Behavioral Health

Gov. John Bel Edwards has proclaimed March 2019 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in Louisiana. The month-long observance promotes awareness of the resources available to those experiencing problems with gambling.

Louisiana has been chosen as one of a select group of states to partner with Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending addiction, on the development and implementation of a rating system for addiction treatment programs. The state joins Massachusetts and New York, both of which have joined the pilot project in recent weeks.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for qualified proposers to provide Statewide Self-Supportive Recovery Homes for Individuals on Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Behavioral Health will be holding a series of regional meetings, or listening tour.

The Provider Visionary Opportunities to Increase Competitive Employment (VOICE) grant provides the Office of Behavioral Health with 100 hours of training and technical assistance needed to help people in the target population find meaningful jobs.

Annually, the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Behavioral Health is required to prepare an annual report of all administrative rulemaking procedures taken over the past year and submit the report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Behavioral Health is introducing a new initiative to expand access to evidence-based practices in behavioral health.

The Louisiana Department of Health today released the recommendations of an expert panel on how to address the opioid epidemic in the state.

The Louisiana Department of Health is hosting an opioid public forum, consisting of community-focused panels, at 8:30 a.m. October 5. The forum, supported by Capital Area Human Services District and faculty with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be held at the Tracy Center, 1800 South Acadian Thruway in Baton Rouge.

This week, the Louisiana Department of Health received over $24 million in grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to combat the opioid epidemic in the state of Louisiana.