According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), 1 in 5 U.S. adults will have a diagnosable mental health condition in any given year, yet 54.7% of adults with an illness did not receive any treatment.
Mental health care professionals throughout the state and Westfield’s state senator and representative are trying to push back against a proposal in Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal 2026 budget that would strip over $80 million from essential mental health programs and could mean the closing of the only facility in the state that provides specialized care to children.
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.