More than a year ago, in connection with President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address, the White House announced a “national mental health strategy to strengthen system capacity,” including the peer workforce. This June, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
All Brains Belong VT, a Montpelier-based nonprofit founded during the pandemic, garnered attention last year thanks to its unusual COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Outdoor settings (including the Statehouse lawn), calming features, and specially trained staff allowed...
The American chapter of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis received a record number of proposals this year for its annual conference, according to ISPS-US Executive Director Leah Giorgini. The conference, titled Humanity in...
Mobile Crisis Services Delayed Vermont’s statewide mobile crisis response program will not launch on Sept. 1 as planned, according to the Department of Mental Health. Deputy Commissioner Alison Krompf named Jan. 1 as a likelier start date. DMH contracted Health Care...
Workers at Soteria House in Burlington ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with their employer, Pathways Vermont, in late August. Soteria House is a peer-run therapeutic residence. Its staff unionized in the summer of 2022, joining Local 1343 of the...
