PRMHC Year 3 Report

BuildaBridge completed Year 3 activities of the Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative on June 30th, 2014. Funding continued from the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Services, the Sheila Fortune Foundation and Union Benevolent Association. Seventy-six refugees from three different populations were served during the past year.

Read the full Year 3 Report.

BuildaBridge would like to honor and thank the following artists who have contributed to the success of the Refugee Project for at least two or more years:

Celeste Wade
Natalie Hoffmann
Julia Crawford
Christine Byma
Jessica LaBarca
Robert Kelleher
Stevie French
Danielle Owen
Liz Green

For full biography and current position information, see the Personnel page.

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