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421. Maine J-1 Visa Waiver Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an approved area of Maine, allowing them to remain in the United States.

...Behavioral health workforce · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal health and prenatal care · Physicians · Primary care...

422. Maine State Office of Rural Health: Strategic Plan 2021 - Resources
Date: 2021

Offers a current assessment of activities of the Maine's Rural Health and Primary Care Program, and includes recommendations to improve health outcomes for rural and medically underserved Maine residents. Features sections on Critical Access Hospitals, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program eligible hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Rural Health Clinics. Includes statistics on primary care providers, mental health providers, and dentists.

...Behavioral health workforce · Critical Access Hospitals · Dental workforce · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Primary care · Rural...

423. Barriers to Mental Health Care: Improving Provider Directory Accuracy to Reduce the Prevalence of Ghost Networks - Resources
Date: May 2023

Recording of a May 3, 2023, hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance regarding inaccurate healthcare provider directories that impede access to mental healthcare. Features testimony from Robert L. Trestman, Professor and Chair of Behavioral Medicine at the Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, on access to care in rural Virginia.

...Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Health insurance · Health workforce · Healthcare business and finance · Policy · Virginia...

424. Police Embrace Social Workers to Help Field Rising Calls Tied to Homelessness, Mental Illness - News
Date: Nov 19, 2025

Describes a program embedding social workers in a rural North Carolina police department to address the increase in non-crime related calls to the police. Notes that similar programs have operated in urban areas. Discusses how successes have led to expanding the program, connecting people to services in under-resourced areas, and other alternative responder programs in the state. Source: North Carolina Health News.

...programs in the state. Access · Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Criminal justice system · North Carolina...

425. Wisconsin Number of Psychiatrist FTEs Needed to Remove Shortages for the Resident Population - Resources
Date: Sep 2019

Shows the number of psychiatrists needed to remove the Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation for each county in the state of Wisconsin.

...Wisconsin Office of Rural Health Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Mental health · Wisconsin...

426. Partnering for Progress: Enhancing Mental Health Crisis Response in Rural North Carolina Through Faith-based Training - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Discusses strategies for rural communities to enhance mental health crisis response by partnering with and training local organizations. Explores several programs providing faith-based mental health training to rural clergy in North Carolina. Compares data for rural Rockingham County to the state as a whole.

...Behavioral health workforce · Community and faith-based initiatives · Mental health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health...

427. A Montana Hospital is Training Future Rural Providers - News
Date: Nov 20, 2025

Discusses health disparities among rural healthcare provider shortages nationally and in Montana. Highlights 2 residency programs in Billings, Montana aiming to address the shortages of internal medicine and psychiatry providers. Describes how rural practice is integrated into the residencies as well as the benefits for both physician residents and rural communities. Source: The Daily Yonder.

...Behavioral health workforce · Culture · Graduate medical education · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians...

428. The Regional Distribution of Psychiatric Residency Positions Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Its Relationship to Rural Veteran Populations - Resources
Date: 2022

Details a study on the geographic distribution of psychiatry residency positions funded by the VA from 2014-2020. Breaks down data by residency locations, positions available, and rural versus urban areas served, among other measures.

...Behavioral health workforce · Health disparities · Health workforce pipeline · Mental health · Rural-urban differences · Service delivery...

429. Geographic Variation in the Supply of Selected Behavioral Health Providers - Resources
Date: Jun 2018

Analyzes the geographic distribution of behavioral healthcare providers across the country. Breaks down data by metropolitan, micropolitan, and non-core counties and by psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

430. Ohio Crisis Systems Landscape Analysis 2023 - Resources
Date: 2023

An overview of the Ohio crisis system that provides care for substance use disorder and mental health concerns. Includes information and data on how quality is assessed for crisis systems on measures such as call centers, mobile outreach, stabilization, and more, as well as county-level maps showing location of crisis services and facilities. Discusses strategies to improve crisis systems.

...Addiction Services Behavioral health workforce · Mental health · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Ohio...