Heritage Behavioral Services Blog

by Jane Hammond, Daily Press/TNS HAMPTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said this month that it determined Hampton City Schools retaliated against a parent who was advocating for her daughter, who was receiving special education services at a school in the division.   Read more....

by Michelle Diament Spending on institutional care across the country is being outpaced by funding for community-based services, according to a new analysis of Medicaid allocations for long-term care services during fiscal year 2014. (Thinkstock) Of the $152 billion spent on long-term care services across the country during the 2014 fiscal year, 53 percent was directed to community-based services, according to a new report produced for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read more......