Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Grant Program for Paraprofessionals Now Accepting Applications

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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