Oceans Behavioral Hospital—Lubbock (Texas), part of Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare, has launched a virtual outpatient program aimed at expanding access to behavioral healthcare services across West Texas. The program offers structured, evidence-based care in a virtual setting, allowing individuals to remain…
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Aurora, Colo.-based Children’s Hospital Colorado and Healthier Colorado have launched a statewide initiative aimed at making youth mental health a top priority in Colorado’s 2026 gubernatorial race. The effort — Mind Our Future Colorado — calls on gubernatorial candidates to…
Connersville, Ind.-based Crossroads Healing Centers has received The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for behavioral healthcare and human services accreditation. The accreditation followed a review of the center’s clinical practices, safety protocols and organizational leadership, according to a March…
Behavioral health care in the United States is often delivered like a broken relay race. Patients move from the emergency department to inpatient care, then outpatient treatment, digital tools, and community providers. Somewhere along the way, the baton gets dropped.…
Essentia Health, based in Duluth, Minn., is transitioning recreational therapists into related behavioral health technician roles at Essentia Health-Duluth. The change will affect the equivalent of five full-time positions and does not involve layoffs or reductions in pay, a health…
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An independent autism coordinating committee will bring together nongovernmental autism researchers and advocates to develop a scientific agenda for the autism community amid concerns about the federal government’s newly appointed members to a key advisory panel. Congress created the Interagency…
California plans to use $291 million to expand supportive housing and behavioral health services statewide. The funding includes $131.8 million in Homekey Program awards for eight affordable housing communities to create 443 additional homes with on-site managers for individuals experiencing…
Phoenix-based Connections Health Solutions will operate a 25-bed site sobering center in San Francisco under a 26-month performance-based contract with the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Feb. 26. The RESET Center, expected to open in April, will serve as…
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas has partnered with Clark County to open a crisis stabilization center. The outpatient facility is the first and only in southern Nevada serving individuals 18 years or older who are experiencing…
Alameda (Calif.) Health System is seeking to close two intensive outpatient treatment programs at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., and Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro, Calif., according to a Feb. 11 public notice from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. …