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Colorado lawmakers are investing more than $15 million to ensure children experiencing complex behavioral challenges, including trauma, major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, get the residential-based care they need. Colorado has faced numerous lawsuits for not providing adequate support. Rep. ...

In Tennessee and across the country, Black women who are school superintendents are tackling the challenges faced by students from marginalized communities, particularly their social and emotional well-being. The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal more than four in 10 students reported feeling "persistently down or hopeless." Adrienne Battle, director and superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools, will be part of a virtual event...

The recently finalized Virginia budget makes significant investments in mental health services across the state, according to mental health advocates. Many components of the funding for mental health services reflect the values of Youngkin’s “Right Help, Right Now” behavioral health plan, which emphasizes community–centered mental health care.

RICHMOND — The recently finalized Virginia budget makes significant investments in mental health services across the state, according to mental health advocates.

The recently finalized Virginia budget makes significant investments in mental health services across the state, according to mental health advocates.

RICHMOND — Last summer, the 988 hotline for mental health emergencies launched in Virginia and nationwide as part of a federal effort to create a more…

A year after its nationwide launch, the 988 mental health hotline gets an average of almost 6,000 calls a month in Virginia.

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RICHMOND — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Virginia is working to improve the mental health of its residents. In Mental Health America'

Irvo Otieno’s death after sheriff’s deputies pinned him to the floor shows that changes in recent years have not solved deep problems, critics say.