HRSA’s Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Paraprofessionals is now accepting applications. Forty three awards are expected and estimated total program funding is $24,300,000. The purpose of the BHWET Program for Paraprofessionals is to develop and expand community-based experiential training to increase the supply of students preparing to become peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of the specific concerns of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth in high need and high demand areas at risk for behavioral health disorders.
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