Pennsylvania Player of Year Award; Call receives invites to showcase games
Several athletes from the Lackawanna Football Conference and District 2 are among the 55 finalists for the Pennsylvania Player of the Year award selected by the Maxwell Football Club.
Abington Heights wide receiver Shawn Theodore, Honesdale running back Mason Avery, Riverside tight end Richie Kostoff, Scranton Prep quarterback Louis Paris and Wyoming Area running back Lidge Kellum were listed among the 55 players who are Mini Max Award winners according to a release Monday night by the Maxwell Football account on X.
The Mini Max Awards are a prestigious honor for high school football players across the Tri-State Region that includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. This year is the first year District 2 players were included among the nominees.
Awards are presented at the annual Mini Max Dinner in Philadelphia on Feb. 2 at the Drexelbrook Convention Center in Drexel Hill. The award recognizes outstanding athletic achievement and sportsmanship in high school football.
In addition to the Mini Max Awards, the Maxwell Football Club also chooses the Player of the Year for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The event culminates with the Jim Henry Award, which goes to one of the three State Players of the Year.
Call receives invites
Valley View freshman lineman Brody Call received invites to three postseason games.
Call, a 6-0, 230-pound standout for the Cougars, is invited to the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 26-29, the All-American Bowl on Jan. 17-20 in Miami, Florida, and the Polynesian Bowl Combine and Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 21-22.
Call started every game for the Cougars and helped lead the team to the District 2 Class 4A championship and an 11-2 record.
Cesare ceremony
The 33rd Fiore Cesare Award and Scholarship ceremony is Friday at 2 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Scranton.
Mid Valley running back and defensive back Jakob Lesher, Delaware Valley quarterback and punter Logan Olsommer, Scranton Prep quarterback Louis Paris, Riverside quarterback Chase Taddonio and Western Wayne running back and defensive back Josh Vinton are the five finalists named by the Roy Davis Scranton Chapter of PIAA Football Officials.
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