Ohio Alliance For Population Health Creating A Southern Ohio Behavioral Health Corridor To Increase Workforce Pipeline

The Ohio Alliance for Population Health (OAPH) is creating a behavioral health corridor across southern Ohio to increase a behavioral health workforce pipeline across 20 counties. The supply of mental health professionals per 100,000 population in southern Ohio is 51% lower than the national average, and 41% lower than the average in the rest of the state.

The goal is a comprehensive student enhancement program aimed at promoting the recruitment, retention, and graduation of undergraduate and graduate-level social work students. Within the corridor, students pursuing behavioral health and social work professions from high school through the graduate level . . .