Finance

Google.org, the charitable arm of Alphabet, is committing $30 million over the next three years to support global crisis hotlines, while Google will update its Gemini AI platform with new mental health and crisis support tools. Google said Gemini will…

Health systems across the U.S. are testing a range of financial and operational strategies to sustain and expand behavioral healthcare services, from investing in higher-reimbursed treatments to reconstructing intake and funding models. Five leaders told Becker’s how their systems are…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone has received a $750,000 suicide prevention grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support veterans in the St. Louis region.  The funding will support outreach, screening and care navigation efforts aimed at connecting veterans to VA…

At Houston-based Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, leaders are combining multiple public and partner funding streams to build a continuum of care for high-need populations while managing operational, compliance and sustainability challenges.  For decades, behavioral healthcare has faced…

Lodi Wellness Center in California will close June 30 as funding changes tied to a law that reduce support for local behavioral health services take effect, the Lodi News reported March 25. The center is one of three in San…

Across five health systems, behavioral health leaders are seeing a fundamental shift in how integration is financed: moving from siloed service lines and short-term funding toward enterprisewide cost strategies.  Rather than treating behavioral health as a standalone service, leaders said…

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…

The Stanley Family Foundation has committed $280 million to the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, bringing its total investment in the center to more than $1 billion.  The funding supports research into schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering $112 million in grant funding to support organizations that provide suicide prevention services to veterans.  Funding is available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to nonprofit organizations,…

San Francisco secured nearly $100 million in Proposition 1 funding to expand behavioral health treatment capacity across three sites, including a project at University of California, San Francisco Health Hyde Hospital.  The funding includes $70.2 million to add 50 locked…