Project Grant G02HP27906

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 Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals (CFDA 93.732), awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is providing $500,000.00 in funding to the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to implement the Rural Georgia Behavioral Health Evidence-Based Services Training (BHEST) program. This program will train 15 Level 1 trainees and 10 Level 2 apprenticeship trainees annually in mental and behavioral health and integrated primary care and...

This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), provides $699,920 to the MGH Institute of Health Professions, in partnership with McLean Hospital, to establish a structured Level 1 pre-service training program called "Pathways to Paraprofessional Excellence." This 4-year initiative aims to expand the behavioral health paraprofessional workforce,...

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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Idaho State University (ISU) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant, titled "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS", aims to improve and expand the training of community health workers (CHWs) as behavioral health paraprofessionals in Idaho. The...

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 U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) for the "Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program - The Altruistic Behavior Institute's Rural and Tribal Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program." This 4-year program, starting July 1, 2025,...

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 Bureau of Health Professionals, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants (CFDA 93.732) program to Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Heluna Health), a California-based non-profit organization. The grant is designed to train community members as paraprofessional Community Mental Health Workers (CMHWs) to address mental health needs in...

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a $591,384 Project Grant to Southeastern Louisiana University to provide graduate education and experiential training in clinical social work and nursing for 48 students over 4 years. The goal is to strengthen the behavioral health workforce committed to working in medically underserved rural areas of southeast Louisiana, with a focus on serving children,...