Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program - The BHBS-IAAMY program will increase access to behavioral health services for rural and medically underserved populations in Montana. This will be accomplished by enhancing and expanding our current program. The University of Montana will continue to expand and enhance our current program by providing enhanced didactic interprofessional training options, including a component of online social work training for students in rural and tribal communities in Montana. Goal: To expand the behavioral health workforce serving high-need and high-demand populations in Montana through enhanced didactic and experiential training utilizing an integrated team-based behavioral health model, with a focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders. Objective 1: Place 59 behavioral health masters and doctoral students in team-based interprofessional training sites including schools, community organizations and integrated behavioral health healthcare settings that serve children, adolescents, and young adults in rural, vulnerable, and/or medically underserved areas. Objective 2: Provide interprofessional training with a focus on behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults to students in the five behavioral health degree programs (PhD School Psychology, PhD Clinical Psychology; DNP; MSW, and Masters Counselor Education). Objective 3: The UM BHWET Program will provide interprofessional and integrated behavioral health care training opportunities for faculty and site staff throughout the project period through sponsorship in one (1) Perinatal and Pediatric Mental Health Symposium each year. Supervisors will have access to BHE-TAC, the Perinatal and Pediatric Mental Health Symposium, and consultation with any of the BHWET Team members. Faculty will have access to onboarding, the Perinatal and Pediatric Mental Health Symposium, project related meetings (at least once per semester), conferences, and continuing education opportunities. Objective 4: Develop formal, long-term partnerships with at least six (6) training sites; at these sites, we will facilitate an increase in the number of trainees trained and number of services offered in the treatment of people (including children, adolescents, and young) adults with behavioral health disorders. Funding Priority Requested: Programs that have demonstrated the ability to train psychology, psychiatry, and social work professionals to work in integrated care settings. Funding Preference Requested: High Rate for placing graduates in practice settings that have a principal focus on serving residents of medically underserved communities.
