Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health, and eight other Washington Accountable Communities of Health, have received $2 million from Cambia Health Solutions to address mental and behavioral health needs in rural communities that have been exacerbated by COVID-19.
SWACH’s award is $245,000.
SWACH plans to invest its portion of the funds in the K-Link Rural Behavioral Health Project, which has a goal of improving the local capacity and ability to access behavioral health services in rural Klickitat and Skamania counties, according to a press release.
K-Link will launch a local advisory group that includes behavioral health providers and other community stakeholders in Klickitat and Skamania counties.
The advisory group will develop a plan to increase mental health first aid and stigma reduction efforts and will address issues of multilingual and isolated community access.
