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Division outlines peer certification, crisis responder training and workforce needs for behavioral health expansion
Summary
The Division for Behavioral Health told House Finance members about a new peer certification program (for paid peer roles in community‑based services), a crisis responder certification with the community college system and ongoing staffing vacancies across
The Division for Behavioral Health told members of the House Finance Committee that workforce development is a central element of the expansion of behavioral health services and that the division has created or expanded certification programs for peers and crisis responders.
Katia Fox described a peer certification program designed to give people with lived experience credentials to work in community‑based peer…
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