ASU Receives $5.9 Million Federal Dollars to Train Mental Health Professionals


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Alabama State University’s Mental Health Professionals Program (MHSP) has just received federal dollars to train mental health professionals to address the growing national shortfall.

ASU was awarded a five-year $5.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The announcement comes on the heels of a new CDC report that finds suicide deaths are on the rise among high school students and more people have thought about taking their lives.

“The ASU MHSP program’s goal is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in Montgomery Public Schools,” said Dr. Carl Pettis, principal investigator.

ASU’s MHSP program, Pettis noted, will work to fill the needs around mental health professional to student ratio, community mental health needs as it relates to school and community violence, and support with chronic absenteeism, academic deficits, and other risk factors.
 
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