Workforce Resources

Below are major resources related to behavioral health workforce development. These encompass mental health and addiction related workforce resources, since there are many common workforce issues and strategies across these sectors of the behavioral health field. Citations to reports are abbreviated for ease of identification. Formal citations are accessed by following the links to the actual documents.

Featured MHTTC Resources

Southeast Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, 2021. Recruitment and Retention of School Mental Health Providers: Strategies and Key Resources. 

https://mhttcnetwork.org/centers/southeast-mhttc/product/recruitment-and-retention-school-mental-health-providers-strategies

Websites

SAMHSA Workforce

https://www.samhsa.gov/workforce

HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/grants/mentalbehavioralhealth

Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce

www.annapoliscoalition.org

ATTC Network – Workforce Development

https://attcnetwork.org/wfd

Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (U Michigan)

http://www.behavioralhealthworkforce.org

Center for Integrated Health Solutions (integrated care)

https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/workforce

Recruitment & Retention Toolkit (SAMHSA & AHP)

http://toolkit.ahpnet.com

Major Reports

Abt Associates, 2006. Strengthening Professional Identity: Challenges of the Addiction Treatment Workforce. Framework for Discussion.
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/partnersforrecovery/docs/Strengthening_Professional_Identity.pdf

Addiction Technology Transfer Center National Office, 2012. Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Addiction Treatment Workforce, A National Report.
https://attcnetwork.org/centers/global-attc/national-workforce-study

Addiction Technology Transfer Center National Office, 2017. National Workforce Report, 2017.
https://attcnetwork.org/centers/global-attc/national-workforce-study

Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, 2007. Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development: Framework for Discussion.
http://annapoliscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/action-plan-full-report.pdf

Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (list of multiple reports)
http://www.behavioralhealthworkforce.org/publications/

Congressional Research Service, 2015. The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer.
https://archive.org/details/R43255TheMentalHealthWorkforceAPrimer-crs

Institute of Medicine, 2012. The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults: In Whose Hands?
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13400/the-mental-health-and-substance-use-workforce-for-older-adults

SAMHSA, 2013. Report to Congress on the Nation’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Workforce Issues. 
https://mhttcnetwork.org/sites/mhttc/files/2019-02/SAMHSA%20Report%20to%20Congress%202013_1.pdf

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