On Thursday, Philadelphia officials met with community leaders in Kensington in effort to help get help for those who struggle with addiction.
Philadelphia's Special Committee on Kensington met with residents, health professionals and service providers on Thursday in an effort to connect those who struggle with addiction to treatment services-- spent about four hours on Thursday meeting with medical professionals, community leaders and local residents, to find ways to eliminate barriers to getting those struggling with drug addiction connected with support services.
"This is a problem that has grown and has become what it is over the course of the last 15, 20 years," she said."It’s going to take us time."On Thursday, Lozada and other members of City Council's Kensington Caucus discussed successes they have had so far in the ongoing effort to improve the city's poorest neighborhood, using
" keep doing what they’re doing but do it in a better way help them in a better way so they can get out of this because if you don’t help them in a better way they are never going to get out," said Mendez.One issue that City Councilmembers are looking to address are the barriers that keep individuals who struggle with addiction from accessing beds in treatment and rehabilitation facilities where they can receive the help they need.
Community leaders, however, said with a roomful of people on Thursday focused on changing Kensington, sooner or later, change could come.
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