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• I'd want to do good': Man, formerly incarcerated at Douglas County jail says new mental health facility is needed
• Recovery Court Honors 2025 Graduates
• Iowa launches new statewide behavioral health system July 1
• New Mexico joins multi-state suit over slashed mental health funding. Here’s why.
• Proposed Federal Cuts Put Rural Behavioral Health Resources on the Line
• Alabama Teaches Faith Leaders How to Help People Struggling With Addiction
• Jacksonville State University receives grant to build trauma-informed rural mental health workforce
  

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• Turning Point Community Programs Opens New FIT Program Site in Galt
• With $11 million grant, UO creates new national children’s mental health center
• MIT Open Learning bootcamp supports effort to bring invention for long-term fentanyl recovery to market
  
• One non-profit is stepping in to meet the mental health needs of those displaced USAID workers
• For rural patients, the mental health system can’t keep up with the crisis
• MHSN Coalition Urges Investment in Children’s Mental Health Services
• Empowering Patients to Stay Active in Substance Use Recovery
• Rutgers addiction treatment center at Plainfield's former Muhlenberg Hospital is expanding
• Northern Michigan advocates urge state for more psych beds amid mental health crisis
• NC psychiatrist warns impact of dangerous heat on mental health: "It's not in your head"
• $2M in settlement funds repurposed for opioid recovery funds in Lexington County

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