Addressing the Needs of the Perinatal Behavioral Health Workforce

• By: Damali Wilson, PhD Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Esq. Natasha J. Williams, EdD NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy Research and Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• January 19th, 2026
• access to education, AI, community health workers, loan repayment programs, maternal mental health, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, telehealth, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce development, workforce shortages, workforce training
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The behavioral health care workforce, including mental health and substance use services, is facing mounting uncertainty at a critical moment. Under the recently passed, One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Congress.gov, 2025], federal loan restrictions will impose strict caps on the borrowing of future...

Stretching Medicaid Dollars: How Behavioral Health Providers Can Stay Afloat

• By: Jeff Gershman Square Medical Group Janie Tremlett CWH Advisors
• April 16th, 2025
• alternative payment models, behavioral health, case management, community health workers, managed care organizations, Medicaid, mental health access, policy, social determinants of health, Spring 2025 Issue, value-based care
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Many behavioral health providers around the country are trying to establish and implement alternative payment models in hopes of focusing on reducing costs and improving outcomes, especially for more acute patients. However, many states and health plans lag, creating a disincentive for already...

The Critical Role of Peer Support Programs to Sustained Substance Use Disorder Recovery

• By: Geoffrey Neimark, MD Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
• October 23rd, 2023
• behavioral health, certified peer specialists, certified recovery specialists, community care, community health workers, Fall 2023 Issue, mental health, peer support, peers, quality outcomes, readmissions, recovery, recovery support centers, substance use disorder
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Many people who have used behavioral health services can attest to the profound benefits of connecting with someone with shared experience. Finding others with common lived experience - often referred to as peers - and learning about their challenges and resilience are particularly valuable for...

Peer Workforce Integration in Integrated Healthcare

• By: Aviva Cohen, LMSW NYC Peer and Community Health Workforce Consortium
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health, collaborative care, community health workers, integrated care, peer support, recovery services, social determinants of health, workforce integration
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Advancing workforce integration is a key objective for NYC Peer and Community Health Worker Workforce Consortium. The NYC Peer and Community Health Worker Workforce Consortium at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene strengthens understanding about the Peer/Community Health Worker (CHW)...

Enhanced CRPA and CHW Training and Workforce Transformation

• By: Victoria Njoku-Anokam, MPH William D. Myhre, MPA Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health integration, community health workers, Medicaid services, peer support workforce, recovery peer advocates, social determinants of health, substance use disorder recovery, workforce development
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The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) and Community Health Worker (CHW) are two emerging workforce roles in health care. A CRPA is a person who uses lived experience with substance use disorder (SUD) and who have been certified to provide peer support services including non-clinical coaching,...

Organizational Needs-Based Toolkit for Peer Workforce Integration Introduced at NYC Peer Workforce Consortium

• By: Aviva Cohen, LMSW NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health workforce, community health workers, peer specialists, person-centered care, recovery-oriented services, recruitment and retention, training and supervision, workforce integration
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On Thursday, April 18th, the NYC Peer and Community Health Worker Workforce Consortium convened over sixty stakeholders at CUNY Graduate School for Public Health for an event to “kick off” its new toolkit. The toolkit offers guidance to provider organizations who are interested in advancing the...