San Diego Workers Partnership Received a grant of $ 310,000 from Together Toward Health. It is a program of the Institute of Public Health and was announced Thursday to fund a new professional training program for behavioral health care.

This is part of a statewide initiative to expand workforce development opportunities for Californians most affected by COVID-19 and expand awareness efforts to stop the spread of the virus. Workforce Partnership’s latest paid training program aims to help the people of Sandigan begin meaningful careers in behavioral and mental health care.

“Generous grants from the Public Health Institute help the San Diego Workforce Partnership equip 25 San Diegans with the knowledge, skills and qualifications they need to advance and launch their careers in behavioral and mental health. San Diego Workforce Partnership CEO Peter Callstrom said. “Especially in the health and economic crisis of COVID-19, as many Sundigans struggle to cope and survive, we take care of the community from within and its social and emotional feelings. Happiness must come first. “

The grant is until the end of the year. Grant funding provides program participants with 120 hours of paid training in behavioral health and employment preparation, scholarships, support services and childcare solutions. The Workforce Partnership aims to prioritize the recruitment of women, refugees, youth, black people and members of the Latin American community into paid behavioral health care programs.

“We are focused on fundraising efforts to tackle the inequalities exacerbated by COVID,” said Susan Watson, director of Together Toward Health. “Such efforts in San Diego should continue. It reflects both the health needs related to behavioral issues and our efforts to support workforce development strategies to build the resilience of local economies within over-affected communities. “

According to a study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the number of adults in the United States complaining of symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders quadrupled between 2019 and January 2021. A statement on worker partnerships was read as ‘They provided services but struggled to meet their needs. The pandemics and the resulting isolation and unemployment were already strained and under-resourced. This has caused a crisis in the behavioral health care system.

You can apply for a training program at the following location: https://forms.workforce.org/form-5910555/behavioral-health-workforce-interest-Form.

– City news service

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