Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
Nearly one in five health care workers say they need mental health services due to the pandemic but have yet to seek care because they’re too busy, unable to get time off work, can’t afford it or are too afraid or embarrassed.
The House of Representatives early this morning voted 219-212 to approve a modified version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation to provide reconciliation protection for a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and…
- Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
- Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
- Advocacy & Public Policy
- COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
- Medicaid
- Marketplace Issues/Stability
- Medicare DSH
- Substance Use Disorder
- Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
- Workforce
- Skilled Nursing Facility PPS
- OSHA
- Rural issues
Overview
In 1995, a group of Bridgeport health, education, and social service providers began meeting to address the challenges of young children and families who were “falling through the cracks” and not receiving critically needed services. A collaboration among early childhood service providers…