While additional training is valuable, the draft creates major challenges:
It is unclear whether trainings will be provided by the state or must be arranged and funded or presented by providers. This type of information needs to be clear for providers to begin to prepare to avoid gaps in between the two services changing over and retiring.
Many providers are already on long waitlists for MAP training due to limited slots. Without a contingency plan, access will remain inequitable. this was seen previously with MST and FFT training rollouts, leaving some agencies with no ability to provide those services due to astronomical costs, thus still losing more business if they have to refer to that service regardless.
These requirements will delay onboarding of new staff, worsening workforce shortages and really hurting the budget for these increased administrative costs
Additional trainings create significant administrative costs that many agencies cannot absorb. This is not sustainable without support some how