State youth mental health services could be updated amid funding cuts

State youth mental health services could be updated amid funding cuts

Mental health services for children and youth would get a much-needed boost under a bill that awaits action by Gov. Josh Green. SB 1442 would require the state’s Adolescent Mental Health Division to establish family guidance centers in different counties and offer a network of preventative, early identification, screening, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services. The bill was part of the legislative agenda of Green, America’s only sitt…

House votes to revers mental health caseworker cuts – Hoffeldt

Human Resources News – Human Resources News Headlines | Bizjournals.com Gov. Maura Healey’s budget proposal in January called for slashing the DMH case manager workforce in half, from 340 to 170 individuals. The threatened layoffs have prompted an outcry over mental health care access. Go to Source 30/04/2025 – 03:07 /Alison Kuznitz SoMe: @hoffeldt.bsky.social