Health Notes: Grant targets mental health
Mental-health internships to tribal and rural areas of northern Minnesota will be expanded, thanks to a three-year grant to the Department of Social Work at the University of Minnesota Duluth.By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune
Mental-health internships to tribal and rural areas of northern Minnesota will be expanded, thanks to a three-year grant to the Department of Social Work at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
The $440,000 grant is one of about 20 awarded nationally by the Health Resources and Services Administration, according to a UMD news release. The money will be used mostly for student stipends, the release said.
“The grant addresses a critical need for more highly qualified clinical social workers to address the mental-health care shortage in northern Minnesota, particularly in rural communities,” project director Melanie Shepard said in the news release.
The Arrowhead region is designated as a mental-health professional shortage area and has well-documented health and mental-health challenges that impact veterans and American Indian populations in particular, the release said.
Collaborating agencies include Fond du Lac Human Services Division, Leech Lake Band Human Services, Essentia Health Duluth Behavioral Health, Duluth Vet Center, Human Development Center, Accend Services, Duluth Institute, St. Louis County Adult Mental Health and Woodland Hills.
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