A UNMC-cited paper says Nebraska used $25.5 million in ARPA funds through BHECN for 105 workforce projects, with more than half in rural areas.
Workforce projects described in UNMC report
The University of Nebraska Medical Center reports that a paper in Psychiatric Services describes Nebraska’s use of federal ARPA funding for behavioral health workforce projects. According to UNMC, Nebraska used $25.5 million in ARPA funding through BHECN for 105 projects.
UNMC says that more than half of the 105 behavioral health workforce projects were rural. The source identifies the projects as part of Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce model, as described in the Psychiatric Services paper.
Training and supervision outcomes
According to UNMC, reported outcomes included paid clinical training for about 390 graduate interns. UNMC describes this training as one of the results associated with the workforce projects supported through BHECN.
UNMC also reports a nearly 200% increase in clinical supervision capacity. The source includes that increase among the outcomes described in the paper about Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce model.
The UNMC summary does not provide further details in the supplied extract about the types of graduate programs involved, the organizations participating in the projects, or how the clinical supervision capacity increase was measured.
Rural organizations included
UNMC reports that the projects included telebehavioral health equipment for rural organizations. The source lists this equipment alongside paid clinical training and increased clinical supervision capacity as an outcome of the workforce projects.
According to UNMC, more than half of the projects were rural, while telebehavioral health equipment was specifically provided for rural organizations. The supplied UNMC extract does not identify individual organizations or describe specific equipment.
What this means for Nebraska patients
For people looking for treatment locally, UNMC’s report describes workforce projects that included rural organizations, clinical training, supervision capacity, and telebehavioral health equipment. This directory lists 11 published clinics in Nebraska.
This is general information, not medical advice.
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