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Expand Efforts to Promote the Use of Technology to Improve Access to Mental Health Services

HumRRO in collaboration with the University of Colorado/Denver

The following activities are part of this venture:

• Expand the TeleHealth care services in communities served by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• A Resource Guide on how a community can implement a TeleMental health service is now online, Click here...
• Implement a systematic research program that focuses on TeleHealth care service for 15 American Indian Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming

Facilitate the Implementation of Specialized Curriculum and Training on Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Children's Mental Health

HumRRO in collaboration with The National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations (NAMBHA)

As part of the EMHD Initiative, a Training of Trainers (TOT) Curriculum for CLC will be constructed. The following activities are part of this task:

• Establish a Steering Committee for the TOT Curriculum to include representatives of NAMBHA, AIR, Georgetown University, NNED, the EMHD External Workgroup and HumRRO
• Conduct research on curricula designs and models to include curricula materials on cultural and linguistic competence and/or disparities
• Finalize the TOT Curriculum content and materials
• Identify trainers and trainees and conduct one pilot training for the TOT Curriculum
• Produce a final TOT Curriculum and related materials

Expand Efforts to Increase Workforce of Color by Increasing Commitment to Universities

HumRRO in collaboration with The University of South Florida

• This project involves conducting an outreach program to relevant universities and colleges as well as developing and offering a Graduate Certificate in Children's Mental Health with an emphasis on Systems of Care
• USF will expand this program to universities and colleges with large enrollments of students of color in an effort to increase the workforce of color
• Targeted outreach and involvement will be conducted to engage and involve entities such as:

§ Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs)
§ Tribal Colleges
§ Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACUs)

Implement and Evaluate a Training Curriculum to Providers Working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Children, Youth and Families

HumRRO in collaboration with the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)

The following activities are part of this task:
• Finalize an outline of the modified Children's Training Curriculum
• Deliver and evaluate a pilot course on the Children's Training Curriculum
• Develop a Training Plan that includes recommendations on how to implement the curriculum