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A Mental Health First Aid Training Helps Address Growing Rural Mental Health Crisis
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PA | Lancaster County police departments pairing with addiction, mental health specialists in state-funded program
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The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic crisis. n.pr/4p9FPhQ
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Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act appear set to expire for millions of Americans at the end of the year after competing health care related bills failed to advance in the Senate.
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New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
Participating Lancaster County police departments are using a peer co-responder program to improve their response to calls involving addiction and mental health issues.
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The new training initiative already has a proven track record of rural community members stepping up as the first line of help in a mental health crisis.
The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic crisis.
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year.
We are accepting applications for our 2026 fellowship program! What is a Fellowship? This Fellowship is for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or IDD. A SARTAC Fellowship is a…
