WICHE has contracted with the National Technical Assistance Center to analyze the behavioral health workforce in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota and Iowa.
Generally, these projects include providing an analysis of mental health workforce supply and preparedness in each state, a white paper that reviews the rural workforce "picture" in each state, and convening a planning work group of public mental health and higher education leaders in the state to discuss the report and potential action agenda to address workforce issues.
The WICHE mental health staff have also worked extensively with the State of Alaska since 2005 to examine more closely the mental health workforce needs of Alaska and create a comprehensive mental health workforce development strategy.
