Communities of Care
Our Mission: Listen. Connect. Empower.
To provide a monthly forum where local neighborhood families, youth, providers, and community partners are able to listen and learn from one another.
Registration for Community Care Councils
If you would like to attend Community of Care Council or other SOC meetings, please fill out the registration form below.
Request Event Support
Are you are interested in having PSOC at your event? Please complete the form to request support for your upcoming event.
Upcoming Meetings
February 2026 PSOC Meetings
Date/Time | Area | Location | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
February 9th Monday 5:30-7:00 PM Canceled | Southwest | Mc Creesh Playground 6744 Regent St.t 19142
| Jimmy &Shay |
February 17th Tuesday 4:30 – 6:30 PM | Tacony
| Tacony Labs 6918 Torresdale Ave. 19135 | Vanessa & Shay |
February 18th Wednesday 4:00 -6:00 PM | Lower North Phila | Honickman Learning Center 1936 N. Judson St. 19121
| Sheila & Jamele |
February 23rd Monday 4:00 -6:00 PM | Germantown | New Journey Christian Center 5728 Ardleigh St. 19138
| Sheila & Lamar |
February 24th Tuesday 4:30 -6:30 PM | West Philly | Haverford Library 5543 Haverford Ave. 19139
| Vanessa & Jamele |
February 26th Thursday 4:00 -5:30 PM | South Philly | Chew Rec. Ctr 1800 Washington Ave. 19143 | Jimmy & Lamar |
Northeast, Logan, and Olney Community Care Council meetings are currently on hold; We will update the dates when we resume |
February 2026 Council Meetings
South West Philly
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
February 9th, 2026
Monday
5:30 – 7:00PM
MCreesh Rec Ctr
6744 Regent St, 19142
Canceled
Team:
Shay Lopez
Facilitator
Jimmy Davis
Facilitator
North Philly
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
Wednesday, February 18th ,2026
4:00 – 6:00PM
Honickman Learning Ctr
1936 Judson St, 19121
Team:
Jamele Greenwood
Community Council Care Coach
Sheila Johnson
Facilitator
West Philly
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
4:30 – 6:30PM
Haverford library 5543 Haverford Ave Philadelphia Pa 19139
Team:
Jamele Greenwood
Community Council Care Coach
Vanessa Williams
Community Coach
Tacony / Frankford
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
4:30 – 6:30PM
Tacony Labs
6918 Torresdale Ave 19135
Team:
Shay Lopez
Facilitator
Vanessa Williams
Community Coach
Germantown / MT Airy
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
New Journey Christian Center
5728 Ardleigh St.19138
February 23rd, 2026
Monday
4:00 – 6:00PM
Team:
Lamar Davis
Facilitator
Sheila Johnson
Facilitator
South Philly
Community of Care Council Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
Thursday February 26th, 2026
4:00 – 5:30PM
Chew Rec Ctr
1800 Washington Ave, 19143
Team:
Jimmy Davis
Facilitator
Lamar Davis
Facilitator
Tacony / Frankford
Youth Move Meeting
Join us for a community discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Community, family and youth ages 13+ are invited.
Tuesday, February 17th 2026
4:30 – 6:30PM
Tacony Library
6742 Torresdale Ave 19135
Canceled
Team:
Shay Lopez
Facilitator
Jamele Greenwood
Community Council Care Coach
Social Marketing and Community Council Coach
About Jamele
Jamele Greenwood is former a certified Youth Peer Specialist, youth systems consultant (i.e., behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice), and advocate in Pennsylvania.
Currently, he works with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities Services as a Youth Facilitator for the Philadelphia System of Care Community Councils, where he promotes the behavioral health and wellbeing of Philadelphia’s youth and families in our great city. He also raises awareness around the importance of medical foster care in our child welfare system. Jamele is a member in the Mayor’s Board of People Living with Disabilities for the greater city of Philadelphia.
Jamele has a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from Strayer University Jamele and also attained his Masters degree in Addiction Counseling with a minor in Behavior Health from Grand Canyon University in June 2023.
Jamele has received the distinguished Achieving Independence Center (AIC) alumni award for his educational disputes and his advocacy for children and the child welfare system of Philadelphia.
Youth Community Facilitator
About Lamar
Lamar Davis is excited to be a part of something great in the community where real change is affected.
Lamar is a 24-year-young Youth Facilitator that has lived in Philadelphia his entire life.
He can’t wait to meet and collaborate with people in Philadelphia and surrounding communities.
Family Community Facilitator
About Shelia
Jamele Greenwood is former a certified Youth Peer Specialist, youth systems consultant (i.e., behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice), and advocate in Pennsylvania.
Currently, he works with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities Services as a Youth Facilitator for the Philadelphia System of Care Community Councils, where he promotes the behavioral health and wellbeing of Philadelphia’s youth and families in our great city. He also raises awareness around the importance of medical foster care in our child welfare system. Jamele is a member in the Mayor’s Board of People Living with Disabilities for the greater city of Philadelphia.
Jamele has a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from Strayer University Jamele and also attained his Masters degree in Addiction Counseling with a minor in Behavior Health from Grand Canyon University in June 2023.
Jamele has received the distinguished Achieving Independence Center (AIC) alumni award for his educational disputes and his advocacy for children and the child welfare system of Philadelphia.
Family Community Coach
About Vanessa
Vanessa Williams has intentionally dedicated her personal and professional journey to serving the community and her family. Growing up her family instilled in her that “you need to be the change you want to see “ and that ” if you are not some part of the solution, that you become part of the problem! As a result she has focused on working to do what she can to contribute to improving the quality of life in the community.
For over forty years she has worked in volunteer and paid service and leadership roles in over a dozen not-for-profit human service organizations. Concurrently, for the last 15 fifteen years of that time she served as a Regional Director for IDD and Autism Services in Pennsylvania’s Southeast Region for a Philadelphia based not-for- profit.
In all her experiences there she has built relationships with a long list of collaborators/friends who have provided her with a never-ending resource of resiliency, creativity, hope, differing perspectives, coaching, counseling, understanding, listening ears, patience, and love. These are the things she hopes to continue to accrue and share in this her newest role with The Community of Care Councils, as a Family Facilitator with Philadelphia System of Care/DBHIDS.
Participant Invoice
If you are a Family Member or Youth and you have recently participated in one of our council meetings, we invite you to complete the following as a thank you for your time and consultation.