“Often there is an outpouring of support in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, but it dissipates with time,” she said.

Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages.

Using self-reported data from 311 mental health care clinicians, the researchers identified clinicians’ firearm screening ...

When Alabama lawmakers focus on actual issues, they tend to avoid or overlook specifics. Things like the scope of a problem.

Nearly 23% of Iowa students — more than 33,000 — reported suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months in a 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

This story first appeared in the Alabama Reflector. Last fall, Patricia called her counselor in a panic. A 29-year-old North Alabama mom, she was about to lose her Medicaid coverage, which was set to ...

Hundreds of vulnerable children are still being sent to distant counties for treatment due to a lack of beds in their area ...