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EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 2009

 

About the AAMFT/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program

The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program's objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations, and to increase the number of doctoral level culturally competent ethnic minority Marriage and Family therapists. Our goal is to do this by providing financial support and professional guidance to ethnic minority graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in Marriage and Family therapy. Our mission–consistent with the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and other federal initiatives to reduce health disparities—is to increase the pool of talented, culturally competent doctoral-level researchers, teachers and practitioners dedicated to assisting underserved minorities.

Funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), AAMFT has created the Minority Fellowship Program to support the training of practitioners or practitioner/researchers in culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services, treatment and prevention. This fellowship program is directed at Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral students who are committed to research about and service to ethnic minority and underserved populations.

An MFP fellowship is more than a simple scholarship that only provides financial support. An MFP fellowship is a professional training appointment into a community of other students and professionals who hold similar professional interests. Indeed, the MFP provides stipends, or living allowances, to students who hold the fellowships. However, we also facilitate leadership development and provide professional guidance with the aim of deepening the skills sets and knowledge base of the fellows in areas related to minority mental health research and services.

 

Basic Eligibility

Ø      Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents with an permanent residents registration card (I-151 or I-551). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

Ø      Applicants must demonstrate a strong commitment to a career in  minority mental health and substance abuse services. This commitment must be demonstrated in the application essays, graduate school curriculum or training plan, practicum and internship training experiences, and thesis and dissertation topics developed.

Ø      Applicants should be enrolled full-time in a COAMFTE accredited doctoral program.

Ø      African American, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students are especially encouraged to apply.

Ø      This fellowship is aimed at Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral students specializing in providing substance abuse and mental health services to minority and underserved populations.

 

AAMFT/MFP Financial Support and Training Benefits

Ø      Financial Support (3 year maximum. Must be renewed annually)

v     $20,000.00 stipend per student to be used for all related costs of doctoral program attendance and training.

Ø      Financial support for AAMFT/MFP’s Winter and Summer Training Institutes which provide training specific to providing cultural competence, mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations.

Ø      Travel support to the AAMFT Conference

v     $1500.00 to cover all costs of attendance at the AAMFT Annual Conference--attendance at the conference will provide continuing education and cross-collaboration with faculty and other leaders in the field, as well as an opportunity to present their work.

Ø      Access to information and resources

Ø      Lifetime network of professional association with Marriage and Family Therapists interested in ethnic minority mental health and services

 

AAMFT/MFP PROGRAM LINKS

Welcome from the Minority Fellowship Program Director

Minority Fellowship Program Cultural Competence/Substance Abuse

 Training Program

2008-2009 Minority Fellowship Program Fellows

Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Committee

Minority Fellowship Program Staff

Minority Fellowship Program FAQ's

 

APPLICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Applicants should begin by reviewing the application procedures found by clicking here.

To bypass the procedures and go straight to the 2009-2010 Application, click here

All application materials must be post marked by February 20, 2009 in order to be considered.

Advisory Committee Login - Click Here

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information, contact:

Àdisà Àjàmú

Program Manager

Minority Fellowship Program

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

112 S. Alfred Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 253-0473 Ofc.

(703) 253-0508 Fax

aamft_mfp@aamft.org Email

 For a printable version of the MFP announcement, please click here.

Links to Important Sites

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Other SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Programs:

 


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