5-e. Support The Student Achievement Council (WSAC), which administers the Loan Repayment Program summary contact: continued program, should be encouraged to increase outreach to sites and Stakeholders?? funding for the graduates to access the program. state’s health Expansion of loan repayment awards would require policymakers to professionals increase the program’s appropriation. loan repayment The Department of Health could consider convening a workgroup or program, and task force to explore a new direct incentive program, since the current consider loan repayment program doesn’t directly target providers with strategies to educational debt. expand the program and its applicability to behavioral health occupations. 5-f. Expand the Policymakers would need to appropriate additional funding to the Work study program Contact:?? state Work Study program. V Stakeholders?? program. 6. Increase the No recommendations at this time. Educational programs including route to – number of dually CDP in masters programs? Contact: ? certified Stakeholders: Health Prof. Assoc. behavioral Anyone measuring impact of change in healthcare legislation to decrease time to CDP? Contact: providers Stakeholders?? Other? Topic 5. Anything else? Possibly ACH optional projects Care for Mental Health care transitions”, and “Transitional “Diversion interventions” (such as Enforced Assisted Diversion”) “Law Specific recommendations & actions from Phase I related to workforce needed for Relevant State Activities Underway Topic 5 Assistance with outreach to the behavioral health community to recruit 2-c. Train and for, and support, staff in the use of the apprenticeship and incumbent deploy worker trainings once they are complete, assist with curriculum review level providers
5-e. Support continued funding for the state’s health professionals loan repayment program, and consider strategies to expand the program and its applicability to behavioral health occupations. The Student Achievement Council (WSAC), which administers the program, should be encouraged to increase outreach to sites and graduates to access the program. Expansion of loan repayment awards would require policymakers to increase the program’s appropriation. The Department of Health could consider convening a workgroup or task force to explore a new direct incentive program, since the current loan repayment program doesn’t directly target providers with educational debt. Loan Repayment Program summary contact: Stakeholders?? 5-f. Expand the state Work Study program. Policymakers would need to appropriate additional funding to the program. V Work study program Contact:?? Stakeholders?? 6. Increase the number of dually certified behavioral healthcare providers No recommendations at this time. Educational programs – including route to CDP in masters programs? Contact: ? Stakeholders: Health Prof. Assoc. Anyone measuring impact of change in legislation to decrease time to CDP? Contact: Stakeholders?? Other? Topic 5. Anything else? Possibly ACH optional projects “Transitional Care for Mental Health care transitions”, and “Diversion interventions” (such as “Law Enforced Assisted Diversion”) Specific recommendations & actions from Phase I related to workforce needed for Topic 5 Relevant State Activities Underway 2-c. Train and deploy providers Assistance with outreach to the behavioral health community to recruit for, and support, staff in the use of the apprenticeship and incumbent worker trainings once they are complete, assist with curriculum review level
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