New Central State Hospital – History & Hope
After years of delay, the final steel beam was placed atop a new Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County on May 1st. Projected to open next year, the new facility symbolizes the dramatic change in how we treat people living with a serious mental illness. As Angela...
Statement on Drastic HHS Staffing Reductions
The federal government funds major parts of our mental health services, as well as the mental health services provided by many other Virginia non-profits, state and local government agencies, including Community Services Boards. Every citizen has cause for alarm at...
Protect Medicaid Healthcare
Medicaid health insurance covers almost one-third of people with a mental illness, and it could face devastating cuts in the upcoming federal budget reconciliation process. There’s no way around it: reducing Medicaid funding means reducing access to mental health and...