Baptist Health, Delores Barr Weaver Partner On Mental Health Initiative

Baptist Health (Baptist) and Jacksonville philanthropist Delores Barr Weaver are forming a $2.2 million partnership that addresses the mental health needs of health care consumers living in Northeast Florida. The Partnership for Mental Health (the Partnership) will award grants to provider organizations for providing advocacy, awareness and training, direct services, and other services.

The objective of the Partnership, according to its own words, is to improve access and strengthen the system that provides mental and behavioral health care. Additionally, the Partnership hopes that by bringing awareness to the issue of mental health, it will be be able to eliminate . . .