Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HRSA-25-068
- Agency
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Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $600,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Other
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services, aims to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. The program has a special focus on serving children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders. Eligible applicants include accredited institutions of higher education, accredited professional training programs, and academic-clinical partnerships/consortia. Key requirements include providing stipends to trainees for 6-12 months (or 24 months for part-time) of final experiential training, implementing interprofessional team-based training models, and integrating behavioral health in primary care settings. Applications are due on January 21, 2025.
The total expected funding for this opportunity is $59.6 million in FY 2025, with approximately 101 grants ranging up to $600,000 annually for a 4-year period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029. Funding priority will be given to programs demonstrating the ability to train psychology, psychiatry, and social work professionals in integrated care settings, and special consideration will be given to historically black colleges/universities and minority-serving institutions.
Synopsis
The purpose of the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a well-trained behavioral health workforce. The program has a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders. The BHWET Program for Professionals prepares the workforce by emphasizing interprofessional team-based models of care, integrating behavioral health training in primary care settings and recruiting a diverse workforce interested in serving high need and high demand areas. The program also invests increasing the number and training of clinical supervisors.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| HRSA-25-068 Final.pdf | ||
| HRSA-25-068 Final.pdf |
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