Workforce Training for Mental Health First Aid Across Idaho
GrantID: 73384
Grant Funding Amount Low: Open
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: Open
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Grant Overview
Idaho's Mental Health First Aid training faces documented gaps in rural eastern counties where licensed clinicians per 10,000 residents fall to 4.2, compared to the state average of 8.7. The workforce shortage is most acute in counties bordering Montana and Wyoming, where distance to crisis stabilization units exceeds 90 miles for many residents.
Community leaders in these counties include extension agents, school resource officers, and faith-based volunteers who encounter behavioral health incidents without formal training. Idaho's agricultural and timber workforce shows elevated rates of substance use disorders tied to seasonal employment cycles, with 2022 data indicating 12% higher emergency department visits for mental health in harvest months.
Eligible applicants must be Idaho-based nonprofits or local governments with documented partnerships to the state's seven regional behavioral health boards. Applications require submission of county-level crisis call volume data from the Idaho Crisis Center and a training delivery calendar accounting for winter road closures on routes such as US-12 and ID-55.
Training cohorts must include at least 40% participants from counties with populations under 20,000. Programs receive priority when they schedule sessions at existing cooperative extension offices rather than requiring new facilities. Post-training follow-up metrics track referral rates to Idaho's 988 line and local outpatient providers within 30 days.
Idaho's approach differs from Washington state requirements by mandating explicit coordination with county sheriffs for training on de-escalation specific to agricultural and resource extraction work sites. Funded entities submit quarterly reports on trainer certification retention and number of individuals reached per county, using the state's population density classifications rather than urban-rural binaries.
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