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Kinship Care Reports Now Available 


Kinship Badge New The Council on Children and Families is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2012 KIDS COUNT outreach partner. In its first policy
report of the year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the increased number of children living with extended family and close friends, a longtime practice known as kinship care. Stepping Up for Kids: What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families includes the latest data for states, the District of Columbia, and the nation, as well as a set of recommendations on how to support kinship families.  

 

For information on kinship care in New York State, view the
New York State brief,  Kinship Children in New York State.  

A  New York State Quick Fact Sheet is also available. 

Training Grants Available 
An Effort to Increase Number of Social Workers and Psychologists to Work with High-Need Populations 


The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA's) Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants Program supports eligible institutions of higher education to recruit students and provide education and clinical experience in mental and behavioral health. The program aims to increase the number of social workers and psychologists who pursue clinical work with high-need and high-demand populations
.Money Bag Grant  

 

For this funding opportunity, "high need" and "high demand" refer to rural, vulnerable, and/or under-served populations, and veterans, military personnel and their families.

 

Eligible applicants are accredited schools of social work and psychology. Up to 20 grants at a maximum level of $480,275 will be awarded. The submission deadline is June 15, 2012.

 

 

View the Full Grant Announcement | Learn More About This Opportunity

 
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement, please email:
[email protected] or call 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772.
"It's Okay to Talk About It" Grant Program  

Funding available for projects focused on the mental health needs of young adults  mental health foundation


The Mental Health Foundation  is pleased to announce its 2012 "It's OK to Talk About It" Grant Initiative. 
Funding is available to individuals and not-for-profit organizations to support projects designed to improve access to mental health related education and services for young adults. The "It's Okay to Talk About It" grant program was suggested to the foundation by Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson.

 

This grant program has been established to support initiatives encouraging young people dealing with the challenges of mental illness.

Thank you for your continued interest in ENGAGE.

The ENGAGE Team

 

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Information presented in this newsletter is not all inclusive and does not imply endorsement of any particular methodology or program.