West Virginia Expanding Community-Based Behavioral Health Via Four New Funding Opportunities

West Virginia is expanding access to Medicaid and non-Medicaid community-based behavioral health services for adults with addiction disorder, children with psychiatric disorders in inpatient or residential settings, and for elementary and secondary students. In early February 2016, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) released four requests for proposals (RFPs). One is focused on expanding existing non-Medicaid service capacity for peer recovery coaches. One is for a new pilot program focused on reducing Medicaid costs by providing high fidelity wraparound and intensive case management services for children in acute psychiatric care and out of . . .