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News by Topic: Mental health

Aug 13, 2024 - Discusses home visitation services as a solution to lack of transportation as a barrier to healthcare, highlighting a program in rural Illinois working with families with children from birth to 5 years old. Home visitation services also offers privacy, particularly for both emergency and non-emergency mental healthcare.
Source: WCBU
Aug 6, 2024 - Highlights work by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support farmworker health in celebration of Farmworker Appreciation Day. Release and associated fact sheet details outreach, research, technical assistance, grants, and tools related to heat, wildfire, civil rights, Migrant Health Centers, migrant mental health, H5N1, and more.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Aug 1, 2024 - Notice of final rule from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopting, with changes, a March 10, 2022, interim final rule that established a requirement for the VA to implement a three-year community-based grant program to award grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services to eligible individuals and their families for the purpose of reducing veteran suicide. This rule also summarizes comments received on the interim final rule. This rule is effective September 3, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 30, 2024 - Describes a Mercer University School of Medicine project funded by a Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Outlines plans to create telehealth hubs within recovery organizations in four rural Georgia counties, expanding access to mental health care and substance abuse treatment.
Source: Mercer University
Jul 29, 2024 - Highlights a Kansas nonprofit working to help local farmers deal with stress and depression. Discusses farming-related stigma and isolation.
Source: KCUR, NPR
Jul 29, 2024 - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) announces virtual public subcommittee meetings of the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) throughout calendar years 2024 and 2025. The meetings will provide information on the following focus areas: Data and Evaluation, Access, Treatment and Recovery, Justice, and Finance. Information on how to join the meetings will be posted on the ISMICC website.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 26, 2024 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC) will hold a public meeting on October 21-22, 2024. Agenda items include discussions re-engaging people with HIV out of care, the use of long-acting injectables for HIV care and treatment, and increasing access to mental health services for people with HIV and STDs. Registration is required.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 17, 2024 - Provides an overview of the mental health workforce shortage in Texas, with data on various provider types. Notes that shortages are particularly acute in rural counties, some of which have no providers. Reviews efforts by state lawmakers to address the issue, including loan repayment programs and increased Medicaid reimbursement for mental health services.
Source: The Texas Tribune
Jul 16, 2024 - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory Council (CMHS NAC) will hold a public meeting on August 27, 2024. Agenda items include updates from the SAMHSA CMHS director, remarks from SAMHSA's Assistant Secretary, updates on disasters, and updates on subcommittee tasks. The agenda and information on how to join the meeting will be posted on the SAMHSA website prior to the meeting. Registration is required.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 12, 2024 - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a joint meeting of the National Advisory Councils, the Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS), and the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) on August 28, 2024. Agenda items include remarks from the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and presentations and discussions on youth engagement efforts, criminal justice, suicide prevention, and general discussions and public comments. Registration is required to attend the meeting. Individuals interested in making oral presentations must notify Carlos Castillo by August 21, 2024.
Source: Federal Register