Virginia Health Care Foundation

Making Brighter Days Possible:
Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services

Making Brighter Days Possible: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services (MBDP) was a special 18-month initiative focused on increasing access to behavioral health services for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians. MBDP was launched on August 1, 2019 and made possible by a generous grant from Sentara.

While the need for behavioral health services exists throughout Virginia, it is most acute in Virginia‘s mental health professional shortage areas. By definition, these areas have too few behavioral health professionals to serve the number of people who live there.

Each of the funded organizations will use grant funds to hire behavioral health professionals to provide mental health services in person or via telemedicine. The grantees have also defined goals for elevating the degree of behavioral health integration at the participating sites. 

The following organizations participated in this exciting 18-month initiative.

• Central Virginia Health Services
• Hampton Roads Community Health Center
• Johnson Health Center
• Tri-Area Community Health

If you have any questions about the MBDP initiative, please contact:

Andrea Lancaster
Chief Program & Impact Officer
Phone: (804) 587-0512
E-mail: andrea@vhcf.org

If you are interested in expanding behavioral health services or in the integration of behavioral health and primary care at your organization, please let us know! Your plans may be a fit for another type of VHCF grant.

Last Updated on July 19, 2023