Virginia Health Care Foundation

Meeting kids where they are: the value-add of school based behavioral health care

Commentary: Virginia is making progress addressing the mental health crisis. But it’s not enough. Deborah Oswalt Mental Health America ranks Virginia 39th among the states in accessibility of its behavioral health workforce and 48th in mental health access for children and youth. Well, it’s official. With last week’s release by the Health Resources and Services Administration, […]

Click here to read to full Op-Ed by Deborah D. Oswalt: Exciting progress to reduce Virginia’s shortage of mental health professionals.

We don’t have enough mental health professionals.