WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Join us for an upcoming webinar hosted by the Rural Health Research Gateway:
“A Tour of the Youth Behavioral Health Services Landscape: Prevalence, Treatment, and the Workforce”
🗓 June 17, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM ET
In this session, we’ll share findings from our recent report, Access to and Provision of Child and Youth Behavioral Health Services in the Rural and Urban U.S.
Topics include:
• Differences in the prevalence of mental health conditions and substance use disorders among rural and urban youth
• Variation in treatment patterns and travel burden for youth with opioid use disorder, including differences by Medicaid and commercial insurance
• Availability of the youth behavioral health workforce across rural and urban counties
• Licensure and reimbursement factors shaping access to mental health care for rural youth
Register here: https://ow.ly/Yi5q50Z6iRc
Read the report here: https://bit.ly/436SWaM

📍 Headed to NRHA 2026 in San Diego!
In just two weeks, several of our team from the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center will be traveling to San Diego for the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference (May 19–22, 2026).
We’re excited to connect with rural health researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from across the country; and share our latest work.

✨ Our team will be presenting during the conference, including sessions on:
• Policy and Implementation Strategies for Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and Mental Health Counselor (MHC) Integration
• Trends in Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
• Rural Clinical Training Trends: Challenges and Solutions
• Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending Across Rurality

If you’ll be attending NRHA this year, we’d love to connect—stop by our sessions or reach out to say hello. Looking forward to rich conversations and shared learning in San Diego!