The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has launched the Rural Assessment Intervention Library (RAIL), a program that provides rural Tennessee school districts with access to various assessment kits and resources—free of charge—for evaluating and supporting students’ needs. Developed by Dr. Amanda Hardin and her team with backing from the UT System Grand Challenges initiative and…
UTC lands $2.4M grant to expand mental, behavioral health workforce in rural Tennessee
UTC has been awarded a $2.4 million competitive grant from HRSA’s Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) program to expand the mental and behavioral health workforce serving rural communities over the next four years. The funding supports stipends for counseling, social work, and psychology students undertaking rural internships, supervisor training, and development of a digital…

