UNMC reports that a Psychiatric Services paper describes $25.5 million in ARPA-backed Nebraska workforce projects, with more than half serving rural areas.
Nebraska workforce model
According to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a paper in Psychiatric Services describes Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce model. The paper focuses on the state’s use of American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funding through the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, known as BHECN.
UNMC reports that Nebraska used $25.5 million in ARPA funding through BHECN for 105 behavioral health workforce projects. More than half of those projects were rural, according to the source.
Training and supervision
The outcomes described by UNMC include paid clinical training for about 390 graduate interns. The source identifies that paid training as one of the workforce-related results associated with the projects supported through BHECN.
UNMC also reports a nearly 200% increase in clinical supervision capacity. Clinical supervision is included in the source’s account of the workforce model and its reported outcomes.
Rural telebehavioral health support
According to UNMC, the ARPA-supported projects also provided telebehavioral health equipment for rural organizations. The source identifies rural participation as a significant part of the overall project group, with more than half of the 105 projects located in rural areas.
The article describes funding, training, supervision capacity and telebehavioral health equipment as parts of Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce effort. UNMC attributes those findings to the Psychiatric Services paper.
What this means for Nebraska patients
For people trying to find treatment locally, the directory lists 11 published clinics in Nebraska. UNMC’s report describes statewide behavioral health workforce projects, including rural-focused work, rather than individual treatment locations.
This is general information, not medical advice.
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