The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, in collaboration with Health Management Associates (HMA), has prepared a series of three issue briefs to offer immediate actions states and others can take to expand current capacity and build a more stable future mental health and substance use treatment workforce.
The first brief (released in January 2022) Behavioral Health Workforce is a National Crisis: Immediate Policy Actions for States, is a summary of the policy, financial and regulatory waiver recommendations. The second brief, Immediate Policy Actions to Address the National Workforce Shortage and Improve Care, (released in March 2022) focuses on clinical care delivery models and digital solutions. The Third brief (yet to be released) will focus on strategies to address diversity, equity andinclusion in the behavioral health workforce.