Finance

HHS provided states and territories with $42.3 million in supplemental funding aimed at implementing the Treatment First model through two federal block grants. Community Mental Health Services Block Grant recipients received $17.3 million for efforts including training, technical assistance, policy…

In recent months, major gifts from donors and corporations — ranging from $25 million to more than $100 million — have fueled new behavioral healthcare hospitals, pediatric psychiatric facilities and systemwide initiatives aimed at expanding access and capacity. Here are…

HHS awarded supplemental funding to Alabama, Kansas and West Virginia to strengthen the role of faith-based organizations and leaders in substance use prevention, according to a Sept. 15 news release from the agency.  Here are four things to know: 1.…

HHS awarded $383.4 million in grants to strengthen behavioral health treatment, prevention and crisis response across the country. Of the funding, $252 million will support the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, suicide prevention and mobile crisis services, according to a…

Atlanta-based Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine were awarded up to $17.25 million from Aligning Research to Impact Autism.  The funding will allow the providers to join the Innovative Medicine…

HHS awarded $77 million in new grant funding for substance use prevention, treatment and recovery, community mental health, suicide prevention and crisis services. The awards included $22.2 million for substance use prevention, $23.6 million for substance use treatment and recovery,…

The University of California San Francisco said Aug. 27 it has received a $46 million grant to broaden its research into the molecular roots of autism spectrum disorder.  Aligning Research to Impact Autism awarded the grant to UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences…

Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion to 51 states and territories as part of a settlement agreement resolving claims that the company’s platforms harmed teen users’ mental health. Meta will pay each settling state a guaranteed fixed amount every…

The Trump administration is investing $144 million in Alabama’s rural healthcare system.  The investment will support 138 grants to expand access to care, modernize healthcare technology and infrastructure, and strengthen the rural healthcare workforce, according to an Aug. 24 news…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has had a busy summer. On Aug. 17, the health system closed a $835 million acquisition of Talkspace, an online behavioral health provider. It’s a deal CEO Marc Miller said creates the nation’s first end-to-end…