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18 August 2025 Always Looking Ahead in Light of Workforce Shortages CFG’s Workforce Development Programs Increase Staff Retention In addition, CFG provides all the faculty positions for a psychiatry residency programdeveloped by Prime Healthcare, which owns St. Clare’s and St. Mary’s Hospitals. This partnership, which includes NewYorkMedical College, began its fifth year in July 2025 with 43 residents. CFG does evenmore through an affiliation with Cooper University Health Care’s continued from page 17 The shortage of behavioral healthcare providers is especially stark in psychiatry. With this in mind, CFG also supports psychiatry residency programs. For example, CFG, along with Rowan University, provides faculty for Inspira Health Network’s psychiatry residency program, which began its fourth year in July 2025 with 18 residents. psychiatry residency program. CFG provides faculty for Cooper’s psychiatry residents at Northbrook Behavioral HealthHospital. Plans to expandworkforce development also include non-medical providers. “We’re looking tomodel this for clinicians and social workers and aim to launch this in 2026,” DeFeo said.