From Collaboration to Impact: How a Foundation and CBO Are Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce for Older Adults

• By: Catherine Thurston, LCSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP) Marc Damsky, MPH Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (MCHF)
• January 19th, 2026
• Ageism, aging workforce, interprofessional collaboration, interview, mental health, rural healthcare, social work training, Winter 2026 Issue, workforce retention
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I am delighted that my colleague Marc Damsky, Senior Program Officer at the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (MCHF), has joined me for a conversation about workforce innovation as it relates to mental health and aging. We are proud that MCHF is currently supporting two workforce projects at Service...

Rural Workforce Development: Critical Challenges

• By: Rachel W. Bush, PhD New York Medical College
• July 1st, 2019
• job satisfaction, mental health access, physician shortage, professional training, rural demographics, rural healthcare, stigma, workforce development
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The critical challenges that are associated with rural workforce development remain a significant issue in America. We have an obligation to explore the best ways of caring for the underserved rural population. Currently we have a health professions crisis unfolding. The federal government projects...