{"title":"Leveraging Emergency Relief Funding for Behavioral Health Workforce Development: Policy Lessons From Nebraska's Experience.","authors":"Jessica Buche, Caitlyn Wayment, Marley Doyle","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20260023","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors describe Nebraska's implementation of $25.5 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of the American Rescue Plan Act through the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, a state-funded workforce center housed in an academic medical center. Funds were allocated across four workforce priorities: training and education, tele-behavioral health, COVID-19 workforce projects, and financial incentives for clinical supervision. Embedded program evaluation, technical assistance, and an equity-focused application review process enabled rapid administration, accountability, and statewide reach. The findings demonstrate how academic medical centers can translate one-time federal relief funding into coordinated, evidence-informed workforce efforts with long-term policy relevance.</p>","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"992-996"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20260023","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/6/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The authors describe Nebraska's implementation of $25.5 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of the American Rescue Plan Act through the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, a state-funded workforce center housed in an academic medical center. Funds were allocated across four workforce priorities: training and education, tele-behavioral health, COVID-19 workforce projects, and financial incentives for clinical supervision. Embedded program evaluation, technical assistance, and an equity-focused application review process enabled rapid administration, accountability, and statewide reach. The findings demonstrate how academic medical centers can translate one-time federal relief funding into coordinated, evidence-informed workforce efforts with long-term policy relevance.
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