Five recent grants seek to strengthen the behavioral health workforce by bolstering expanded training programs, student support and increased access to care in underserved communities.
- Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo., has been awarded $2.4 million from the HRSA to support the Webster Institute for Clinical Scholarship. The scholarship provides professional counseling students access to serve a diverse client population across the St. Louis region. In 2021, the university received a $1 million grant from the Behavioral Health Workforce Education, which led to the establishment of WICS.
- Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., is set to receive $2.16 million from the HRSA to fund the university’s Advancing Collaborative Care, Integration, and Interprofessional Education in Rural North Carolina project. This initiative provides behavioral health students the opportunity to serve at integrated care sites in rural and underserved parts of North Carolina.
- A professor at Milwaukee-based Marquette University has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from HHS to expand the university’s behavioral health training program. This program supports clinical mental health counselors to serve children, adolescents and transitional-age youths.
- The University of Texas at Tyler is set to receive $1.5 million from HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration to expand its psychology internship program. The funding will add 24 internship opportunities, placing interns in East Texas clinics to increase access to mental health services in underserved communities.
- University of the Pacific’s School of Health Sciences in Stockton, Calif., has been awarded $2.4 million from the HRSA to support Pacific’s Master of Social Work and Doctor of Occupational Therapy programs. The programs aim to support students committed to working with underserved communities.
