Agency | Type of Agency | Graduate Students | Method of Service Delivery | Impact of COVID-19 | Level of Integration |
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Agency 1 (Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC]) | Integrated primary care with behavioral health practitioners (BHPs) delivering mental health services. | Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counseling | In-person till March 19, 2020. | Students continued to see patients remotely. | Agency is fully integrated. PCPs did not always refer patients to students. |
Agency 2 (FQHC) | Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services. | Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counselor | In-person till March 20, 2020. | Students continued to see patients both in-person and remotely. | Agency is fully integrated. Agency supervision sometimes lacking. |
Agency 3 (FQHC) | Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services. | Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner | In-person till March 20, 2020. | Students provided a limited number of services remotely. | Agency is fully integrated. But students did not always have opportunities for working directly with PCPs. |
Agency 4 (Community clinic) | Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services. | Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counselor, and Family Nurse Practitioner | In-person till March 20, 2020. | Students had option to provide services remotely. Agency closed in May 2020 due to COVID-19 for summer. | Early stages of integration. Students had many opportunities for providing group therapy but not individual sessions. |
Agency 5 (Community clinic) | Integrated primary care agency with drop-in center for homeless population. Offers mental health and psychosocial support. Also serves individuals with HIV. | Social Work, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner | In-person till March 20, 2020. | Students provided a limited number of services remotely. | Agency is working toward becoming fully integrated. Students had limited opportunities for collaboration. |
Agency 6 (Community clinic) | Integrated primary care with behavioral health specialist delivering mental health services. | Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counseling | In-person till March 20, 2019. | Students provided a limited number of services remotely. Clinical supervisor was reassigned, so students had to terminate with patients early. | Agency is fully integrated. Also a training facility for other mental health professionals. Thus, patient flow was limited. |