@article{ea16220961204d76a10efb9d9a58c4c4,
title = "Nebraska pediatric integrated care training (NE-PICT) model",
abstract = "The Nebraska Pediatric Integrated Care Training (NE-PICT) model of training was initiated in 1997 to meet the behavioral health needs of youth throughout the state of Nebraska, as well as to prepare the future behavioral health workforce to practice in primary care settings. In 2011, the NE-PICT program was identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as 1 of 9 promising practices in rural mental health delivery. The purpose of this article is to describe the NE-PICT model of training. Method: NE-PICT was developed to increase the capacity of behavioral health providers equipped to address the majority of behavioral health needs of youth presenting in primary care. Training includes a combination of didactic and in-clinic modeling with supervising NE-PICT university trainers. Results: Over 200 doctoral-level interns, 400 master's level interns, and 80 postdoctoral fellows have completed training through the NE-PICT model in over 40 primary care clinics since the program's inception. Conclusions: The NE-PICT has helped to grow the behavioral health workforce in primary care settings in Nebraska and beyond.",
keywords = "Behavioral health, Colocated, Integrated care, Pediatrics, Training",
author = "Valleley, {Rachel J.} and Brandy Clarke and Holly Roberts and Jennifer Burt and Allison Grennan and Evans, {Joseph H}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grants D40HP02597-08-00 and M01HP25184-01-00. The authors acknowledge Tara Sjuts, Christian Klepper, Andrew White, Phoebe Jordan, and Hannah West. Funding Information: To develop a successful internship training program, sustained funding is paramount. The growth of the NE-PICT program was founded on a combination of federal training grants and state funding secured over several years. The successful funding of the NE-PICT program is largely due to the skillful grant-writing of Dr. Joseph H. Evans. As director of the MMI Psychology Department, Dr. Joseph H. Evans was awarded multiple federal training grants from the HRSA through its Allied Health (AH), Graduate Psychology Education (GPE), and Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) grant programs. The primary focus of these grants has been to provide predoctoral internship training in integrated care to expand the behavioral health workforce in underserved (rural and inner-city) communities; however, recent funding mechanisms have also expanded funding for master{\textquoteright}s level trainees. In large part, these grants led to the expansion of the NE-PICT program through creating additional internship slots, extending training to various degree programs (e.g., counselors, master{\textquoteright}s level), establishing new clinics in rural underserved areas, and disseminating and replicating the model to training programs in other states. Under Dr. Joseph H. Evans{\textquoteright}s mentorship, Funding Information: In addition to federal grant support, the NE-PICT program is sustained through clinical revenue generation, state appropriations, and most recently, partial funding from school mental health contracts. Similar to finding clinic champions who will advocate for integrated care, identifying university and legislative champions who value behavioral health care requires skill in promoting and advocating for support of behavioral health training programs. The NE-PICT program has been able to secure a “core” of stable funding via state appropriations that will sustain internship training for many years to come. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Psychological Association.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1037/cpp0000362",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "304--315",
journal = "Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology",
issn = "2169-4826",
publisher = "American Psychological Association Inc.",
number = "3",
}