Nick Reisman is reporting for State of Politics the state of New York is set to receive $4 million from the federal government to help expand the mental health care workforce statewide after a two-year public health crisis that has drawn attention to the need to invigorate the field. The money is intended to support students who are underrepresented in mental health degree programs at New York's public colleges and university campaigns. Both the State University of New York and City University of New York systems will get $2 million to support tuition assistance, paid internships and stipends for minority students and students who speak multiple languages. Gov. Kathy Hochul said, "This partnership will provide incentives for underrepresented students to enroll or remain in mental health programs — helping diversify our future workforce and ensure that all communities are well-served by our public health care system." The hope is minority health care providers will be able to provide more support for meeting the needs of underserved populations in the state and diversify the workforce. "At SUNY, we are not only educating and training the future professionals of the mental health field, but also recognizing the need for those professionals to represent the wide array of people they will be serving," said Deborah Stanley, the interim chancellor of the State University of New York. Read the full story at nystateofpolitics [dot] com.