MHAP Learning Session: Building the Mental Health Workforce in Wisconsin.

Описание: This is a recording of the February 9, 2024 Mental Health Action Partnership Learning Session about Building the Mental Health Workforce in Wisconsin. The session included the following presentations:

· Kathy Markeland, Executive Director, Wisconsin Association of Family & Children’s Agencies (WAFCA) provided basic context regarding Wisconsin’s workforce demographics, projections for mental health workforce needs and promising funding/policy initiatives both in the state and nationally to grow mental health workforce.

· Ben Mompier, Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Inclusive Transition, Education and Employment (CITEE) at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater described the Qualified Treatment Trainee (QTT) grants program.

· Shanna Sullivan, Supervisor for School Based Mental Health Milwaukee, Children’s Wisconsin, described their fellowship program to increase the number of mental health therapists on the Children’s Wisconsin staff.

· JoEllyn Steele, Director of Wisconsin Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Services for the Lake Superior Community Health Center, described behavioral workforce challenges in a border community.

The presentations were followed by small group discussions (not recorded) and a whole group discussion.