{"id":28727,"date":"2025-10-16T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28727"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:02:49","slug":"marshall-university-and-westbrook-health-services-launch-new-mobile-unit-to-wirt-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/marshall-university-and-westbrook-health-services-launch-new-mobile-unit-to-wirt-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University and Westbrook Health Services launch new mobile unit to Wirt County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Marshall University Center of Excellence for Recovery is proud to announce the launch of a new mobile unit operated by Westbrook Health Services. The project was made possible through a Medication-Assisted Treatment Access Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded to the Marshall University Research Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal for the mobile unit is to bring services to the community and meet people \u2014 quite literally \u2014 where they are,\u201d said Hollyann Johansen, MAT division director at Westbrook Health Services. \u201cWe recognize the need for services in rural West Virginia, and this is our way to accommodate those who cannot travel for care. One of the biggest barriers to treatment is transportation, and our hope is to remove that barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mobile unit officially launched Oct. 6, 2025, at Sportsman\u2019s Park in Elizabeth, Wirt County, bringing critical behavioral health and recovery services directly to rural communities across West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The unit is equipped to provide:<br \/>\n\u2022 Medication-assisted treatment: Telehealth appointments for medication management.<br \/>\n\u2022 On-site care coordination: Case management, peer recovery support and nursing services.<br \/>\n\u2022 Therapy and mental health services: Counseling and medication management appointments, depending on scheduling.<br \/>\n\u2022 Urine drug screening: Conducted in accessible restrooms at the park for client convenience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see how the community embraces this service,\u201d said Jessica Tackett, project director of the MAT Access Grant. \u201cWe believe this mobile unit will not only improve access to recovery and mental health services but also open new opportunities for bringing additional resources to rural West Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mobile unit will be stationed at Sportsman\u2019s Park in Wirt County every Monday from 9 a.m. to noon. Community members are encouraged to stop by to learn more or access available services.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University Center of Excellence for Recovery is proud to announce the launch of a new mobile unit operated by Westbrook Health Services. The project was made possible through a Medication-Assisted Treatment Access Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded to the Marshall University Research Corporation. \u201cOur goal for the mobile unit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28730,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28727\/revisions\/28730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}