WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.934 GO WIN IT. 2 00:00:00.934 --> 00:00:05.071 >> MARY-RACHEL REDMAN, INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS. >>GERRY: HOOSIERS IN THE GRIP OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, 3 00:00:05.071 --> 00:00:09.809 ESPECIALLY RELATED TO OPIOIDS, ARE FACING A SHORTAGE OF PROFESSIONALS THEY CAN TURN TO FOR HELP. 4 00:00:09.809 --> 00:00:16.249 BUT A NEW PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON PRODUCING MORE LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO BATTLE INDIANA'S OPIOID 5 00:00:16.249 --> 00:00:23.957 EPIDEMIC. BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE ON THE NEW PROGRAM... 6 00:00:23.957 --> 00:00:29.095 >>KYLIE: EMPLOYER DEMAND FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO HELP TREAT HOOSIERS HAS REACHED A FEVER PITCH, BUT 7 00:00:29.095 --> 00:00:34.434 INDIANA FALLS SEVEN-THOUSAND WORKERS SHORT OF THE NEED. IT'S A GAP THE STATE'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ASCEND 8 00:00:34.434 --> 00:00:41.508 INDIANA AIMS TO BRIDGE WITH THE NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACADEMY. IT'S A COLLABORATION AMONG 9 00:00:41.508 --> 00:00:46.813 COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, THE IU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AT IUPUI, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 10 00:00:46.813 --> 00:00:52.619 ASCEND PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JASON KLOTH JOINS ME NOW, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VICE 11 00:00:52.619 --> 00:01:00.059 PRESIDENT GEORGE HURD. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 12 00:01:00.059 --> 00:01:08.101 >> JASON LET'S START WITH YOU DO WILL LICENSING IS WHAT THE ACADEMY IS FOCUSED ON AND THEY ARE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND 13 00:01:08.101 --> 00:01:16.843 ADDICTION COUNSELORS. WHITE IS THE ACADEMY FOCUSED ON THOSE TWO SPECIFIC ROLES. >> AS YOU SAID THE DEMAND FOR 14 00:01:16.843 --> 00:01:24.117 SOCIAL WORKERS IN ADDICTION COUNSELORS HAS SKYROCKETED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. THAT IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE 15 00:01:24.117 --> 00:01:32.258 OPIOID EPIDEMIC WE ARE SEEING STATEWIDE. INDIANA IS CURRENTLY 15TH IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF 16 00:01:32.258 --> 00:01:41.768 OVERDOSES AS A RESULT OF OPIOIDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BUT THE SUPPLY OF WORKERS HAS NOT KEPT PACE PARTICULARLY IN THE 17 00:01:41.768 --> 00:01:50.310 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD AS A FUNCTION OF THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINMENT REQUIRED SO A COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 18 00:01:50.310 --> 00:01:56.950 ACADEMY AIMS TO BRING THE PARTIES TOGETHER TO PRODUCE NEITHER 30 OF THESE PROFESSIONALS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS 19 00:01:56.950 --> 00:02:03.389 ENABLING COMMUNITY TO MEET THAT NEED. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CURRICULUM WITH YOU AND THE 20 00:02:03.389 --> 00:02:11.131 PARTNERS WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THIS CURRICULUM AND IT'S TAILOR-MADE FOR THESE WORKERS IN PARTICULAR AND FOR THIS PROBLEM. 21 00:02:11.131 --> 00:02:20.240 >> THE CURRICULUM WAS HIGHLY IMPORTANT. BEFORE THE ACADEMY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA CLASSES OR 22 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:28.848 EXTRA CAUSES BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS BUT THROUGH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH 23 00:02:28.848 --> 00:02:38.024 YOU AND IUPUI WE WERE ABLE TO CHANGE THE CURRICULUM SO THEY CAN NOW GO THROUGH THE COURSE WORK AND COME OUT ELIGIBLE FOR 24 00:02:38.024 --> 00:02:44.797 BOTH THEIR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK DEGREE AND THEIR LC AC FOR THEIR ADDICTIONS COUNSELING. 25 00:02:44.797 --> 00:02:52.939 BEFORE THIS THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA COURSEWORK SO IT WILL BE COST-EFFECTIVELY AND THEN IN TERMS OF THEIR TIME AS A STUDENT 26 00:02:52.939 --> 00:03:04.951 THEY WILL GET THIS DONE. >> RURAL AREAS ARE HARDEST HIT SO WELL THIS ACADEMY BE ABLE TO REACH INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND 27 00:03:04.951 --> 00:03:13.192 IMPACT THOSE COMMUNITIES? >> YES SO I WOULD JUST SAY WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO HAVE RECEIVED THE GRANT FROM THE 28 00:03:13.192 --> 00:03:19.899 FOUNDATION ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK TO TAKE WHAT WE LEARN AND THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THIS ACADEMY AND 29 00:03:19.899 --> 00:03:27.807 REPLICATING IT ACROSS THE STATE SO THE COMING MONTHS WE WILL BE GOING TO COMMUNITY IS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TO 30 00:03:27.807 --> 00:03:35.381 BRING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ALONGSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE CAN TAKE THESE LEARNINGS AND 31 00:03:35.381 --> 00:03:46.092 SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS IN NEED. >> SOCIAL WORK IS A TOUGH JOB ITS HIGH STRESS RELATIVELY LOW PAY. 32 00:03:46.092 --> 00:03:52.198 SO HOW WILL THE ACADEMY BATTLE THOSE HEADWINDS? >> I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART OF THE ACADEMY AGAIN AS WE ARE 33 00:03:52.198 --> 00:03:59.806 ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT STUDENTS INCURRING MORE CLASSWORK, WHICH MEANS A LOWER COST THE OTHER THING AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH 34 00:03:59.806 --> 00:04:07.280 NETWORK WE WILL PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO STUDENTS. WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A CAREER PEOPLE GET INTO TO EARN MONEY. 35 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:15.355 IT'S A HEALTHY PROFESSION, SO TO DO THAT WE ARE OFFERING INCENTIVES, SO FOR STUDENTS WHO GETS ELECTED WE ARE OFFERING A 36 00:04:15.355 --> 00:04:23.429 $5,000 INCENTIVE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE ACADEMY. AND THEN UP ON LICENSURE IF WE HIRE THEM WE ARE OFFERING THEM A 37 00:04:23.429 --> 00:04:30.803 $5,000 SO THAT SHOULD HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THEIR BACHELORS IN THEIR MASTERS EDUCATION AND HOPEFULLY THAT 38 00:04:30.803 --> 00:04:37.210 ENTICES MORE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED. >> A FEW SECONDS LEFT, BUT OUR STUDENTS ENROLLING NOW AND WHEN 39 00:04:37.210 --> 00:04:44.450 WILL THEY BE IN THE FIELD? >> WE HAVE JUST BEEN OVERWHELMED BY THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THIS WORK SO WE 40 00:04:44.450 --> 00:04:51.824 ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACADEMY LAST WEEKEND I BELIEVE MORE THAN 60 INDIVIDUALS HAVE 41 00:04:51.824 --> 00:04:58.631 REACHED OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK HAS ALREADY INTERVIEWED UPWARDS OF TEN OF THOSE 42 00:04:58.631 --> 00:05:01.401 INDIVIDUAL SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD.