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Opioid Abatement Council approves $2 million to reopen behavioral health scholarship program
Summary
The Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council voted to allocate $2,000,000 over two years to reopen the Tennessee Behavioral Health Pathways scholarship, which provides tuition stipends in exchange for service at department‑funded treatment agencies. Vote carried with one abstention.
The Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council voted Feb. 27 to allocate $2,000,000 over two years to reopen and expand the Tennessee Behavioral Health Pathways scholarship program, which pays tuition stipends for graduate‑level behavioral health training in return for a service commitment to OAC‑approved treatment agencies.
Deputy Commissioner Matt Hensley, who presented the program, said the scholarship was launched with $3,000,000 in non‑recurring state funding and additional American Rescue Plan…
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