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The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $31.5 million in grants dedicated to expanding behavioral health services for children, teenagers and young adults through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Two men have been charged with conspiring to access a computer from their former employer, a nonprofit mental healthcare provider operating recovery centers across Massachusetts.

Magellan Healthcare has been awarded the Idaho Behavioral Health Plan contract, according to a June 27 report from ABC affiliate KIFI.

Guy Maytal, MD, has been appointed chief of integrated care and head of psycho-oncology for value-based mental health and substance use care provider Forge Health, based in New York City.

Snohomish County, Wash., is providing $6.5 million in funding for youth mental health, according to a June 26 report from the Everett Herald.

Here are the best states for access to mental healthcare, according to Mental Health America's 2022 Access to Care Ranking of the 50 states and the District of Columbia:

James Wolak, MD, has been appointed South Portland-based Maine Behavioral Healthcare's vice president of medical affairs, intensive services.

Hays, Kan.-based High Plains Mental Health Center in has received a $75,000 grant from the Schmidt Foundation to expand the behavioral health workforce in northwest Kansas, according to a June 26 report from the Hays Post.

Here are 10 stats to know about the behavioral health workforce, according to a survey from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing published April 25:

M. Ed Kelley, MD, has been appointed medical director of the behavioral health department at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., according to a June 23 report from ABC affiliate WLOS.