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Digital Health Funding Down 57%: What to Know; Ballmer Group Invests $165M into School Support Services Nationwide · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for February 16th.
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  First, according to a report from CB Insights,
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  investments in digital health companies dropped over 50% last year.
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  This report titled The 2022 State of Digital Health,
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  which was published last month,
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  compiled data from federal and state regulatory filings,
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  independent confirmation with firms or investors, press releases,
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  and other business media sources.
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  The total of digital health company deals also dropped last year by
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  33%. Second,
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  according to a report yesterday from the Triangle Business Journal,
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  UNC Health, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
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  plans to build a children's behavioral hospital in Grandville County.
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  UNC Health is teaming up with the State's Department of Health and Human
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  Services.
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  It will convert the RJ Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center into the
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  new facility. The hospital will house 54 beds.
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  It will cost 10.4 million and will be funded through UNC Health's
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  Reserves Third school resource Organization,
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  communities and Schools receives a 165 million
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  donation to expand support programs at 1000 US schools.
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  The donation comes from the Bomber Group,
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  a national nonprofit organization focused on economic mobility and equity.
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  The money will be used to integrate in school support programs at low income
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  schools.
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  The program aims to connect students with services designed to support their
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  health, wellbeing, and educational success.
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  The organization has already served more than 1.8 million children at its
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  established programs in over 3000 schools and community sites.
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  This is the largest donation ever received by communities and Schools.
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