SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for Culturally Competent Mental Health Counselors

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is offering the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grant to reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing culturally competent mental health counselors. Established in 1974 by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), MFP aims to train practitioners sensitive to cultural issues and language barriers for underserved minority communities. This grant opportunity, expanding eligibility to professional counselors, addresses behavioral health workforce shortages aligned with SAMHSA’s initiatives and the Affordable Care Act. Applications must support health reform to enhance access to quality care and reduce disparities.

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Opportunity ID: 168094

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General Information

Document Type:: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:: SM-12-010
Funding Opportunity Title:: Minority Fellowship Program
Opportunity Category:: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity:: Health
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards:: 1
Assistance Listings Number(s):: 93.243 — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services_Projects of Regional and National Significance
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: No
Version:: Synopsis 1
Posted Date:: Apr 27, 2012
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications:: May 25, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:: May 25, 2012
Archive Date:: Jun 24, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding:: $ 825,000
Award Ceiling:: $825,000
Award Floor:: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:: H. Rept. 112-331 which accompanied the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 stated that, “[w]ithin the funds provided for the Minority Fellowship Program, the conferees have provided an increase in funding to allow SAMHSA to increase the pool of culturally competent mental health professionals by granting professional counselors eligibility to participate in the program.” Professional counselors are highly trained and well qualified mental health professionals who deliver culturally appropriate behavioral health services to diverse populations.

In order to meet this directive, eligibility is restricted to national organizations serving mental health professional counselors that are dedicated to the growth, advancement and enhancement of the counseling profession, including promoting the professional competence of professional counselors. Applicant organizations must—either solely or in partnership with its affiliates—have direct involvement in curriculum development, school accreditation, and pre-/post-doctoral training, and must have demonstrated mechanisms and databases in place for identifying candidate students for Minority Fellowship awards. Organizations that meet these criteria are uniquely qualified to administer the Minority Fellowship program.

All applicant organizations must complete the Certificate of Eligibility (see Appendix J of the RFA) indicating that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements and have provided the necessary information as specified in the Certificate of Eligibility.

The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for-profit agencies.

Cost sharing/matching is not required in this program.

Additional Information

Agency Name:: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin
Description:: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2012 Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grant program. The purpose of this two year grant program is to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes of racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent mental health counselors available to underserved minority populations in public and private non-profit sectors.

The mental health and substance abuse needs of racial and ethnic minority communities in the United States have been historically underserved due to the lack of trained practitioners sensitive to the cultural issues and/or equipped with the language skills that impact effective services delivery. In 1974, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) established the MFP to enhance services to minority communities through specialized training of mental health professionals in psychiatry, nursing, social work, and psychology. In 1992, SAMHSA was established, and the MFP was transferred from NIMH to CMHS in SAMHSA. Eligibility for this grant program was expanded by Congress in FY 2007 to include a fifth professional association, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. This fiscal year, Congress expanded the eligibility for this program to include professional counselors, to increase the pool of culturally competent mental health professionals.

SAMHSA has demonstrated that behavioral health is essential to health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce health care and other costs to society. Continued improvement in the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services provides a cost prevention, treatment and recovery support services; SAMHSA has identified eight Strategic Initiatives to focus the Agency’s work on people and emerging opportunities. More information is available at the SAMHSA website: www.samhsa.gov/About/strategy.aspx.

The MFP closely aligns with the Affordable Care Act and SAMHSA’s Eight Strategic Initiatives by addressing the current and projected behavioral health workforce shortages and the need to train practitioners on recovery-based practices. Applications responsive to this RFA must support or expand capacity to address the following Strategic Initiative:

Health Reform
Broaden health coverage to increase access to appropriate high quality care, and to reduce disparities that currently exist between the availability of services for substance abuse, mental disorders, and other medical conditions.

Minority Fellowship Program grants are authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2020 and the Mental Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area HP 2020-MHMD and Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA.

Link to Additional Information::
Grantor Contact Information:: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings: 93.243
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID: PKG00119450
Opening Date: Apr 27, 2012
Closing Date: May 25, 2012
Agency Contact Information:: LCDR Monique Richards, MSW
Who Can Apply:: Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1]
Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4]
Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1]
HHS Checklist (08-2007) [V2.1]
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1]
Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1]
Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0]
optional_forms Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2]
Other Attachments Form [V1.1]

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Packages

Assistance Listings Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions Who Can Apply:
93.243 PKG00119450 Apr 27, 2012 May 25, 2012 View LCDR Monique Richards, MSW Organization Applicants

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