Building Supports for Underserved Areas and Appalachia
The Virginia Telehealth Network has partnered with the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, MATRC and UVA Health to launch the Virginia Telemental Health Initiative (VTMHI), a pilot program that aims to expand access to timely and appropriate telemental health services for Virginians with lower incomes, without health insurance or who are medically underserved through a supported network of volunteer licensed and pre-licensed mental health providers. Through the program, volunteer professionals from across the Commonwealth will see clients of Virginia’s Free and Charitable clinics via Telehealth. This means increased access to specialized care like family and marital counseling, therapy and psychiatry services, substance-abuse counseling and so much more.
To learn more about the development of VTMHI or get involved as a volunteer licensed provider, pre-licensed provider or free and charitable clinics, visit https://virginiatelementalhealth.org/.
We’re thrilled to share that VTN has been accepted into the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Workforce Challenges Learning Collaborative as part of this pilot program. The goal of this collaborative is to develop and scale innovative solutions for addressing the workforce barriers that integrated care organizations face from the on-going pandemic as the demands increase for integrated mental health and substance use treatment services. As part of this collaborative, VTN will inform future integrated care workforce efforts and activities through the CoE-IHS and impact the broader integrated care field nationally.
