Project Grant 01769

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), awarded a $1,125,642 Project Grant to Oakland University in Michigan. The grant funds the Behavioral Health Academy (BHA) Fellowship program, which will train 80 master's-level students in social work and counseling over the next four years (2025-2029). The program aims to increase access to behavioral health services, develop interprofessional training,...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program at Mercy University, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides graduate-level training in marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, and mental health counseling. The $1,196,860 project grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, supports the Interdisciplinary Health Education Learning Program (IHELP) to address behavioral health workforce shortages in medically underserved...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals (BPP), funded by a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the CFDA 93.732 Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program, will expand and enhance Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc.'s (ASPIN) existing Certified Community Health Workers (CCHW) training program. The project aims to increase the skills, knowledge, and capacity of...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to Primary Health Solutions (PHS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in southwestern Ohio. The 4-year grant will support PHS's Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, which aims to prepare Master of Social Work (MSW) students to deliver integrated behavioral health services in...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants (CFDA 93.732) program will enable the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) to collaborate with eight community partners to increase the number and preparation of highly skilled behavioral health professionals. Specifically, the "Behavioral Healthcare through Interprofessional Training (B-HIP)" project aims to address...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a $600,000 project grant to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. This 4-year grant, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, will establish the Avera BRIGHT: Building Rural Innovation and Growth in Behavioral Health Teams program. The program aims to address the severe shortage of behavioral health professionals, particularly...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (CFDA 93.732) has awarded a $339,283 Project Grant to the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice (CNSJ) at Drexel University to continue its Healing Centered Learning (HCL) program. HCL is a pre-service training program that provides didactic and experiential field training for young adults aged 18-24 who have been impacted by violence or trauma, enabling them to become community health workers (CHW) and certified peer specialists...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program (CFDA 93.732), awarded Oregon State University (OSU) a $1,194,010 Project Grant to develop the Oregon Integrated Behavioral Health Training Initiative (OIBHTI). This 4-year initiative aims to address critical shortages in mental health services for children, adolescents, and emerging adults in Oregon by preparing behavioral health professionals to deliver...

The Hancock County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board in Ohio was awarded a $550,000 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance and expand a 24/7 supervised Stabilization Center. This center provides crisis stabilization and recovery support services for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who have come into...

The Bexar County Board of Trustees for Mental Health Mental Retardation (BCBMTMMR), doing business as The Center for Health Care Services, was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024 to support the Jail Based Competency Restoration Program. The program aims to improve public safety and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or...