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Where insight meets action to build a thriving workforce.

Let’s build a stronger behavioral health and human services workforce—together.

AHP’s Workforce Innovation Lab (WIL) helps states, counties, and organizations design and strengthen workforce strategies that foster well-being, equity, and sustainability. We partner with you to connect policy, systems, and people so that your workforce can thrive—and the communities you serve can, too.

Build alignment, sustainability, and policy support.
Create the conditions for a thriving workforce. AHP helps systems connect the dots between policy, funding, and practice—so programs are not only implemented but sustained.

Examples of our work:

  • Facilitate partnerships among education, workforce, and government agencies to strengthen pipelines.
  • Align policy and funding to support equitable wages and credentialing.
  • Conduct statewide workforce assessments, roadmaps, and blueprints.
  • Advocate for data-driven solutions that improve quality care and community well-being.

Strengthen your organization from the inside out.
Transform workforce challenges into opportunities for growth, retention, and well-being. We help organizations translate strategy into action—building the structures, culture, and practices that make great teams thrive.

Examples of our work:

  • Develop retention and recruitment strategies tailored to your workforce.
  • Integrate DEIJB, well-being, and engagement into every layer of operations.
  • Facilitate learning collaboratives and leadership training.
  • Design implementation tools and improvement frameworks that drive results.

Empower and support the individuals who make it all work.
A strong system depends on supported people. AHP provides training, coaching, and professional development that help employees grow, lead, and find meaning in their work.

Examples of our work:

  • Deliver training and mentorship programs that build skills and confidence.
  • Support supervisors and emerging leaders through customized TA and coaching.
  • Foster transparent career pathways and professional advancement.
  • Promote well-being, belonging, and voice across every level of the workforce.

Why Workforce Innovation Matters

A healthy workforce is essential to a healthy system. The behavioral health and human services field is navigating critical workforce shortages, evolving roles, and growing needs. The Workforce Innovation Lab translates these challenges into solutions—helping leaders plan, implement, and measure workforce strategies that deliver impact.

How We Work

Our approach combines strategic thought partnership, evidence-informed practices, and hands-on technical assistance.
We help clients:

  • Identify needs and define measurable goals
  • Apply proven workforce development models
  • Build data-driven frameworks to sustain results over time

AHP approaches workforce development as the nexus of strategic systems alignment, organizational stability, and people development that ensures a robust, thriving workforce.

Organizational leadership can apply key principles and practices of strong workforce development programming across three interconnected levels—systems, organizations, and employees—to strengthen pipelines, enhance well-being, and sustain change.

Workforce development is both a strategy and a mindset: one that connects policy, practice, and people to create lasting impact.

Results in Action: See how our workforce strategies translate into measurable impact.

California Behavioral Health Workforce Development
AHP supports California’s Behavioral Health Workforce Development initiatives—building recruitment pipelines, mentoring early-career professionals, and expanding the peer workforce.

HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
Through the Enhancing HIV Care of Women, Infants, Children, and Youth program, AHP strengthens care delivery through peer learning and workforce capacity building.

University of Wisconsin Behavioral Health Excellence TA Center
We advance workforce readiness through training, coaching, and communities of practice that support behavioral health providers statewide.

Pierce County, Washington
Partnering with local leaders to map behavioral health workforce needs, establish benchmarks, and develop strategies for recruitment and retention.

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Want to build a stronger, more sustainable workforce? Discover how AHP helps organizations recruit, train, and retain behavioral health talent through innovative, evidence-informed approaches.