Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals (HRSA-25-068) is sponsored by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

This program aims to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a well-trained behavioral health workforce, with a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders.

It supports accredited institutions of higher education or professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placements in mental health disciplines.

HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals (BHWET) (HRSA-25-068) - Research Support Notice: this is an archived listing << Back to Limited Submissions HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals (BHWET) (HRSA-25-068) Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Opportunity ID: HRSA-25-068 Submission Limit per Institution: 1 Sponsor/Solicitation URL: Visit Sponsor Website Questions concerning the limited submissions process may be submitted to limitedsubs@psu.

edu . 11/19/2024 Update: The downselect process is pending HRSA verification of institutional eligibility before it can be concluded. 11/21/2024 Update: The PO has confirmed that HRSA defines an organization as having a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

As a result, both Penn State and the College of Medicine may submit separate proposals in response to this solicitation. Internal NOI deadline has been extended to Friday, November 15, 2024, 4:00 p. m.

This program aims 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 increasing access to behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults. Increase the number of new or expanded community partnerships with experiential training sites in high-need and high-demand areas.

Promote collaborative training by using team-based models of care to integrate behavioral health care into interprofessional primary care settings. Recruit a diverse workforce interested in working with children, adolescents, and young adults. Recruit, develop, and expand the capacity to train clinical supervisors to support and mentor behavioral health trainees.

Cost sharing is only required for doctoral level psychology, psychiatry, behavioral pediatrics and psychiatric nursing internships, where applicable, to cover any student stipend costs beyond $32,500 per geographic reimbursement requirements set by the applicable association in order to ensure all interns/residents in a program are treated the same (e.g. equal stipends) whether supported by HRSA or not (42 U.S.C.

§ 295o, section 798 of the Public Health Service Act.)

Eligibility Requirements: • Accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), social work, school social work, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), school counseling, or professional counseling, including such programs with a focus on child and adolescent mental health, trauma, and transitional-age youth.

• Accredited doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology) for the development and implementation of interprofessional training of psychology graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including trauma-informed care and SUD prevention and treatment services, as well as the development of faculty in health service psychology.

• Accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work for the development and implementation of interprofessional training of social work graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including traumainformed care and SUD prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in social work.

Funding range per award: Up to $600,000 annually HRSA plan to fund awards in four 12-month budget periods for a total 4-year period of performance from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029. Your request for each of years 2, 3, and 4 cannot exceed your year 1 request. The program and estimated awards depend on the future appropriation of funds and are subject to change based on the availability and amount of appropriations.

This announcement provides only opportunity highlights. Please carefully review the sponsor's website for any requirements and expectations related to eligibility, budget, collaboration, priority research areas, letter of intent requirements, and review criteria before submitting to this internal competition.