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To help inform health care workforce development planning in New Hampshire, the Endowment for Health supported a review of the workforce development plans of other states with large rural areas to understand their structure, components (i.e., areas of focus and strategies), and implementation plans. Hope Worden Kenefick, MSW, Ph.D. reviewed and summarized relevant documents available for nine states and interviewed representatives from a sub-set of the states. In 2021, the consultant conducted an additional scan to learn about progress made in the nine states and to understand the efforts of four states identified as having made significant progress on health care workforce development.

Under a NH DSRIP 115 waiver, New Hampshire's IDN's have been working to address behavioral healthcare workforce shortages. The technical conclusion of the waiver which supports the IDN work was December 2020. This report by Hope Worden Kenefick, MSW, Ph.D. summarizes the work done, what was learned and what remains incomplete.

Under a NH DSRIP 115 waiver, New Hampshire's IDN's have been working to address behavioral healthcare workforce shortages. The technical conclusion of the waiver which supports the IDN work is December 2020. Hope Worden Kenefick, MSW, Ph.D. summarizes the work done, what was learned and what remains incomplete.