Partner organizations in San Joaquin County are highlighting progress with a behavioral health workforce expansion project and are bringing the model to Stanislaus County.
California has a shortage of mental health professionals and job vacancy rates are a crisis in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, according to San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services and the nonprofit HealthForce Partners California.
The two agencies have collaborated with community organizations in the San Joaquin Behavioral Health Workforce Partnership Project, which is taking the approach of developing local talent to grow the workforce in this region…