$2.5 million in grants awarded to expand child telepsychiatry services in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – 5 grants totaling $2.5 million had been awarded to Wisconsin well being care services to assist enhance entry to youngster telepsychiatry companies, together with at one group that serves sufferers within the counties of Rock and Jefferson.

The Wisconsin Division of Well being Companies defined Tuesday that every one-year, $250,000 grant will assist 5 well being care organizations recruit and retain extra psychiatrists and behavioral well being professionals. The grants will even assist enhance know-how to attach suppliers with their sufferers throughout digital visits.

DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake stated the services that had been awarded funds work with rural, suburban and concrete communities in Wisconsin.

“Now greater than ever, households want behavioral well being care for his or her youngsters, however important gaps in entry to this remedy live on,” Timberlake stated.

Grants had been awarded to those teams:

• Essentia Well being-St. Mary’s Clinic, Superior serving Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.
• Kids’s Wisconsin, Wauwatosa serving Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties.
• Kenosha Group Well being Middle, Kenosha serving Kenosha County.
• NorthLakes Group Clinic, Iron River serving Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Eau Claire, Iron, Langlade, Oconto, Polk, Worth, Sawyer, and Washburn counties, in addition to the Unhealthy River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Crimson Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
• Skilled Companies Group, Kenosha serving Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, and Washington counties.

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