The School of Nursing has received a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to financially support behavioral health students completing unpaid internships and field placements. The MGH Institute is one of 37 colleges and universities who received a share of the $12.4 million to be distributed through the Behavioral Health Trust Fund. The Institute will receive $55,000. 

“The School of Nursing is excited to support our Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students in their clinical rotations,” said interim dean Pat Reidy. “Upon graduation, our students seek positions providing counseling and medication management to adults and children in a variety of settings.  For the past two years, more than 50% of our graduates are working in medically underserved communities.  Our students have a high debt burden, and this funding will further support their education.”

The grants are for undergraduate and graduate-level students pursuing careers treating mental health or substance use disorders and are part of the state’s efforts to grow a culturally and linguistically diverse behavioral health workforce in Massachusetts.