Supporting Alabama’s veterans—a commitment beyond words
Military veterans deserve more than simple words of gratitude—they deserve timely, effective care, especially when it comes to mental health.
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Alabama health facilities seek to expand mental health, geriatric care
Alabama's State Health Planning and Development Agency heard proposals to strengthen mental health, geriatric, and physical rehabilitation services across the state.
Alabama voters say mental health a top concern, support funding
More than 90 percent of Alabamians identify mental health as a key priority for the state.
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See recent postsMay is Mental Health Awareness Month
Let us use Mental Health Awareness Month as a catalyst for change.
Governor announces two additional mental health crisis centers
Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday announced the funding of two additional Mental Health Crisis Centers, further expanding the Alabama Crisis System of Care.
May 3, 2022
Poll: Alabamians support use of APRA funds for rural hospitals, mental health care
Eighty percent of Republican respondents supported investments in rural hospitals, with nearly 68 percent supporting increased mental health care funding.
Groups ask Ivey to spend $4 billion in pandemic aid on those most in need
Groups say money should go to expand Medicaid, improve housing, education and access to broadband.
Federal court orders outside monitoring of Alabama prisons’ mental health care
A federal judge has ordered external monitoring of mental health care in Alabama’s prisons, noting a long and disturbing history of inadequate care and refusal by the state to willingly improve conditions. In his 124-page order, U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson noted decades of insufficient care and lawsuits and established a hybrid monitoring plan … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama’s prisons are at a crossroads
Alabama’s prisons are notoriously some of the worst in the country. They’re violent. They’re underfunded. They’re unable to handle the mental health care needs of those incarcerated. And they’re also overcrowded. In fact, Alabama’s prison population has increased fivefold since 1980, forcing state-run prisons to operate at 164 percent capacity-which makes them the most overcrowded … Continued
Governor signs contract with prison health care provider
Gov. Kay Ivey’s recently signed a contract with Wexford Health — a company that has been the subject of legislative scrutiny because of its proximity to a prison bribery scandal in Mississippi. Ivey’s press office said Monday the governor signed the $360 million contract between the Alabama Department of Corrections and the Pittsburgh-based prison healthcare … Continued