About Us
A Decade of Workforce Planning & Advocacy
The Annapolis Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the recruitment, retention, training and performance of the prevention and treatment workforce in the mental health and addictions sectors of the behavioral health field. As part of this effort, it seeks to strengthen the workforce role of persons in recovery and family members in caring for themselves and each other, as well as improving the capacity of all health and human service personnel to respond to the behavioral health needs of the individuals they serve. The Coalition is celebrating its 10th year as the nation’s leader in strategic planning regarding the behavioral health workforce; advisor to federal agencies and commissions on workforce issues; and provider of technical assistance to states and non-profit organizations on practical workforce development quality improvement initiatives.
Concluding a two-year, federally funded strategic planning process that involved over 5,000 individuals, the Annapolis Coalition released the national Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development in 2007. Six national searches for Innovation in workforce development have been conducted, including the most recent Pacesetter Award. The Coalition has brought multiple professional and advocacy groups together to strengthen workforce Competencies, and played a key role in developing the Alaskan Core Competencies. It has generated a substantial body of peer-reviewed publications and applied that knowledge in the provision of Technical Assistance to states and organizations.