Here are eight mental health investments totalling $718.9 million that Becker's has reported since Dec. 1:
- Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, alongside Aetna parent company CVS Health, donated $9.3 million to 10 behavioral health and social care providers across the state. Todd White, CEO of Aetna Better Health, said the funds will be used to support local mental healthcare resources.
- The state of California split $480.5 million in funding between 54 projects to help improve youth mental health programs. The largest grant, of $57.4 million, will go to Los Angeles' Kedren South Psychiatric Acute Care Hospital and Children's Village to build a 36-bed acute care psychiatric hospital. Other grants will go toward community wellness programs, youth prevention centers, substance abuse outpatient treatment, school health centers and outpatient community mental health clinics.
- Dallas-based Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital, used $11 million to form a behavioral health task force and integrate mental healthcare into its services. The hospital's behavioral health strategy will prioritize seven initiatives, including the creation of an outpatient program and hiring more staff.
- Xenia, Ohio-based TCN Behavioral Health Services has been granted $10 million to construct a 40-unit apartment building in Fairborn, Ohio. The apartments, expected to open in 2025, will house TCN patients and be staffed 24/7.
- Construction began on a new $200 million state psychiatric hospital in Dallas. The 200-bed hospital is a joint venture between Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the state's department of health and human services and is slated for completion in 2025.
- Health coverage provider Centene and Austin, Texas-based Superior HealthPlan invested $7.9 million to build a community center in Uvalde, Texas, that will provide primary care, behavioral health and other specialty care services. It will also feature a tranquility garden to honor victims of the tragedy that took place in May and is expected to open in late 2024.
- Bend, Ore.-based Mosaic Medical is planning a $200,000 school-based health center at Mountain View High School. The health center will offer physical, behavioral and preventive care for anyone 18 years or younger, regardless of ability to pay for services. It will also work to provide early intervention and risk reduction care for injury and violence in students.
- Tampa Bay Lightning forward Pat Maroon made a $2,000 donation to Tampa Bay Thrives, a mental wellness organization in the Florida city, on behalf of Jack Edwards, an announcer at the New England Sports Network, who commented on his weight. Mr. Maroon tweeted about his donation and encouraged his followers to do the same by including a link to Tampa Bay Thrives.