With seven North Texas counties having no psychiatric care beds and the number of behavioral care providers throughout the region below national and state levels, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation announced today it was chosen to receive a Community Mental Health Grant from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The funding will […]
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Foundation to participate in “Smart Justice” program
Blog by Kristin Jenkins, President of the DFWHC Foundation “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift The numbers make the issue obvious, but they are still hard to believe. Twenty to 25 percent of people in Texas county jails are diagnosed with mental illness, with annual costs to […]
North Texas collaborative makes appearance at D.C. conference
Representatives of the North Texas Community Health Collaborative were invited to the nation’s capital on April 22- April 25 to discuss “Accelerating the Impact of Population Approaches to Mental Health First Aid” during the National Council for Behavioral Health Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland. The event attracted more than […]
Foundation interns produce Behavioral Health Providers Repository
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation teamed with interns from the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center and Texas Woman’s University (TWU) to produce an extensive Behavioral Health Providers Repository covering 16 North Texas counties. The document lists behavioral health providers in each county including addresses, websites and services provided. The counties detailed […]
“National Public Health Week” celebrated at the Foundation!
Join the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation in celebrating National Public Health Week to become part of a growing movement to create the healthiest nation in one generation. The DFWHC Foundation is celebrating the power of prevention, advocating for healthy policies, sharing strategies for successful partnerships and championing a strong public health system. During the […]
Oliveros and Kinney to chair Community Health Collaborative
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation hosted a North Texas Community Health Collaborative Board Meeting on March 21 at its headquarters in Irving to discuss strategic priorities for 2018. The board selected Catherine Oliveros, vice president of community health improvement at Texas Health Resources, as chair and Ashleigh Kinney, director of family services and child […]
NBC and D CEO detail behavioral health report
During a segment last night on NBC 5 News, Reporter Bianca Castro detailed the Behavioral Health Community Needs Assessment Report released this week by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative. The study was also covered by D CEO Healthcare Daily Reporter Shawn Shinneman. Coordinated by the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation, the Collaborative released the […]
Behavioral Health Report covers 16 North Texas counties
Seven North Texas counties have no psychiatric care beds and the number of behavioral care providers throughout the region are below national and state levels, according to a Behavioral Health Community Needs Assessment Report released this week. The 130-page report by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative was the opening bell of a strategic goal […]
Local healthcare partners release “Community Needs Assessment”
A comprehensive “Community Needs Assessment Report” was released to the public last week detailing significant shortages in mental health therapy, rural physicians, diabetes awareness and maternal health. The report was produced by the Regional Healthcare Partnership (RHP 9), one of 20 regional teams the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has defined for the […]
Just four days until Feb. 7 “Behavioral Health Network” webinar
Just four days until the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s complimentary webinar “Creation of High Performance Behavioral Health Network” on February 7 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hosted in association with Blaze Advisors, learn first-hand how a U.S. health system resolved issues with inappropriate admissions while improving behavioral healthcare for patients. Mike Rhoades, CEO […]