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January 25th, 2024

Gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school to open in Berkshires Farming, the arts are specialty areas

By Danielle Ray

Opening a therapeutic gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school in the foothills of the Berkshires in Western...

November 10th, 2023

Program helps with transition back to school for students with mental health issues

By Danielle Ray

More than 250 schools in Massachusetts and largely across the East Coast have adopted the Bridge for...

September 18th, 2023

Vermont establishes mental health urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency departments

By Danielle Ray

Vermont is addressing the ever-growing mental health crisis with a forward-thinking idea –mental health urgent care centers across the state, including an inaugural one...

July 2nd, 2023

Bill would provide peer mental health support

By Danielle Ray

Representative Becca Balint’s (D-Vermont at-large District) very first bill introduced in Washington D.C. addresses mental health support for kids. She said it will not be...

June 4th, 2023

Bill for peer specialist Medicaid reimbursement fails

By Danielle Ray

As a woman in recovery herself, Rebecca Allen put a lot of thought into the written testimony that...

April 3rd, 2023

Research: Care in ER settings difficult for mental health, substance abuse patients, providers

By Danielle Ray

Two professors are part of an effort to shine a light on the challenges of providing mental health and...

March 4th, 2023

Baker administration’s ‘roadmap’ seeing some benefits

By Danielle Ray

More than two dozen mental health services centers across the state have been designated Community...

January 10th, 2023

Proposed legislation allows for student mental health sick days

By Danielle Ray

Legislators in Massachusetts are following the lead of other New England states in trying to get a bill...

January 7th, 2023

Gravestone restoration project honors memory of Home for Destitute Children residents

By Danielle Ray

Howard Center recently partnered with the Vermont Old Cemetery Association (VOCA) to complete a meaningful project at Lakeview Cemetery that included restoring and resetting...

December 27th, 2022

Crotched Mountain School remains open under new ownership

By Danielle Ray

After sharing in October 2022 that they would be closing the following month because of hiring...