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While suicide was responsible for nearly 46,000 deaths in 2020, many more people attempt or have serious thoughts of suicide – critical risk factors for future suicide. Suicide remains the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 14 and adults aged 24 to 35.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ Public Health, Equity, Resilience, and Opportunity Program ( PH-HERO), which aims to address workforce burnout, resiliency, and morale.

The tracker will allow users to visualize the availability of behavioral health providers by geography, provider type, and Medicaid acceptance status.

SAMHSA is supporting the development of a Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker, a new database of over 1 million behavioral health providers.

#MENTAL HEALTH INFOGRAPHIC PROFESSIONAL#

Congress provided significant behavioral health workforce investments in FY 2022 appropriations, including nearly $225 million for behavioral health professional and paraprofessional education.Authorized enhanced federal reimbursement of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including behavioral health services encouraged states to invest these funds into enhancing and strengthening behavioral health services, including through temporary rate increases for behavioral health providers.Įxpanding and Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce.

Announced the availability of $226.5 million to launch the Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program, which will increase the number of CHWs who play a critical role in connecting people to care, including mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services.

Awarded $103 million to 45 health care organizations to reduce health care provider burnout and support health care workers’ mental health and wellness.

Awarded $1 billion total in National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, achieving the largest field strength in history for these loan repayment and scholarship programs, with more than 11,900 members working in behavioral health disciplines.

Awarded $22 million through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to grow the behavioral health workforce and place trainees at health centers and other community-based settings, where behavioral health services are most urgently needed.

Recent studies indicate elevated levels of burnout among health care workers, along with depression and other mental health challenges. The historical challenges in recruiting and retaining these and other essential health workers have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over one-third of Americans live in designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas, areas that have fewer mental health providers than the minimum their population would need. Department of Health and Human Services over the past year: Behavioral Health WorkforceĪt the center of our national mental health crisis is a severe shortage of behavioral health-trained providers. The following is a snapshot of various efforts made by the U.S. Since kicking off the tour, Secretary Becerra and HHS leaders have been traveling across the country to hear directly from Americans about the mental health challenges they’re facing and engage with local leaders to strengthen the mental health and crisis care system in our communities. As part of President Joe Biden’s whole-of-government strategy to transform mental health services for all Americans-a key part of the President’s Unity Agenda-Secretary Becerra kicked off the HHS National Tour to Strengthen Mental Health to address the mental health challenges that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including substance use, youth mental health, and suicide. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to addressing the nation’s behavioral health crises and strengthening mental health of all Americans.

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