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JP Rey is 11. He can stand and take a few steps, with someone to hold him. He needs help getting dressed and going to the bathroom. And for 10 years he’s been on a waiting list for Medicaid funds that could pay for some of what he and his brother Louie, 8, need. Their Chesterfield family will get a little closer to getting that help, with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $300 million proposal to fund 3,440 more Medicaid waiver slots for Virginians with developmental disabilities in the next state budget.

The Commission meeting will be live-streamed through Microsoft Teams.

On Monday afternoon, the auditing body of the general assembly recommended sweeping reforms to Virginia psychiatric hospitals, including shutting down the state’s lone psychiatric hospital for children.

More money is being funneled into Virginia’s problem gambling services, but advocates say increased gambling demands more resources for help.

RICHMOND, Va. — As a teacher and mother to a child with autism, Elizabeth Callahan is all too familiar with flaws in the Virginia mental health care system. “I see the longevity of it, and there’s just so many holes,” Callahan said. Callahan’s son was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician at the onset of his […]