The state of Ohio has awarded $5 million in grants to organizations improving access to crisis mental healthcare across southwest Ohio, Dayton Daily News reported Aug. 30.
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Google has donated $250,000 to support the opening of a new youth mental health facility in Grove City, Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reported Aug. 30.
The Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services approved a $6.8 million capital grant for the development of a behavioral health crisis center in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland.
The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners is asking taxpayers to contribute $15 million to fund the DeKalb County Regional Crisis Center in North Decatur, Ga., Georgia Public Broadcasting reported Aug. 28.
Behavioral health services Clear Recovery Center has rebranded to Clear Behavioral Health to better represent the comprehensive, full continuum of in-network behavioral health treatment it offers.
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Fourteen of the 20 most populous cities across the nation have moved toward implementing programs that send clinicians and paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises instead of police officers, according to an Aug. 27 report from The Washington…
Ten cities and counties have joined a Harvard initiative to expand access to mental health services and introduce alternatives to police responses in mental health emergencies.
The Pittsburg-Camp County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for UT Health East Texas Behavioral Health in Pittsburg, The Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Aug. 28.
Aetna Better Health of West Virginia — a CVS Health company — has partnered with Community Care of West Virginia to increase access to child and adolescent psychiatry services in the state.
Mental and behavioral health providers at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, Ore., have voted to unionize, The Lund Report reported Aug. 24.