Empowering the Behavioral Health Workforce
The Behavioral Health Workforce Institute (BHWI) advances careers, strengthens practice, and drives systems change in behavioral health. We invest in clinicians, support integrated care, and build infrastructure for lasting impact.
Advancing the Behavioral Health Workforce
BHWI is expanding, diversifying, and empowering the behavioral health workforce by disrupting educational inequities and systemic barriers through innovative, employer‑embedded learning pathways across higher education.
Through strategic partnerships between employers and educators, we build accessible career pathways, promote advancement, and strengthen a resilient workforce that reflects and meets the diverse needs of our communities.
Three Pillars of Change
Careers
Employer-embedded apprenticeships, Bridge Academies, and graduate pathways that create clear pipelines for advancement in the behavioral health field.
Practice
Integrated care models, school-based wellness initiatives, and clinical supervision programs that strengthen quality and expand behavioral health practice.
Impact
Systems change driven by research, technology innovation, and the "I Power Behavioral Health" Campaign—building infrastructure for lasting behavioral health transformation.
Strategic Initiatives
Our six core programs address the most critical needs in behavioral health workforce development and systems change.
Education Pathways
Employer-embedded education programs and bridge academies at the bachelor's and graduate levels, creating clear advancement routes.
Apprenticeships
Employer-embedded apprenticeship programs at both bachelor's and graduate levels, combining work and learning.
Integrated Behavioral Care
Evidence-based integrated care models including Helios, CoCM+, and school-based behavioral health initiatives.
Licensing Exam App
AI‑enabled technology platform delivering cutting‑edge, bias‑aware exam preparation and licensure support, designed to ensure equitable first-time pass rates.
Research & Innovation
Equity-focused research partnerships that create pathways into applied psychology and mental health careers for historically underrepresented undergraduates.
Executive Leadership
Emerging leaders and executive leadership programs supporting professional development and organizational advancement.
Meet Our Leadership
Our experienced leadership team brings decades of expertise in behavioral health, clinical practice, education, and research innovation.
Our Funders
BHWI was launched through catalytic seed funding from Accelerate The Future, whose investment made it possible to bring this vision from concept to reality. By seeding BHWI's creation, Accelerate The Future helped establish innovative, employer-embedded learning pathways—such as our Apprenticeship Degree Pathway Program and Employers-Embedded Graduate Degree Program—that expand, diversify, and empower the behavioral health workforce to better reflect and serve our communities across Massachusetts and the nation.
Get Involved
Join us in building a stronger, more resilient behavioral health workforce—every action moves the field forward.
Support Our Mission
Invest in behavioral health workforce expansion and transformative systems change with a gift today.
Partner With Us
Collaborate with BHWI on workforce development initiatives, practice innovation, or research.
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Ready to Make an Impact?
Contact us to learn more about how you can contribute to advancing the behavioral health workforce.