NMHWAC
Post-Master's Program
The National Mental Health Workforce Acceleration Collaborative (NMHWAC) Post-Master’s Program aims to increase the number of qualified licensed mental health and substance use treatment clinicians while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in patient-facing roles. The program supports organizations in employing and retaining staff on track for clinical licensure.
The Post-Master’s Program is designed to support candidates who have graduated with their degree and are in the process of getting licensed.
The program aims to offset the cost of licensure in addition to providing support and supervision for candidates. It also focuses on increasing the number of patients served by post-master’s associates, enhancing diversity and inclusion among licensed professionals and improving the HRSA health professional shortage area scores.
Placement sites must agree to employ newly hired full-time employees (candidates) who hold a master’s degree and are candidates for clinical licensure. The positions can be newly created or existing unfilled roles, allowing candidates to obtain the required clinical experience hours.
The Post-Master’s Program includes providing monthly payments to sites to support candidate salaries, funding for clinical supervision (either through internal staff or Motivo), annual subscriptions to AATBS licensure exam preparation materials, reimbursement for licensure application fees, and training and technical assistance for sites and candidates.
The program tracks candidate progress, assessing barriers to clinical licensure in order to inform state-level advocacy and regulatory changes.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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Eligible Sites Must Be
In addition, these sites must provide the following:
(1) Minimum Salary
(2) Health insurance options to all full-time employees
(3) Quarterly programmatic and impact data
Candidates Must
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Hold a master’s or doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling, Social Work, Substance Use/Addiction Counseling
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Possess the appropriate provisional license to begin accruing required clinical hours (e.g., LSW, LMSW, LPCC, APC)
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Intend to achieve clinical licensure as Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, or Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Clinical Social
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Academic medical institutions
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Federally qualified health centers
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Community health care clinics
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Other nonprofit providers
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Health care systems (preference to non-profits)
Post Masters Cohorts
Cohort One
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KEY PROGRAM SITES
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Cohort Two
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Cohort Four
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The post-masters program is made possible because of these organizations:
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