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MINORITY FELLOWSHIP E-NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 2018- IN THIS ISSUE
- Main Page P1
- A Prescription for Solving the Behavioral Workforce Crisis P2
- Drug Courts Come on 30 Years P3
- Professional Development Opportunities (Conferences, Calls for Papers, Training) P4
- News and Views P5
- What the Minority Fellowship Program Has Meant to Recent Fellows P6
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“The humble improve.”
—Wynton Marsalis
Minority Fellowship E-News is a product of the Minority Fellowship Program Coordinating Center (SAMHSA contract no. HHSS 2832–0120–0037i) and serves the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, its MFP Grantees, and the MFP Grantees' Fellows and Alumni.
The views, opinions, and content of this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of SAMHSA or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
America Is Facing a Behavioral Healthcare Workforce Crisis
by Michael A. Hoge, Ph.D.
The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce has developed the Annapolis Framework, which contains nine strategic goals to guide planning and action on workforce development. Read More
How Have Drug Courts—and Their Close Cousins, Mental Health Courts—Fared Since Their Introduction Nearly 30 Years Ago?
by Caroline Cooper
In August 1989, the nation’s first drug court was introduced in Miami–Dade County, Fla., as an experiment to deal with rampant drug use and associated criminal activity. Judge Herbert Klein, the key architect of the drug court model, said those who helped him create the model held a fundamental “belief in the redemption of human beings.” Today, more than 3,000 such courts operate throughout the nation. Read More
‘We’re All in This Together’
by Michael Hopps
Gratitude. Pride. Connection to a worldwide community. A burning need to give back. Three recent graduates of the Minority Fellowship Program—plus one who recently had her Fellowship extended a year—describe what the MFP has meant to them. Read More