This presentation occurred at The 2024 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat during The 2024 OPEN MINDS Workforce Best Practices Summit. Attendees discussed on “best practices” in talent management to help executives navigate the ongoing competition for skilled professionals and ensure long-term sustainability in the changing market. Vivian Hernandez, MSHRM-SCP, Associate Vice President, HR Business Partner, Clarvida (formerly known as Pathways), and Mike Ernst, SHRM-SCP, Senior Vice President Of People Operations, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, spoke on the current and future ramifications of the behavioral health workforce shortage, the practical solutions providers and other states are doing to combat the shortage and compared and contrasted innovative strategies for workforce retention.