Program Supplements for Minority Fellowship Program-Addiction Counselors (MFP–AC)

Funding Opportunity Number: TI-16-016 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.243Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-SAMHSClosing Date: May 17, 2016Award Ceiling: $406,346Expected Number of Awards: 2Creation Date: Mar 16, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), announces the availability of one-year supplemental funding to enable grantees from the FY 2014 Now is the Time: Minority Fellowship Program-Addiction Counselors (NITT-MFP-AC) cohort to expand/enhance grant activities required under the 2014 Request for Applications (RFA), TI-14-010. Information on this program may be found in the original funding announcement, available on the SAMHSA website at http://media.samhsa.gov/Grants/archives.aspx.The purpose of the NITT: MFP-AC program is to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent master’s level addiction counselors available to underserved minority populations, with a specific focus on transition age youth (ages 16-25) in public and private non-profit sectors. The current NITT-MFP-AC grants support students pursuing master’s level degree...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding