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States encouraged to invest in direct service workforce
Read moreThe demand for direct service worker positions is projected to increase by 35 percent from 2008 to 2018, whereas...
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Harvard program integrates behavioral health into primary care
Read moreThe Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care recently announced that six primary care practices will introduce a new...
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New mobile phone app helps disaster first responders
Read moreThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently released a mobile phone app to help responders access critical,...
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Estimating the need for behavioral health workers
Read moreAs the Affordable Care Act moves forward, many federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are expanding capacity to meet the...
December 4, 2013 -
Direct service workforce competencies released
Read moreThe National Direct Service Workforce (DSW) Resource Center, which is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
December 4, 2013 -
Kentucky faces shortage of mental health workers
Read moreAn article recently published in the Courier-Journal, a newspaper that serves residents of Louisville, Kentucky, and Southern Indiana, sounded...
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Grant helps rural health information technology workforce and vets
Read moreIn September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was awarded $5.3 million in grants to expand...
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New bill introduced to extend HIT to behavioral health
Read moreOn September 19, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse introduced a bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)...
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Annapolis Coalition leaders highlight workforce crisis in Health Affairs article
Read moreThe November special issue of Health Affairs features an invited analysis and commentary on the behavioral health workforce written...
November 1, 2013
