Richard Edley • July 16, 2026

Pennsylvania’s Behavioral Health Organizations are Quietly Failing. Here’s How to Save Them: Op-Ed by RCPA Member Gaudenzia's President and CEO Dr. Deja Gilbert

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Richard Edley

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July 16, 2026

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Op-Ed from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Published July 16, 2026

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I’m the CEO of Gaudenzia, one of Pennsylvania’s largest behavioral health nonprofits. We serve thousands of people in addiction and mental health treatment across the commonwealth. And for the past year, I’ve been restructuring this organization from the inside because the alternative was watching it slowly fail while pretending everything was fine.


We are not alone.


Across Pennsylvania, behavioral health organizations are quietly closing programs, losing staff, and reducing capacity. Not because they’ve lost their mission. Because the economics have changed faster than anyone could adapt.

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