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RHD to open nation's first residential treatment program for transgender individuals
Morris House to open in Philadelphia this year
12/8/2011 4:10:00 PM
Contact: Kevin Roberts
RHD Communications
1215 951 0300 (ext. 3714)
or kevinr@rhd.org
Morris House, the first residential treatment program in the country to offer comprehensive services specifically for trans and gender variant individuals, will open in Philadelphia by the end of this year. Resources for Human Development, a national nonprofit with headquarters in Philadelphia, will support Morris House in partnership with the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.
“After years of losing hope, the Department of Behavioral Health and RHD welcomed us with open arms, delivering on an old promise with a new promise,” said Jaci Adams, a transgender individual who served on the advisory board put together by DBH and RHD to assist with the planning for Morris House. “It felt like that dream would never come to fruition, but we are lighting the flame again and giving back hope to a community. Our dreams are really coming true this time.”
Morris House will be named for Nizah Morris, a transgender woman who was allegedly murdered in Philadelphia in 2002.
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RHD to open nation's first residential treatment program for transgender individuals
Morris House to open in Philadelphia this year
12/8/2011 4:10:00 PM
Contact: Kevin Roberts
RHD Communications
1215 951 0300 (ext. 3714)
or kevinr@rhd.org
Morris House, the first residential treatment program in the country to offer comprehensive services specifically for trans and gender variant individuals, will open in Philadelphia by the end of this year. Resources for Human Development, a national nonprofit with headquarters in Philadelphia, will support Morris House in partnership with the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.
“After years of losing hope, the Department of Behavioral Health and RHD welcomed us with open arms, delivering on an old promise with a new promise,” said Jaci Adams, a transgender individual who served on the advisory board put together by DBH and RHD to assist with the planning for Morris House. “It felt like that dream would never come to fruition, but we are lighting the flame again and giving back hope to a community. Our dreams are really coming true this time.”
Morris House will be named for Nizah Morris, a transgender woman who was allegedly murdered in Philadelphia in 2002.
( Read more... )
