• Alaska Psychiatric Institute Consultation Project

    Improves staffing efficiency and effectiveness for Alaska's acute care inpatient services.

  • Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium

    Works with the University of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks joint PhD program in Clinical Community Psychology to develop a partially-affiliated APA-accredited internship to train psychologists to work competently in Alaska.

  • Behavioral Health Workforce Development

    Provides analyses of mental health workforce supply and preparedness, with a special focus on rural issues and cultural competence in the workforce.

  • Benchmarks : WICHE Region

    Reports on the West’s progress in improving access to, success in, and financing of higher education.

  • Doña Ana County Crisis and Suicide Prevention Project

    Supports workforce development and community competence through the initiation of training and community development activities directed toward emergent psychiatric issues in underserved rural communities.

  • Facilitating Development of a Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange

    Coordinates a pilot data exchange incorporating longitudinal information captured by the K-12 education, postsecondary education, and workforce sectors in four states.

  • Hawaii Psychology Internship Consortium

    Leads development of a rural psychology internship consortium in Hawaii through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Network Development Planning Grant.

  • Knocking at the College Door

    Provides projections of high school graduates, including data on enrollments and graduates by state and for major racial/ethnic groups covering the period from 2009-10 TO 2027-28.

  • Policy Publications Clearinghouse

    Compiles a list of policy publications for Western decision makers, including studies, reports, surveys and briefs published by research and public policy organizations.

  • Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP)

    Helps students who want to earn a professional degree in the health professions pay reduced tuition at participating programs in the West. READ STUDENT TESTIMONIALS.

  • South Dakota Systems of Care

    Supports transformational changes in South Dakota as they build a framework for statewide partnership and progress toward an integrated System of Care.

  • State Higher Education Policy Database

    Offers an inventory of state-level policies and resources in key policy domains related to student achievement, access, and success in higher education.

  • Western Academic Leadership Forum

    Provides the West’s top academic leadership at four-year institutions and related system and state agencies with a forum for sharing information and expertise and collaborating on regional initiatives.

  • Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)

    Assists students from WICHE states who want to earn a master’s, doctorate or graduate certificate and save money at participating programs across the West by paying resident tuition.

  • WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research

    Research activities within the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research have focused on specialty topics in rural health and behavioral health ranging from examining rural-urban differences in collaborative care models in primary care to identifying rural behavioral health promising practices..