Investment & Transactions

Here are 12 grants and donations expanding behavioral and mental health access Becker's has reported on in February:

Jawonio, an organization that aids individuals with disabilities and behavioral health issues, has been granted $2.2 million from the state of New York for a new behavioral health facility, Rockland County Business Journal reported Feb. 26. 

The NBA Foundation has given nearly $1 million in grants to benefit Utah's Black community after Salt Lake City hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend Feb. 17-19, according to a Feb. 26 report from KSL.

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has spread a $500,000 grant across ten community health centers to fund behavioral health services across the state, according to a Feb. 23 report from the Concord Monitor.

The University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita has received a $2.5 million grant to develop a pediatric behavioral health program for residents, according to a Feb. 23 report from KWCH.

Globally, the behavioral health market was valued at $205 billion in 2021, and it's expected to hit $261.8 billion by 2029.

The Cook County Department of Public Health in Illinois is investing $14.7 million toward its Building Healthier Communities program. 

California's Santa Clara County broke ground on a 207,000-square-foot, $422 million behavioral health center, according to a Feb. 22 news release shared with Becker's.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services are joining forces on a $61 million behavioral health hospital in Hanover Township, Pa., the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Feb. 13.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is building a 96-bed joint venture psychiatric hospital with Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, MLive reported Feb. 22.