GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 8/6/26

🤝 Kaiser Permanente invests $10M to expand Youth Mental Health Corps peer support (Hilary Costa, Kaiser Permanente) — 07/28/26
TL;DR: Kaiser Permanente joined Schultz Family Foundation and Pinterest as a national partner, committing $10M to expand peer-led youth mental health support in California, Maryland, and Oregon, aiming to reach 200,000 more teens.

🏥 Precise Behavioral raises $14.2M to tackle ED boarding and consolidate hospital behavioral health (Ashleigh Hollowell, Behavioral Health Business) — 07/29/26
TL;DR: LA-based Precise Behavioral raised $14.2M led by A1 Health Ventures to scale its AI-powered telehealth and on-site psychiatric platform for health systems, replacing multi-vendor setups and reducing ED recidivism.

🧒 Flourish Health raises $46M to scale intensive in-home mental health care for youth in crisis (Flourish Health, GlobeNewswire) — 07/27/26
TL;DR: Richmond-based Flourish Health raised $26M Series A led by B Capital, F-Prime, and Cherryrock, bringing total funding to $46M to scale psychiatrist-led Care Pods and AI workflow platform for high-acuity youth nationwide.

📈 LifeStance Health nearly doubles Q2 earnings as it prioritizes tuck-in M&A (Chris Larson, Behavioral Health Business) — 08/06/26
TL;DR: LifeStance posted a 94% jump in adjusted EBITDA to $66M on $435.4M revenue in Q2, driven by higher payer reimbursement, clinician productivity, and small tuck-in acquisitions in new geographies.