Proposal asks state's permission to spend $75 million over five years on tuition assistance, loan forgiveness trial program
With the approval of three new initiatives Tuesday, San Diego County is taking its first steps in addressing a mental health care worker shortage that is predicted to grow significantly over the next five years.
Though they have not abandoned the wage issue, supervisors also did not say Tuesday when they will be ready to discuss pay. Any significant movement should be visible in the county behavioral health department’s annual budget presentation later this month. After five years, an outside evaluator would examine the program’s results and make recommendations on whether it reached its goals and should be continued.An outcomes-based renewable training fund which would provide no-interest loans and upfront financing “to students completing behavioral health clinical training and supervision programs.” Students wouldn’t have to start paying these training loans back until they had a county job paying at least $50,000 per year.
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