Author: Staff

Omaha, Neb.-based Children's Hospital & Medical Center has appointed Renee Rafferty as senior vice president of behavioral health. 

Warriors Heart, a recovery and rehabilitation center, has opened in Milford, Va., The Culpeper Star Exponent reported Sept. 23.

The Anthem Blue Cross Foundation has awarded $1.2 million in substance use disorder grants to five organizations based in California.

The Biden Administration has designated $206 million to support youth mental health across the country.

The Biden administration has awarded nearly $130 million to expand certified community behavioral health clinics across the country.

The former head of the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration has filed a federal complaint alleging her firing was due to racial discrimination, The Denver Post reported Sept. 21.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale will serve as the primary administrative hub for the state;s new Behavioral Health Workforce Center, according to a Sept. 22 article written in the Springfield State Journal-Register by Jerry Kruse, MD, dean and provost of…

St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston is closing its Center for Behavioral Health, citing the cost of providing services, according to a Sept. 21 report from ABC affiliate KTRK.

Preventable drug overdose deaths are one of leading causes of death in the United States, with the number of deaths increasing by 58 percent between 2019 and 2021. 

Construction is set to begin shortly on a behavioral health center in Macon, Ga., The Georgia Recorder reported Sept. 20.