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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Report: ID/A worker shortage fueled by low wages, high turnover | Wednesday Morning Coffee

BY: - January 11, 2023

The system is 'severely strained past its breaking point,' an analyst said.

Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services CEO Mike Quinn (Herald-Standard photo).

Chestnut Ridge using new state, federal programs to expand services | Helping the Helpers

BY: - December 2, 2022

'We’ve always been the 24-hour mental health and crisis service for Fayette County,' CEO Mike Quinn said. 'That has been going on for 25 or more years.'

Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

As lawmakers break for elections, $100M for mental health care remains out of reach

BY: - October 28, 2022

'This was not made a priority when it should have been, without question,' said state Sen. Maria Collett, D-Montgomery.

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Long overdue, mental health’s time in the spotlight has finally come | Fletcher McClellan

BY: - October 16, 2022

Mental health depends on healthy lifestyles, vigorous politics, and responsive policies.

As session nears end, Pa. counties urge Legislature to act on mental health funding

BY: - October 5, 2022

Officials want lawmakers to spend $100M in one-time federal funds to shore up the state's 'crumbling' system.

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Teacher and students in a classroom.

School districts benefit from mental health funding in the new Pa. budget. Here’s how | Opinion

BY: - July 26, 2022

The spending plan provides $200M to address student mental health and school safety.

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

We’re in the budget home stretch; do the right thing for disability workers | Opinion

BY: - June 21, 2022

We can't miss this chance to raise wages for workers and to stabilize funding for critical programs.

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Stop saying all mass shooters are mentally ill. Not all mentally ill people are violent | Opinion

BY: - June 19, 2022

Thoughts about mass shooters -- and a Father's Day lesson from the author's son.

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Pa. House lawmaker proposes $100M mental health aid package | Wednesday Morning Coffee

BY: - June 15, 2022

Rep. Mike Schlossberg, D-Lehigh, who's spoken openly about his own mental health struggles, is backing the bill.

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Pa. counties call for funding Biden’s mental health strategy | Thursday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 3, 2022

'The dynamic between the demand for services and the necessary funding is getting dangerously disproportionate,' an official said.

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Here’s how to solve Pa.’s intellectual disability funding crisis | Opinion

BY: - November 10, 2021

A bipartisan effort to access federal stimulus funding will prevent the intellectual disability system's collapse.

Pa. county commissioners put mental health funding front and center on 2020 budget wish list

BY: - January 14, 2020

The local officials called for "targeted, strategic investment" of public dollars, for the new fiscal year that starts on July 1.