Our most pressing and passionate goal: Building a workforce to serve the underserved11/14/2018 12:00:00 PMStaff ReportOur most pressing and passionate goal: Building a workforce to serve the underservedFrom left to right: Emily Crain, Nicholas Covino, PsyD, Antoine Salvador, PsyD, Samantha Higgins, Regina Banks and Christopher Rosales.Our most pressing and passionate goal: Building a workforce to serve the underservedBy the year 2025 the behavioral health workforce in the United States will be short 250,000 workers. It is a looming gap that consumes William James College President Nicholas Covino. It’s the reason he has collaborated with school leaders, department chairs and professors to create the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Program Initiative, develop a bachelor’s degree program, and forge partnerships with corporate, civic, and philanthropic thought leaders. William James College has become the unstoppable force meeting the immoveable object that is the depleted behavioral health workforce.Around CampusAround Campus