The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a well-trained behavioral health workforce.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
The program has a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders. The BHWET Program for Professionals prepares the workforce by emphasizing interprofessional team-based models of care, integrating behavioral health training in primary care settings and recruiting a diverse workforce interested in serving high need and high demand areas. The program also invests increasing the number and training of clinical supervisors.
Program Objectives
- Increase the number of new or expanded community partnerships with experiential training sites in high-need and high-demand areas.
- Promote collaborative training by using team-based models of care to integrate behavioral health care into interprofessional primary care settings.
- Recruit a diverse workforce interested in working with children, adolescents, and young adults.
- Recruit, develop, and expand the capacity to train clinical supervisors to support and mentor behavioral health trainees.
Funding Information
- Expected total available funding in FY 2025: $59,600,000.
- Funding range per award: Up to $600,000 annually.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029.
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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