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SAMHSA's Minority Fellowship ProgramBackground: Minorities make up approximately one fourth of the population, but only about 10 percent of mental health providers are ethnic minorities. The goal of this program is to increase the pool of professionals qualified to provide leadership, consultation, training, and administration to government, public and private organizations that develop and implement programs for under-served ethnic minority persons with mental and/or substance abuse disorders. Through this program, CMHS provides grants to encourage and facilitate the doctoral and post-doctoral development of minority nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. In the Supplement to the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health: Mental Health, Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, it was noted cultural competence underscores the recognition of the patients' cultures and then develops a set of skills, knowledge, and policies to deliver effective treatment...services tailored to culture would be more inviting would minorities to get treatment, and would improve their outcome once in treatment... [However,] no empirical data are yet available...[regarding] clinical outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities... (DHHS, p. 36, 2001). Purpose: The purpose of the MFP is to both facilitate the entry of ethnic minority students into mental health careers and increase the number of psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, and social workers trained to teach, administer, and provide direct mental health and substance abuse services to ethnic minority groups. SAMHSA is committed to services that are professional, competent and effectively meet the critical mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment needs of the Nation's diverse population.The goals of the MFP are:
Outcomes: Since its start in 1973, the MFP has helped to support doctoral-level training of almost 1000 ethnic minority psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and social workers. These individuals often serve in key leadership positions in mental health and substance abuse direct services, services supervision, services research, training, and administration. Budget: Increased from $1,090,000 in FY 2000 to $3,090,000 in FY 2001, continued at $3,090,000 in FY 2002. More information: Contact the Minority Fellowship Program grantees listed below: James Jones, Ph.D., Director, Minority Fellowship Program Kim Knickerson, Ph.D., Deputy Director Daisey Clipper
Faye Gary, Ph.D., Director
Janet Jackson
Annelle B. Primm, M.D.
Marilyn King Aracelis Francis, Ph.D., Director, Minority Fellowship Program Related Program: Minority Medical Students Program: 11/18/2004 |
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