Psychiatric Education Capacity Expansion (PECE) Grant Program Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Overview

To increase the supply of psychiatrists and public mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) trained to work in the local public mental health system (PMHS). The grantee(s) will fund increased numbers of PMHNPs training in the Public Mental Health System (PMHS), including, but not limited to, adding PMHS PMHNP field placements, recruiting PMHNP students who can provide care consistent with the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) vision and values, recruiting culturally diverse PMHNP students who can provide culturally competent care, increasing the number of hours PMHNP students are trained in the PMHS, and providing clinical supervision that leads to American Nurses Credentialing and/or American Association of Nurse Practitioners national certification.