States Are Laboratories of Workforce Development Innovation: Jennifer Davis, Senior Policy Advisor on Human Services, Wyoming Governor’s Office

Episode 91 September 11, 2024 00:31:24
States Are Laboratories of Workforce Development Innovation: Jennifer Davis, Senior Policy Advisor on Human Services, Wyoming Governor’s Office
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States Are Laboratories of Workforce Development Innovation: Jennifer Davis, Senior Policy Advisor on Human Services, Wyoming Governor’s Office

Sep 11 2024 | 00:31:24

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Show Notes

There are many stakeholders in the ongoing effort to combat healthcare workforce shortages but one of the most important is state governments because of their critical role in providing healthcare services. Today on WorkforceRx, we're going to check in with one of the states that is leading national efforts to find solutions by talking with Jennifer Davis, Senior Policy Advisor on Human Services to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. Jen has been instrumental in Wyoming's robust efforts to increase the healthcare workforce, particularly with regard to the providers of mental and behavioral health services. “We did some mapping of the behavioral health professions that we actually have in Wyoming and in some of those, we only have one or two people who are licensed and so it's really forced us to have a conversation about what do we want to be, what is working toward that end, and what is not?” Strategies to deal with shortages in mental health and other healthcare fields include clearing barriers in licensing, improving credit transfers from the state’s community colleges to its sole university, and creating clear educational pathways in consultation with industry sectors. There is much to learn in this probing conversation with Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan about recruitment and retention strategies for rural areas, efforts to maintain access by upskilling providers, and national initiatives to develop and share best practices.

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