>After Schieve made her case before the City Council at a Zoom meeting in early December, the councilmembers voted unanimously to approve a contract for $1.3 million in CARES Act funding: In 2021, all Reno residents over the age of 13 would have free access to Talkspace.<p>Neat
>Last fall, CNBC reported that Talkspace had sent around a memo offering to indemnify therapists willing to practice in states where they lacked a license, as the company worked to meet soaring demand. (Licensing requirements were waived during the pandemic in some states, but the emergency orders are expected to eventually expire.)<p>Absolutely disgusting. Why is no one in jail over this ? This article compares app therapy to app dating a good deal. Like app dating app therapy puts multi billion dollar corporations in the mix. These companies have a real profit motive to drive signups while providing substandard service( or straight up committing fraud knowing it's more profitable to break the law than to do things the right way) .<p>Personally I think most mental health issues in this country are fiscal stability issues. If your going though an eviction or have unstable parents( as a kid) you aren't going to be in a good place. Therapy with it's insistence on having a better outlook on such issues can be less than useless.<p>To fix America's mental health crisis we need to fix the housing crisis , we need to fix the food insecurity crisis.