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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2023 · 24 MIN

Why don't more people want to become mental health care workers in Oregon?

from KGW’s Straight Talk · host Laural Porter/KGW

Oregon is facing a drastic shortage of mental health care workers--the state needs as many as 35,000 new workers by some estimates to fill the mental health care needs in the state. But people interested and willing to go into the field are facing high barriers to doing the work. What can be done to change the system, and open up the pipeline of behavioral health care workers?

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