Assistance program
Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants
$1.0 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Health Resources and Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.732
- What it does
- The purpose of the behavioral health programs is to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce and address mental health and provider resiliency concerns among health care workers. Expanding the behavioral health workforce is addressed through the implementation of the following programs: 1) Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Professionals Program, 2) Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Paraprofessionals Program, 3) Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults, 4) Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program, 5) Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, 6) Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training Program, and 7) Behavioral Health Workforce Development Technical Assistance Program. The behavioral health programs also seek to promote efforts to address mental health and provider resiliency concerns among health care workers through education and training activities. This is addressed through the implementation of the following programs: 1) Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program (HPSWTP); 2) Promoting Resilience and Mental Health Among Health Professional Workforce (PRMHW), and 3) Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Technical Assistance Center (WRTAC).
- Who benefits
- U.S. Territories, Minority group, Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans), Private nonprofit institution/organization, Health Professional, Student/Trainee, State, U.S. Citizen, Substance Use Disorders, Alcoholic, Local, Public nonprofit institution/organization. BHWET Professional and Paraprofessional: students must be enrolled in the school or program in order to receive stipend and tuition support. In addition, students/interns must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or foreign nationals who possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. AMF: Fellows must be enrolled in the sponsoring institution in order to receive stipend support. A fellow must be a citizen of the United States or a foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. ISTP: participants or faculty/instructors receiving support from grant funds must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States. BHWD TA: HRSA-funded programs: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training –Professionals and Paraprofessional, Opioid Workforce Expansion Program – Professionals and Paraprofessionals and Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Programs. HPSWRP: health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, public safety officers, and employers of such individuals PRMHW: health professional workforce (providers, other personnel, and members) WRTAC: HRSA-funded resiliency programs: PRMHW and HPSWRP
- Who applies
- BHWET Professional and BHWET CAY: Accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), social work, school social work, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, or professional counseling, American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school counseling. Accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work. BHWET Paraprofessional: Behavioral paraprofessional certificate training programs and peer paraprofessional certificate training programs offered by States, political subdivisions of states, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, public or nonprofit private health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities as determined appropriate by the Secretary. OIFSP: State-licensed mental health nonprofit and for-profit organizations, including academic institutions, universities, community colleges, and technical schools, which must be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency. AMF: Sponsoring institutions of accredited addiction medicine or accredited addiction psychiatry fellowship programs, or a consortium consisting of at least one domestic teaching health center and one domestic addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry fellowship program. ISTP: Teaching Health Centers; Federally Qualified Health Centers; Community Mental Health Centers; Rural Health Clinics; health centers operated by the Indian Health Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organization. Entities with a demonstrated record of success in providing training for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health service psychologists, and/or social workers. BHWD TA: Health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, or other public or private nonprofit entities that provide services and training to health professions. HPSWRP: Health professions schools, academic health centers, state or local governments, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities. PRMHW: entities providing health care, including health care providers associations and Federally Qualified Health Centers. WRTAC: Health professions schools, academic health centers, state or local governments, Indian Tribes and tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities. Entities providing health care, including health care providers associations and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
- Authorized by
- BHWET, OIFSP, BHWD TA: Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act
- AMF and ISTP: Section 760 of the Public Health Service Act
- PRMHW: Section 765 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code § 295) and Section 2705 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2)
- HPSWTP: Section 765 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code § 295) and Section 2703 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L.117-2)
- WRTAC: Section 799A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 295) and Sections 2703 and 2705 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2)
- Program site
- http://www.hrsa.gov ↗
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