To assist behavioral health organizations in addressing their recruitment and retention challenges, technical assistance is being offered through an all-remote Learning Collaborative, which is open to mental health and substance use service providers located in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Donor Name: Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
State: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Training
Deadline: 09/14/2022
Details:
Recruiting and retaining a workforce has been a longstanding challenge for organizations that provide mental health and substance use-related services. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, general labor shortages in the U.S., and the ‘Great Resignation’ have turned this challenge into a national behavioral health workforce emergency. Turnover and position vacancy rates have been at unprecedented levels during the past year.
The Collaborative will include a focus on: (a) recruitment and retention challenges during the pandemic, (b) the longer-term challenges post-pandemic, (c) fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, and (d) building structures and processes to sustain improvement on recruitment and retention.
This initiative is sponsored and funded by the Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. The Learning Collaborative was designed and is managed by The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, one of the nation’s leading technical assistance organizations focused on mental health and substance use workforce issues.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community behavioral health organizations serving Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
- Organizations in good standing with their state’s or district’s behavioral health, public health, and Medicaid agencies and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
For more information, visit CEMHTTC.