A good economy has produced rising revenues for the state of Oregon, which allowed legislators to add almost $5 million in mental health investments.
The closeout budget bill for the 2018 session included a number of new social service items, particularly with investments in mental health.
School-based health centers won their request of $950,000 to hire more mental health therapists.
“As numerous studies have indicated, youth stress, anxiety, mental and behavioral issues are increasingly having a profound impact on school age youth around the state. Oregon is undertaking a number of efforts to address these concerns, including adding school resources and adopting trauma informed practices,” according to a letter distributed by supporters of the request, including the Oregon School-Based Health Centers, Multnomah County and Oregon Nurses Association as well as a host of mental health providers.
[For more on this story by Chris Gray, go to https://www.thelundreport.org/...l-health-investments]
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