Behavioral Health News

Locust Street Resource Center is opening a new mental health facility in Jacksonville, Ill., WLDS reported Aug. 31.

A 24-hour crisis care center is slated to open in September in Frederick, Md., Maryland Matters reported Aug. 31.

A former behavioral health clinician filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was fired after reporting allegations that inmates at Westmoreland County Prison, based in Greensburg, Pa., received insufficient mental healthcare, according to an Aug. 28 report from Trib Live.

Here are 10 behavioral health centers opening or expanding that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 15:

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is partnering with Bladen County schools in North Carolina to offer behavioral health services to students in the rural county.

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.

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.