Omnibus appropriations bill designates $900K to behavioral healthcare center in Maryland

Easterseals DC MD VA has secured $900,000 through the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to develop a community behavioral health clinic for patients in Prince George’s County, Md.

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The clinic will seek to address mental health, which is the second most pressing health concern among county residents, according to a Feb. 22 release. It will be developed by the Easterseals affiliate serving Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

The new facility will be modeled after the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in Silver Spring, Md., which Easterseals DC MD VA developed in 2017. Easterseals plans to accept Medicare and Medicaid at the Prince George’s County facility, the release said.

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