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Romero, the CEO of Santa María El Mirador, an intermediate care facility for adults with intellectual disabilities, remembers ...
A midday ribbon cutting on June 24 marked the official opening of Nevada’s first Crisis Stabilization Center, located just south of Nellis Air Force Base. The center aims to take treatment burdens off ...
The recent cuts to DOJ-funded projects for substance use programming represent an ideological shift that has long-term consequences for our communities.
The state's new Behavioral Health Executive Committee, tasked with starting a reform process, will hold its first meeting ...
Addressing documentation is key to reducing clinicians’ administrative burden.
BHA Commissioner Dannette Smith said the agency and the state’s behavioral health system will have to try to get the most benefit for people out of limited resources.
Missouri’s Behavioral Health Council reports that the number of patients served by CCBHCs has increased by 94 percent since 2017, while hospitalizations and ER visits have been cut nearly in half.
The council has three vice-chairs and a total of 22 members. Kotek Wilson earned a master's degree of social work from Portland State University and previously worked at Cascadia Behavioral Health.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Amid a shortage in Oregon’s behavioral health workforce, Governor Tina Kotek is launching a council in hopes of finding ways to adequately staff services for Oregonians facing ...
The Council will develop a recommended workforce action plan by January 31, 2026, to expand on the recommendations of the recent Behavioral Health Talent Assessment commissioned by the Higher ...
At that point, Leclerc also chaired the Governor’s Council on Behavioral Health and served on the National Council for Behavioral Health. According to McKee's office, "Leclerc has over four ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) – At a Tuesday meeting, a Texas council that oversees mental health care professionals in the state got rid of certain education requirements for practitioners related to cultural ...