West Virginia gets $4.7M for behavioral healthcare

The Senate Appropriations Committee secured $4,678,044 to support behavioral healthcare in West Virginia.

The money will be provided via HHS' Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant Program, according to an Oct. 13 news release from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.

The funds will be distributed to four state behavioral health initiatives:

  1. $1,678,044 to the West Virginia Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care Program, which integrates behavioral health services into primary care.
  2. $1 million each to three divisions of the state's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Program, providing behavioral health and substance use treatment systems in three West Virginia cities:

    • Valley HealthCare System (Morgantown)\
    • Prestera Center (Huntington)
    • FMRS Health Systems (Beckley)

 

 

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