{"id":98374,"date":"2023-04-13T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=98374"},"modified":"2023-04-12T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:09:02","slug":"nearly-22-million-requested-as-bhecn-closes-arpa-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/04\/13\/nearly-22-million-requested-as-bhecn-closes-arpa-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly $22 million requested as BHECN closes ARPA cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska received 137 applications requesting nearly $22 million in funding during its second American Recovery Plan Act application cycle, which closed on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The applications will be reviewed and scored by independent review committees to determine which projects will receive the approximately $3 million ARPA funds available during the final funding cycle. Awards are likely to be announced in late June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards will come on top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/bhecn\/about\/about-bhecn-arpa-awards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly $20 million in ARPA funds that BHECN awarded to 83 organizations earlier this year<\/a> following the first application cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe volume of applications received this round once again highlights our workforce challenges and illustrates the strong desire among our state\u2019s behavioral health community to improve the lives of all Nebraskans,\u201d said Marley Doyle, MD, director of BHECN. \u201cWe look forward to following how these creative programs will impact access to behavioral health care in our state over time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nebraska Legislature last year allocated more than $25 million in ARPA funding to BHECN to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of behavioral health professionals. The funds cover projects in four award categories: behavioral health training opportunities,\u00a0telebehavioral health support in rural areas,\u00a0behavioral health workforce projects to address the COVID-19 pandemic and funding for supervision of provisionally licensed behavioral health providers currently employed in Nebraska.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second-round of funding, BHECN allocated $400,000 for behavioral health training opportunities; $2.2 million for telebehavioral&nbsp;health support in rural areas; $400,000 for projects to address the COVID-19 pandemic; and $300,000 for supervision of provisionally licensed behavioral health providers currently employed in Nebraska. Comparatively, during the second application cycle, BHECN received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly $4 million in requests for projects related to behavioral health training;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than $14 million in requests for telebehavioral health projects;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About $2 million for projects to address the pandemic; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearly $2 million for projects related to licensed supervisors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese numbers show the necessity for our state to take rapid and effective steps to address our behavioral health workforce challenges and the wisdom the Legislature showed in allocating funding for this purpose,\u201d Dr. Doyle said. \u201cOur team at BHECN grasps the gravity of this moment, and we are dedicated to ensuring these funds are distributed in a way that brings the most benefit to our state and its residents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/bhecn\/about\/about-bhecn-arpa.html\" 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