• Work with local workforce development to expand care coordination and navigation opportunities . For reference , the Palm Beach County Medical Society ( PBCMS ) Services and others provide highly impactful care coordination training .
• Expand the pool of peer specialists . Engage an organization such as the nationally recognized Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery trainers to provide coaching modules to enable trainees to meet Certified Peer Recovery Specialist credentialing requirements .
• Partner with local nursing programs and local providers . Develop more opportunities to train , develop and mature psychiatric NPs to be fully function psychiatric providers in both inpatient and outpatient settings .
“ Don ’ t think for a second that our ‘ strategies ’ are a finish line . They are a starting point . We MUST keep up our group ’ s momentum to work together and enact changes that achieve our objective to improve the quality of life for our neighbors and ourselves .” Project Leader
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