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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Extending the Behavioral Health Workforce: Alaska’s BH Aide Model   
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Extending the Behavioral Health Workforce: Alaska’s BH Aide Model   \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 21\, 2026 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nThis webinar is hosted as a partnership between the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)\, The National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, and Health Management Associates (HMA).  \n\n\n\nIn January\, the Workforce Solutions Partnership launched a four-part webinar series titled Extending the Behavioral Health Workforce: Innovative Strategies for Integrated Care. This series showcases scalable\, practical innovations that expand behavioral health workforce capacity while preserving quality of care. Each session explores a distinct strategy\, from enhancing existing roles to leveraging lived experience and technology\, to help organizations meet rising demand through integrated\, community-centered approaches.   \n\n\n\nJoin us for our final session in April to explore Alaska’s Behavioral Health Aide Model.   \n\n\n\nAddressing the workforce shortages in rural and frontier communities has been a decades long concern. Rural and frontier communities have unique needs and require trusted relationships with a workforce that is representative of the communities served. The Behavioral Health Aide (BHA) program in Alaska was initiated in 2009 by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). It was designed to provide behavioral health prevention\, treatment\, and recovery services in rural Alaska through a “counselor-in-every-village” where communities may have 100 or fewer residents. The model has grown to a statewide approach with a formal training curriculum\, Medicaid reimbursement\, and solid evaluation and outcomes.  Join us to hear lessons learned\, BHA’s process of development and how Alaska has supported other communities by scaling this solution. As we launch Rural Health Transformation efforts nationally\, this is a timely and important discussion on what works in rural and tribal communities.    \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives:   \n\n\n\n\nDiscuss the need for expansion of the workforce through engagement of community members in meeting behavioral health needs.  \n\n\n\n\n\nExplore the specific BH Aide model and how individuals are identified\, trained and paid for supporting communities.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn about the outcomes and evaluation of the model.  \n\n\n\n\n\nDiscuss lessons learned and how the model core components can be scaled in other states and communities.  \n\n\n\n\nAudience: We welcome all who are interested in behavioral health workforce expansion. The material is primarily structured to provide maximum value to state\, county\, and community leadership looking to scale solutions for expansion of the workforce.   \n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\nRebekah Falkner\, LMSW\n\n\n\n\n\nRebekah Falkner rejoined National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) in 2022.  Most recently\, Rebekah has focused on the behavioral health workforce shortage\, rural mental health care delivery\, and the expansion of peer services in Texas.  Rebekah has also worked on the Texas 1115 Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program and Money Follows the Person.  Prior to working in Texas\, Rebekah was a part of NASHP’s work in Arkansas centering on supported employment.  Rebekah grew up in Mississippi\, earning a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Social Work from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosie Poiyuna Garnie\, A.A.S.\, HUMS\, BHP\n\n\n\n\n\nJosie Poiyuna Garnie is Iñupiaq\, the daughter of Joe Garnie and Helen Okbaok\, born and raised in Teller. She is also the mother of Lauryn and Aubrina and grandmother of Adelyn. Josie has been a Village Based Counselor (VBC) for Norton Sound Health Corporation since 1997 and supervises other VBCs in the Bering Strait region. She received her Rural Human Services Certificate and AAS degree in Human Services from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Josie is a certified Behavioral Health Aide Practitioner. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nXiomara Owens\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Xiomara “Xio” Owens grew up in Wasilla\, Alaska and currently lives in Anchorage with her wife and their five children. Xio obtained her PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Since 2009\, Xio has worked in the Behavioral Health Aide (BHA) Program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; her work with the BHA program began as a practicum student and she now serves tribes and tribal health organizations across the state in her role as the Director of Behavioral Health Aide Training. Xio is passionate about workforce development\, holistic healthcare\, and serving populations that have historically be underserved. In her off time\, Xio enjoys being with her family\, biking\, cooking\, doing puzzles\, and playing games. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Workforce Solutions Partnership. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Partnership is the new name for the partnership between the National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, Health Management Associates and the College for Behavioral Health Leadership. The Center for Workforce Solutions continues to operate as an initiative of the National Council.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-extending-the-behavioral-health-workforce-alaska-bh-aide-model/
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SUMMARY:Mentorship in Motion with Ron Manderscheid | Lessons from a Lifetime in Behavioral Health Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an honest conversation with Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nIn this dialogue\, Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D. will reflect on key moments and experiences from his career and explore their implications for behavioral health leadership today. Through storytelling and candid insight\, he will offer perspective on how individual leadership journeys intersect with broader system change.  \n\n\n\nWith a career spanning federal leadership roles\, national policy\, academic appointments\, and executive leadership across major behavioral health organizations\, Ron brings a unique\, systems-level perspective grounded in decades of advancing social justice and whole-person care. His work has consistently elevated the voices of individuals with lived experience and their families while shaping national conversations on behavioral health. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to engage in dialogue\, ask questions\, and reflect on how these lessons can inform their own leadership paths. This interactive session invites leaders at all levels to consider how experience\, timing\, and decision-making contribute to lasting impact in behavioral health. \n\n\n\nComplimentary for CBHL Members | $25 for Non-CBHL Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\nRon Manderscheid\, Ph.D.Partner and Director at Capstone Solutions Consuliting Group\, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mental Health\, Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Johns Hopkins University\, and Adjunct Professor\, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work\, University of Southern California. Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D.\, has a life-long commitment to social-good and social-justice. This is reflected through a career that spans national work with the Congress and Administration\, federal agencies\, NGOs\, and university teaching. He serves currently as Partner and Director at Capstone Solutions Consulting Group\, Adjunct Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Johns Hopkins University\, and at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work\, University of Southern California. Until recently\, he was President/CEO\, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors and National Association for Rural Mental Health. Both organizations represent county and local authorities in the DC community. Concurrently\, Dr. Manderscheid serves on the boards of the Global Leadership Exchange\, the NASMHPD Research Institute\, and the Danya Institute. He also served until recently as the Co-Chair of the National Coalition for Whole Health and on the boards of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the National Grand Challenge for Social Work Initiative. Past appointments include Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Programs at the Global Health Sector of SRA International and several federal leadership roles at the National Institute of Mental Health\, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration\, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health\, U.S. Department of HHS. Throughout his career\, he has emphasized and promoted the concerns of peers with behavioral health conditions and their family members. Dr. Manderscheid was a Member of the HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Healthy People 2020; the Clinton Healthcare Reform Task Force; President of the Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association (FEIAA) and Foundation; Chair of the APHA Mental Health Section and Governing Council\, and a member of the post-9/11 Work Group; Chairperson of the Sociological Practice Section of the American Sociological Association; President of the Washington Academy of Sciences and the District of Columbia Sociological Society; and President of The College for Behavioral Health Leadership.He edited eight editions of Mental Health\, United States\, co-edited Outcome Measurement in the Human Services\, and contributed to Public Mental Health\, First and Second Editions. He also published more than 550 scientific and professional papers on services to persons with mental illness and substance use conditions. He currently serves on several editorial boards and prepares a periodic blog. For almost two decades\, he served on the editorial board of Behavioral Healthcare Executive (www.behavioral.net).\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Mentorship in Motion Dialogues? \nMentorship in Motion brings leaders together for honest conversations about leadership in behavioral health. Through shared experiences and lived wisdom\, participants will gain insights that they can carry into their own leadership journeys. \n\n\n\nWe invite attendees to join with cameras on\, if possible\, and come prepared to engage in thoughtful discussion and shared reflection. \n\n\n\nThis event will be delivered live and will not be recorded. All registrations are final and non-refundable. \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Mentorship in Motion is to: \n\nLearn from Leadership Journeys: Gain insight from experienced behavioral health leaders as they share lessons learned\, pivotal moments\, and perspectives that have shaped their leadership paths.\n\n\n\nEngage in Honest Dialogue: Participate in open and thoughtful conversations about the challenges and opportunities of leadership in behavioral health\, creating a space for reflection and shared understanding.\n\n\n\nStrengthen Leadership Community: Build connections with fellow CBHL members through meaningful dialogue that supports mentorship\, peer learning\, and the development of behavioral health leaders.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/mentorship-in-motion-with-ron-manderscheid-lessons-from-a-lifetime-in-behavioral-health-leadership/
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