131st Maine State Legislature (2023-2024)

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Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go

Mar 24, 2023

Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance. No measures should be off limits when it comes to the restoration and repair of Maine’s failing mental health services – and that includes creative legislative…

15 states receive grants to plan Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

Mar 23, 2023

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration yesterday awarded 15 states $1 million grants to plan and apply to participate in Medicaid’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration. Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia received the grants, authorized by the Bipartisan…

Schools across the country say more students are asking for mental health services

Mar 22, 2023

Schools across the country say more students are asking for mental health services By Abē Levine Published March 15, 2023 at 5:11 AM EDT LISTEN • 2:12 Full Report Here

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