HRSA awards ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ $1.9M Integrated Behavioral Health Training program grant

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The at the  (HRSA) has funded a new Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training program at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, lead by Principal Investigator Amy Korsch-Williams of the Center on Trauma and Adversity at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, has received a $1.9 million award over four years to provide specialized training experiences for social work, psychiatric nursing and doctoral psychology students.

The training program is a collaboration between the Mandel School, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and . The award will begin on Sept. 1, 2021 and will fund specialized training in behavioral health to 111 students over the project period:

  • 85 social work students
  • 19 psychiatric mental health nursing practitioner students (PMHNPs)
  • 3 doctor of nursing practice students (DNPs)
  • 3 doctoral psychology students in

A focus of the program will be training students in trauma-informed, evidence-based practices to expand and improve behavioral health services for racial, ethnic and sexual and gender minority youth.

Participating students receive HRSA funded stipends while completing training experiences. Co-investigators David Hussey (Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education),  (MetroHealth) and Susan Painter (FPBSN) are key leaders on this initiative.

The team has received three HRSA awards totaling $4.3 million since 2017, through which they have funded a total of 155 social work, 49 PMHNP, 12 psychology and 9 DNP trainee stipends.

The community training sites for the Integrated Behavioral Health Training program include: