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For Immediate Release
November1, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683
Gov. Evers, DHS Announce Grants to Expand Child Telepsychiatry Services, Access to Behavioral Health Care?
More than $100 million invested in behavioral health in past year?
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), today awarded $2.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to five organizations to increase access to child telepsychiatry services. The one-year grants of $500,000 each will support projects focused on recruiting and retaining psychiatrists and other behavioral health professionals and deploying technology to connect more providers with patients through virtual visits.
?We?ve made critical investments in mental and behavioral health over the last year because we know that kids across Wisconsin need these additional mental health supports perhaps now more than ever,? said Gov. Tony Evers. ?These grants are an important part of our work, as telehealth helps reach kids with the specialized care they need when and where they need it so they can live their best, healthiest lives.?
View the entire news release.
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