The University of Michigan BHWRC (2014-2021)

The BHWRC transitioned to a new home with the University of North Carolina in 2022. The University of Michigan BHWRC website houses the publications and products completed from 2014-2021.

The UNC-BHWRC Partner Consortium

UNC-BHWRC is led by a team of experienced workforce researchers with support from a national consortium of expert leaders and organizations committed to mental health, substance use, and health workforce research. Consortium member organizations include:

• The Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW), a leading association working to advance federal policy and mental health and addiction services.
• The Collaborative Family Health Association (CFHA), a muti-guild member association whose goal is to make integrated care the standard of care across the United States and beyond.
• The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the national association representing social work education in the United States.
• Faces & Voices of Recovery, dedicated to organizing and mobilizing Americans in recovery and their allies into recovery community organizations and networks to promote recovery through advocacy, education and demonstrating the power and proof of long-term recovery.

Partner Organizations

The Provider Retention & Information System Management Collaborative (PRISM), administered by the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNET), is a national partnership of states’ Primary Care Offices, Offices of Rural Health, and other health workforce agencies that gathers survey feedback from behavioral health, primary care and dental clinicians in safety net practices to help states better support them in their work.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Workforce Research Centers

The UNC-BHWRC is one of nine HRSA-funded health workforce research centers:

• State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Center for Health Workforce Studies, Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center (HWTAC): Supporting informed workforce planning and development
• George Washington University, Institute for Health Workforce Equity, Health Practice Workforce Research Center: Studying emerging health workforce issues
• State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Center for Health Workforce Studies, Oral Health Workforce Research Center (OHWRC): Improving the nation’s oral health services
• University of California at San Francisco, Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care: Preparing the health workforce to meet the nation’s long-term care needs
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy: Developing the health workforce
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (BHWRC): Strengthening the current and future behavioral health workforces
• University of Washington, Center for Health Workforce Studies – Allied Health: Building the health workforce through allied health professions
• University of Washington, Center for Health Workforce Studies – Health Equity: Addressing health equity and health workforce diversity
• University of Minnesota, Public Health Workforce Research Center: Creating an effective public health workforce for the future