The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) earned a 2025 AWS Champions Award for its initiative to modernize the state’s behavioral health IT ecosystem. Through a ...

Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services received $1,293,912 in federal grant funds to support those affected by Hurricane Helene in Southwest Virginia. The ...

Three communities will receive a combined $13 million from the state of Virginia to support crisis services including the development of receiving centers, stabilization units and therapeutic homes.

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday eight grant awards to invest in building emergency room alternatives to care for patients experiencing a behavioral health crisis. These ...

During the month of May, Commissioner Ferguson of the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) and the Transformation Team Co-Chairs will host four town hall meetings across ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA), the only behavioral health authority (BHA) in the state of Virginia, announces that it has selected the Netsmart ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Chesapeake Regional Healthcare will cut the ribbon to a new Emergency Department Behavioral Health Unit on Monday, April 7. Previously referred to as the Comprehensive ...

Virginia’s hard-to-qualify-for Medicaid program is even stingier when it comes to treatment for substance abuse disorders — strictly limiting who can get services and what kinds of services the ...