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— Marquette University Prof. Lee Za Ong is getting a $2.4 million federal grant for a workforce training project focused on clinical mental health counselors.
This grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services helps continue work previously funded by a $1 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant from 2021, according to the university’s announcement.
The effort aims to “work toward meeting the high need and high demand” for mental health care for children, adolescents and other youth at risk of behavioral health disorders, Ong noted in the release. She said the behavioral health workforce is facing several challenges that the project is seeking to address.
“We are also supplying what is currently an insufficient workforce of master’s level counselors and counselors with diverse backgrounds who specialize in child and adolescent counseling and one that lacks capacity to train clinical supervisors to support behavioral health trainees,” she said.
Marquette’s College of Education has the state’s only clinical mental health counseling program with a child and adolescent specialization, according to the release. The grant will expand the program and open up opportunities for students that plan to work in underserved areas through stipends for qualifying students.
Ong’s team will also use the funding to pay supervisors to provide training on ethics, supervision skills, telehealth practices and ways to prevent burnout.
The grant comes from the HRSA’s Behavioral Health Workforce and Education Training program.
See the release below.
— U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden is touting legislation to expand VA coverage of non-opioid paid medications for veterans.
The Republican congressman, a former Navy SEAL, says the “NOPAIN for Veterans Act” will provide safer and more effective pain treatments, arguing veterans “must have access” to comprehensive medical treatment plans.
Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs would be required to furnish and cover non-opioid pain drugs under VA pharmacy benefits if they’re covered by Medicare, according to a release from the lawmaker’s office.
“I thank the VA for taking the issue of opioid administration mismanagement seriously and the great strides they have made over the years to improve care for our vets,” Van Orden said in a statement.
See the bill text and see more in the release below.
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