SEPT NIBJ: Kootenai County short on mental health professionals
Heritage Health CEO Mike Baker
All of Idaho is designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area for mental healthcare providers, according to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials.
According to IDHW, there are two different types of HPSAs: geographic and population. Geographic ones have a shortage of providers for an entire area, whereas population ones have a shortage for a specific group of people in an area such as the homeless or low-income for example. Kootenai County falls into the former.
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