Mental Health Care

The local non-profit Community Mental Health Center broke ground for a new building on Thursday. The corporation’s focus on community and affordability took center stage at the event.

Emergency departments continue to struggle with large numbers of children with serious mental health crises, and no where to place them.

Indiana University recently announced it is using federal grants to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in schools. More than $10 million in grants recently awarded to IU will be used to help train and hire mental health staff in six schools around the state.

Tens of thousands more students will be eligible for taxpayer dollars to help fund their private school education under the final version of the new state budget.

Local health departments will have a longer list of core services they must provide to get increased funding after changes to legislation Tuesday.

Legislation to boost mental health care services unanimously cleared a House committee Tuesday amid emotional testimony from Hoosiers.

The Indiana House and Senate are advancing each other’s mental health treatment priority bills this session. And chamber leaders say providing funding for both will be part of the final budget bill.

Indiana faith leaders say Hoosiers need and deserve better mental health crisis response services. They’re calling on lawmakers to fully fund recommendations from the Indiana Behavioral Health Commission.

Lawmakers have filed several bills to limit or outright ban gender-affirming care for minors in Indiana. But there are a lot of misconceptions about what that type of health care is and isn’t.

Hundreds of Hoosiers rallied at the New Direction Church in Indianapolis Saturday to urge lawmakers to fully fund Senate Bill 1, which would bolster mental health care access and services across the state.