The Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health

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The Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health at Minnesota State University, Mankato is dedicated to improving access to behavioral healthcare for residents in outstate Minnesota to include Tribal Communities through research, workforce development, continuing education and customized training.

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Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota and Blue Plus® are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

REPORT: Identifying bottlenecks and roadblocks in the rural mental health career pipeline

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2023 CRBH and CRPD Report

Center in Action

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Providing continuing education training opportunities is imperative to maintain an effective behavioral health workforce in out-state Minnesota. The Center has provided over 10,000 training hours to hundreds of behavioral healthcare professionals throughout out-state Minnesota.

About Us

The Blue Cross Center for Rural Behavioral Health empowers collaboration across Minnesota State University, Mankato and with our community partners.