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Facilities for at-risk kids in Mass. spared from shut downs
By Eileen Weber
Massachusetts, like so many other states, is struggling with a behavioral health crisis. A staff...
RI agrees to consent decree for children with behavioral health disabilities
By Eileen Weber
Rhode Island has reached an agreement with federal authorities to resolve violations of disability...
NH redesigns rapid response
By Eileen Weber
Help comes with many names—crisis intervention team, mobile crisis unit, or rapid response.
Behavioral health care funds to be released in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Money meant to address staff shortages
Last year, Massachusetts set up a behavioral health fund...
CT makes recommendations to improve children’s behavioral health
By Eileen Weber
What came first, the increase in children’s mental health issues or the shortage in staff to help...
New behavioral health hospital opens in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors late this summer to treat children,...
Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut
By Eileen Weber
Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on...
Study: Homelessness higher in specific demographics
By Eileen Weber
Blacks, Indigenous are most affected
More than 3.5 million Americans experience the public health...
Two states, same problem: Staffing shortages plague industry
By Eileen Weber
Mass. and RI weigh in on nationwide dilemma
The mental health field has been hit hard with the...
Headway made, challenges continue in Mass. ER boarding crisis
By Christina P. O'Neill
Despite the passage of a state law in 2021 to address the psychiatric patient ‘boarding’ problem in...