- “Sign Up, Pay Down” Initiative Awards $200,000 to Five Virginia Dental Safety-Net Clinics to Support Dentist Recruitment
- Virginia Mercury: Virginia dental clinics awarded $200,000 to address dentist shortages
- Virginia eyes soaring college counseling demand as an answer to workforce shortages On college campuses in Virginia and nationwide, students are increasingly reporting struggles with mental health.
- Medicaid/FAMIS renewals resumed in March 2023. Here’s what you need to know…
- Grants to Increase the Mental Health Workforce Pipeline Awarded to Six Virginia Universities Today the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with the Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF), awarded Higher Education Mental Health Workforce Pilot grants to six universities.
- New Assessment Finds Alarming Shortage of Virginia Licensed Behavioral Health Professionals and Outlines Attainable Solutions Clear evidence of the current problem and an alarming future if solutions are not undertaken can be found in an Assessment of the Capacity of Virginia’s Licensed Behavioral Health Workforce just released by the Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF).
- Ready to pursue Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)? Check out Boost 200. Masters-prepared Counselors and Social Workers can apply now for this new opportunity to pay for their licensure-required Supervision hours.
- Behavioral Health Hub This listserv serves as a venue for the behavioral health community to share new resources, tips, and thoughts related to the delivery of behavioral health services and self-care during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
- 2021 Profile of Virginia's Uninsured Check out data and maps to better understand who is uninsured in Virginia – including numbers of uninsured who are income eligible for Medicaid/FAMIS and Marketplace coverage, regions with more uninsured and other demographics.
- Virginia Health Care Foundation Awards $2 million in Grants to Increase Availability of Behavioral Health, Dental, and Medical Services across the State VHCF has awarded 19 Virginia organizations $2 million in grants to increase access to behavioral health, medical and dental services for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians…
- Make Life Great as a Psych NP! Check out VHCF’s Psych NP Scholarship Program. Nurse Practitioners can apply for full-scholarships to obtain a post-Graduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate.