Creating and Enhancing Pathways to a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Behavioral Health Workforce

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August 18, 2021
1:00 – 1:30 pm ET / 12:00 – 1:30 pm CT / 11:00 am – 12:30 pm MT / 10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 8:00 – 9:30 am HT

DESCRIPTION

Join this NNED Virtual Roundtable to hear about strategies that motivate racially/ethnically diverse individuals to consider behavioral health as a career path. Discover how community-based organizations are working to diversify the behavioral health workforce including recruiting and retaining racially/ethnically diverse staff. Learn from panelists about professional pathways and programs/trainings that support racially/ethnically diverse people in behavioral health careers.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the importance and impact of a racially/ethnically diverse behavioral health workforce.
• Examine how community-based organizations can create career development experiences in behavioral health such as internships and trainings for racially/ethnically diverse people.
• Identify national and regional programs for professional pathways that support racially/ethnically diverse people in behavioral health careers.
• Learn about strategies to promote the behavioral healthcare field to make it more inviting and interesting to racially/ethnically diverse young people.

The event will be shared on Facebook Live at fb.com/nned.net and closed captioning will be available.

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This NNED Virtual Roundtable is hosted by the NNED National Facilitation Center and SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity in partnership with SAMHSA’s Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating Office.

Questions? Email the NNED National Facilitation Center