Workforce Development

SAMHSA has sponsored a project on workforce development, the Annapolis Coalition, that has resulted in the action plan described below:

Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development
Describes a broad, national workforce development plan for the behavioral health workforce. Covers workforce issues relevant to persons with mental health conditions, substance abuse or substance use disorders, and co-occurring mental and addictive conditions. Includes a chapter focused on rural behavioral health workforce issues. document (1.8MB)

CADCAT and Addiction

CADCAT has funding available to sponsor local screenings of the HBO and RWJF program Addiction.

Through the funding provided to CADCAT from CADCA, Reckitt Benckiser, and Cephalon we are able to make available stipends of up to $250 to coalitions interested in hosting “Town Hall” meetings focused on the HBO special, “Addiction.”

As long as funds last, CADCAT will make them available on a first come, first served basis, based on an application which includes the following information:

Event(s) budget
Location(s)
Time and date(s)
Who will lead the event(s)
How many people will be invited
Plans for publicity

Follow-up (evaluations from attendees, increased capacity-building due to the networking at the event, etc.)

(Your plan may either be a single event or multiple meetings.)

Individual organizations are not eligible for these funds. If your organization is a sector-member of a coalition, the coalition may apply for a maximum of $250.

To apply for a stipend for your coalition, please send this information to me by either mail or email.

Regards,

Pam

Pam White, Executive Director
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Across Tennessee (CADCAT)
1120 Dickerson Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
pwhite@cadcat.org

Grant Opportunity

The Department of Labor has funding available for employment and education for adolescents through its YouthBuild program (award range: $700,000-$1,000,000).

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $47 million in grant funds for YouthBuild Grants. YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses several core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today’s global economy.

The due date 03 July 2007. The grant summary page is here; the full grant announcement is here.

Scholarships for Training in MET/CBT5

The T-ACT project is sponsoring scholarships for providers interested in learning the MET/CBT5, an evidence-based method providing combinations of motivational enhancement therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy in 5 sessions to adolescents. Here is Nancy's email:

Everyone,

The T-ACT project, through funding from SAMHSA, is providing free training in evidence-based practices to providers of adolescent substance abuse services.

The T-ACT project has scheduled 2.5 days of MET/CBT5 training on June 4-6, 2007 in Nashville, TN. MET/CBT5 corresponds to two individual sessions of Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) combined with three group sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

The T-ACT project will be awarding 30 scholarships to attend this training. In addition, we will be awarding scholarships for MET/CBT5 certification and to become local Tennessee MET/CBT5 trainers.

If you are interested in participating in the MET/CBT5 training, please click on this link (or copy this link to your browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=378033844994) and fill out a brief ten item application. The survey must be completed electronically and returned by 5 PM on Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Also forward this survey to others who may be interested. We would like statewide representation. Travel awards are not available for this training.

Thanks all!

Nancy

Please note the following:

• to apply, you must complete the survey above;
  
• you must complete it by 5 pm CT on 23 May;
  
• the scholarship only covers the training element, not travel; and,
  
• additional details are contained in the introduction to the survey, which you can see after clicking the link.