WICHE has been awarded funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration Network Development Planning Grant to develop a rural psychology internship consortium in Hawaii. Hawaii’s universities train doctoral-level psychologists, who help address the state’s behavioral health workforce needs; an internship year is a required part of the doctoral program, but there are only a limited number of internships in the state. The internship consortium will include Maui Youth and Family Services, a private nonprofit behavioral health agency, and two divisions of the state’s Department of Health: the Adult Mental Health Division and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division. The internship consortium will increase the number of professionals available to provide services, reducing the significant unmet need in the state and ensuring that psychologists receive training that meets the unique needs of the population of Hawaii.

November 2011  | Share this on Twitter | Post this on Facebook