National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health® http://www.nrchmh.org Changing Minds, Advancing Knowledge, Transforming Lives™ Mon, 14 May 2012 19:57:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Presentations from 2nd Annual Latino Conference now online http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/presentations-from-2nd-annual-latino-conference-now-online/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/presentations-from-2nd-annual-latino-conference-now-online/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 21:19:17 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=826 Thank you to everyone who attended the NRCHMH’s 2nd National Latino Mental Health Conference: Transforming Mental Health for Latinos through Policy, Research, Practice, and Leadership. The conference was held  April 22-24, 2012 at the Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Miami, Florida.

PDFs from the Keynote, Plenary and Workshop Sessions are now available online by clicking here.

If you would like to receive emails about future conferences, please contact Henry Acosta.

]]> http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/presentations-from-2nd-annual-latino-conference-now-online/feed/ 0 2012 Scholarship Now Accepting Applications http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/2012-scholarship-now-accepting-applications/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/2012-scholarship-now-accepting-applications/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:53:53 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=818 Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Hispanic Higher Education Scholarship.

Click here for more information and to download an application.

The Hispanic Higher Education Scholarship Fund (HHESF) aims at increasing the number of available bilingual individuals of Hispanic origin to meet the behavioral health needs of Hispanics.  The HHESF is specifically targeted to individuals of Hispanic origin who are proficient in English and Spanish and possess a baccalaureate degree acceptable in the United States, who are interested in or are pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited college or university, and who commit to working at a New Jersey-based community mental health center for one year during or after their Master’s program.  The HHESF is administered by the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health.  The amount of and the number of scholarships to be given will be determined by the funds raised up to the scholarship notification date, and is based on money generated through the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health’s fundraising efforts for the scholarship fund.

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For description, requirements, hours and how to apply, please click to download Word Doc.

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For description, requirements, hours and how to apply, please click to download Word Doc.

]]> http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/clinician/feed/ 0 Mental Health Advocate  http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/mental-health-advocate%c2%a0/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/mental-health-advocate%c2%a0/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:44:44 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=809 Trenton, NJ

For job description, requirements, hours, and how to apply, please click to download Word Doc.

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For description, hours, and how to apply, please click to download the Word Doc.

]]> http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/residential-counselor/feed/ 0 Model Mental Health Guide http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/model-mental-health-guide/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/model-mental-health-guide/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:15:12 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=37 Recommended steps to improve access to and quality of Mental Health Services for Hispanics.

Click here for full information
Click here to see the guidelines PDF

]]> http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/model-mental-health-guide/feed/ 0 Alliance http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/alliance/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/alliance/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:14:53 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=43 In an effort to address the Latino behavioral health workforce crisis, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH), and its grantee, the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, convened the nation’s first-ever roundtable discussion on developing a mental health workforce for Latinos, titled Movilizandonos por Nuestro Futuro: Strategic Development of a Mental Health Workforce for Latinos.

 

 

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Click here for a snapshot of the Alliance’s mission
Click here to see the Alliance’s members
Click here to view the Alliance’s presentation, conducted at the NCLR Annual Conference

]]> http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/alliance/feed/ 0 Hispanic Higher Education Scholarship Fund http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/hispanic-higher-education-scholarship-fund/ http://www.nrchmh.org/2012/05/01/hispanic-higher-education-scholarship-fund/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:15:50 +0000 administrator http://www.nrchmh.org/?p=46 The Hispanic Higher Education Scholarship Fund is aimed at increasing the number of available bilingual individuals of Hispanic origin to meet the behavioral health needs of Hispanics.

Click here for more information.

 

 

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