by Bruce Cruser | May 28, 2022 | Mental health
It’s been over 20 years since my child was a fourth grader, but when I hear the horrible news from Uvalde, I feel the need to hug her tight, tell her that she’s safe, that we’ll be OK, that I love her so much. We need more advocacy for policies to...
by Bruce Cruser | Feb 16, 2022 | Mental health
By Carly Ward, MSW Intern The purpose of HB 829 in the current Virginia General Assembly is to help schools provide more mental health support to students. It does this in two ways: It confirms...
by Bruce Cruser | Feb 2, 2022 | Mental health
(Thanks to Virginia Association of Community Services Boards – VACSB) The outgoing Governor proposed a signficant down payment to address the severe shortfalls in Virginia’s behavioral health system. Much more needs to be done, but we support the range of...
by Bruce Cruser | Feb 2, 2022 | Mental health
The 2022 session of the Virginia General Assembly began with an introduced 2-year state budget that includes a significant down payment to address the crisis in Virginia’s mental health system. Underfunded for decades before the pandemic, the system is unable to...
by Bruce Cruser | Oct 19, 2021 | Mental health
Mental Health America (MHA) has released the State of Mental Health in America report for 2022, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on several behavioral health and access measures. Almost 20% of people in the U.S. are living with a mental...
