In 2023, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL) and Health Management Associates (HMA). The initiative aims to develop an equitable and sustainable behavioral health workforce using a Collective Impact approach. By fostering collaboration across sectors, the Center seeks to address long-standing challenges and implement multi-system solutions. Serving as the backbone, the Center will facilitate coordinated efforts to achieve measurable outcomes for strengthening the behavioral health workforce. These
recommendations, organized by the framework levers, provide an actionable roadmap to addressing the behavioral health (BH) workforce crisis.
