Funding-Limited Submission- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals (HRSA-14-077); April 29, 2014

 

Description: In support of the White House’s Now is the Time initiative, the FY 2014 Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals grant program aims to expand the mental health and substance abuse (jointly referred to as behavioral health throughout the funding opportunity announcement) workforce serving children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth at risk for developing or who have developed a recognized behavioral health disorder.  Grantees will be expected to expand the behavioral health workforce by supporting pre-degree clinical internships and field placements for students at accredited master’s-level schools and programs of social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, and professional counseling that require a pre-degree clinical field placement in behavioral health; as well as, supporting doctoral-level health service psychology internship programs (including health services psychology, clinical psychology and counseling psychology) and/or doctoral-level health service psychology schools and programs.  All internships and field placements need to focus on working with at-risk children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth, and involve experiential training that offers participation in established interprofessional and integrated teams.

 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are:

·         Accredited master’s-level schools and programs of:

o    Social work

o    Health services psychology (clinical and counseling)

o    Marriage and family therapy

o    Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner;

o    Professional counseling (including the areas of mental health and addiction/substance use disorder counseling)

·         Accredited doctoral-level psychology schools, programs, and internships of:

o    Health services psychology;

o    Clinical psychology, and,

o    Counseling psychology.

 

Cost Sharing: Match is required for Doctoral Level Internships where applicable to cover any student stipend costs beyond $20,000 per geographic reimbursement requirements set by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers’ (APPIC).

No match is required for training for Master’s level students.

 

See the full program solicitation for more information:  http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=253408

 

Institutional Limit: An institution is allowed to submit up to two applications, however, the applications cannot be for the same type of school or program.  An institution is allowed, for example, to submit one application for its master’s-level marriage and family therapy and one application for its master’s-level professional counseling program.

 

Internal Competition:  Because HRSA limits the number of proposals to two per applicant, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process.  Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program should send the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, April 29, 2014:

  1. Names and departments of the Project Director and project personnel;
  2. Title of the program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
  3. Name of program, including degree, seeking support;

4.     Provide a brief abstract (2 pages max) of the proposed project including the project goals and objectives.

5.     If cost sharing will be offered, include an estimated budget with match and potential sources of funding for that match. Note:  Because of ongoing commitments, the Office of the Vice President for Research is unable to provide matching funds.

 

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.) 

 

HRSA Deadline: June 3, 2014