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Resources by Topic: Behavioral health workforce

State of Georgia Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSA)
County-level map showing Georgia Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas by geographic area and partial county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Tennessee Health Resource Shortage Areas (HRSA)
Provides county-level maps showing locations of Tennessee state-designated Obstetric, Pediatric, Mental Health, Dental, and Primary Care Health Resource Shortage Areas (HRSAs). Also includes a map of counties with the highest TENNCare enrollee to provider ratios.
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Workforce Dashboards
Provides data on the behavioral health workforce in Indiana. Allows user to search workforce data by geographic supply trends, demographics, education level, employment type, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the behavioral health workforce between 2017 and 2021. Uses 2017-2021 IQVIA Xponent retail prescription data to identify prescribers of behavioral health medications and state licensure data from 2020 and 2021 to identify licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Utah Approved Sites for Utah's Loan Repayment Programs Map
Map highlights the approved sites for the National Health Services Corps, Healthcare Workforce, Rural Physician Loan Repayment, and Behavioral Health Workforce programs.
Sponsoring organization: Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Nebraska MS Alcohol & Drug Counselor
Shows MS alcohol and drug counselor federal shortage areas.
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Office of Rural Health
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Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard
Dashboard that allows user to search behavioral workforce providers by region or county in Nebraska. Includes charts about distribution of providers by demographic variables and rural versus urban location.
Sponsoring organizations: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Multi-Discipline Licensure Resource Project
Provides current information on licensing for occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Resources include state-specific information related to licensure, as well as online and phone support.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
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Rural Resilience: Farm Stress Training
A self-paced online course for groups that work with farmers and ranchers to learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related to mental health concerns.
Sponsoring organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Credit, Michigan State University Extension, National Farmers Union, University of Illinois Extension
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