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The Weekly Dig makes behavioral health recruiting news useful. Read the shifts in funding, policy, clinical care, and hiring before they become your next staffing problem.

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Policy

September 2, 2026

The Weekly Dig — Week 3

Federal fraud crackdowns, a $77M funding drop, and the "new" addictions nobody's built a treatment model for yet.

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Outlook

August 25, 2026

The Weekly Dig — Week 2

Overdose deaths keep falling, burnout keeps rising, and the workforce math still doesn't add up. Five stories, dug up for you.

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Funding

August 19, 2026

The Weekly Dig — Week 1

New federal funding, a shifting M&A landscape, and why 2026 is the year behavioral health has to prove its outcomes.

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