Graduate Social Work Receives $1.9M HRSA Award
Toward Meeting Demand for Mental Health Practitioners
The Master of Social Work Program at Alabama A&M University (AAMU) has received a $1.9 million award to help its students meet workforce demands for mental health practitioners specializing in integrative behavioral health. The four-year award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will provide AAMU $479,917 annually further the second phase of its Behavioral Health Workforce Training Program (BHWTP-2).
AAMU is one of 168 organizations across the nation to receive awards totaling $66 million. It also joins only three other grantees in Alabama to receive the award during this funding cycle (i.e., Auburn University, Samford University and UAB).
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