SAMHSA awards $62.4 million in grants to combat child trauma

 

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SAMHSA awards $62.4 million in grants to combat child trauma, with $800,000 in American Rescue Plan funds   The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is distributing $62.4 million in grant funding to provide and increase access to effective treatment and services systems in communities throughout the nation for children, adolescents, and their families who experience traumatic events. The White House is bolstering these awards with $800,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) support.   Read More

“Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality”. Tuesday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m.

 

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HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series on “Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality” with Dr. Gilbert Gee Please join us in welcoming Gilbert C. Gee, Ph.D. as the next speaker for the HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series on Tuesday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Dr. Gee is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His research focuses on the social determinants of health inequities of racial, ethnic and immigrant minority populations and seeks to understand how racism affects health across multiple levels and across the life course. Founded in 2014, the Health Disparities Interest Group (HDIG), aims to advance biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and population sciences research to further understanding of health disparities and illuminate interventions to reduce and eliminate health disparities. HDIG and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Division of Intramural Research (NIMHD DIR) are working together to produce a quarterly HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series, inviting nationally renowned speakers to present foundational and cutting-edge research related to health disparities.   “Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality” Tuesday, July 13, 2021 10:30–11:30 a.m. ET Join Zoom Event Meeting ID: 161 545 0198 Passcode: 745939 This lecture will be held virtually and can be viewed through Zoom. Learn More

Webinar. Black Farmers, Rainbow Push. July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST

Black Farmers Webinar on  tomorrow, July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST.  This Webinar is being presented by The Rainbow Push Peachtree Street Project of Atlanta, Georgia.  Registration information is listed below:

To Register in advance for this Webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QBbLDDXASpuu7OWS09qIlw