October 28, 2024
New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to improve access to behavioral health services.
The purpose of 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 quality behavioral health workforce. 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 of clinical supervisors.
Eligible Applicants
- Public and private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit organizations
- Hospitals and rural health clinics
- State and local governments
- Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations
- Tribal governments and organizations
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 21, 2025
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