| June 30, 2021 | View as a webpage |  |        | July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month  National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for racial and ethnic minority groups to get access to mental health and substance-use treatment services. Throughout the month, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will focus on promoting tools and resources addressing the stigma about mental health among racial and ethnic minority populations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. | OMH Announces NEW Notice of Funding Opportunity: Minority Leaders Development Program  OMH administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. Through the Minority Leaders Development Program grant, OMH will fund projects to develop and implement a fellowship program at HHS to provide training in health equity issues and leadership to early-career individuals. The grant aims to enhance skills and competencies necessary for federal leadership among participants through a curriculum focused on health care policy, leadership skill-building, and cultural competence.
Deadline is August 17, 6:00 pm ET. | Spotlight on the OMH Knowledge Center Online Catalog  The OMH Knowledge Center has over 5,000 articles and documents on racial and ethnic minority mental health topics. One example is Reimagining Behavioral Health: A New Vision for Whole-Family, Whole-Community Behavioral Health, a report published by the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality and Mental Health America. To access this document, use call number MH19D14749 to search via the OMH Knowledge Center Online Catalog (KC-OPAC). To browse the KC-OPAC's collection on mental health, click here. | |  | | Funding | | I Strengthen My Nation:
AI/AN Community Projects Substance misuse challenge for American
Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Deadline is July 7.
Safe & Stable Families Mental wellness and Social Determinants of
Health (SDOH) grant for Oregon-based organizations from the PGE Foundation.
Deadline is July 10.
Emotion Regulation, Aging
and Mental Disorder Research grant from the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Aging.
Deadline is October 5. | | Research Education Programs for Health Professionals: Alcohol and Other Substance Use Grant from NIDA and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is July 10.
African American Child and Family Research Center Family health and SDOH cooperative agreement from the Administration for Children & Families.
Deadline is July 12.
Prevention of Perinatal Depression: Intervention Delivery for At-Risk Individuals Research grant from NIMH.
Deadline for LOI is October 9. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Latinx Chicanx Behavioral
Health Network Meeting Hosted by the Institute of Chicanx Psychology and the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
July 13, 7:00 pm ET. Providing Inclusive & Integrated Services to LGBTQ+ Individuals Webinar hosted by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
July 27, 1:00 pm ET. Building 988: An Opportunity to Build Inclusive Care Structures Suicide prevention workshop hosted by the National Academies of Science and Medicine.
July 28, 11:00 am ET. | | 10th Annual National Native Harm Reduction Summit Virtual conference hosted by the National
Indian Health Board.
July 21-23. Virtual NAMICon 2021 Virtual conference hosted by the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
July 27-28. Addressing Integrated Behavioral Health in a Maternal Child Health Care Setting Webinar hosted by the Bureau of Primary Health Care Behavioral Health Technical Assistance.
July 29, 2:00 pm ET. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19  Join the National Hispanic Medical Association for Session 9 of the
COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Series: COVID-19 and Vaccination Roundtable: Mythbusters Edition on June 30 at 7:00 pm ET. The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute has published COVID-19 and LGBT Adults Ages 45 and Older in the US, a report that examines the differences in the health and economic impact of COVID-19 related to race and ethnicity among LGBTQ+ people ages 45 and older. The U.S. Army Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN) project addresses the shortage of critical care trained clinicians to provide COVID-19 healthcare. The NETCCN is an evolving network of clinical care teams that provide expert medical advice to anyone who needs it, wherever they may be, using network enabled mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, or computers. | Maternal Health Campaign: Hear Her  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hear Her maternal health campaign has created a new, Urgent Maternal Warning Sign Poster that visually represents the 15 urgent maternal warning signs developed by the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. The poster is available in several languages, including Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Somali, Tagalog, and more. For more resources, including palm cards, microsites, and video PSAs, please visit the Hear Her campaign website. | Resources: Men's Mental Health  As Men's Health Month draws to a close, OMH encourages all men to continue to take care of their mental health. We invite you to explore the following resources: - The Brother, You're on My Mind Toolkit was developed by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in African American men.
- The Black Emotional + Mental Health Collective (BEAM) Black Masculinity Reimagined is a community-building initiative that addresses the intersection of male socialization, mental health, and community violence.
- Man Therapy is a website that uses humor to encourage men to learn about mental health issues by breaking down social stigmas around seeking help.
| Racism and Mental Health Video Series: Facing the Divide  Facing the Divide: Psychology's Conversation on Race and Health is a video series designed to bring psychological science to the conversation regarding the connections among race, racism, and health. Created by the American Psychological Association for use by psychologists and other mental health professionals, the series can help you to facilitate constructive dialogues around race in the classroom or workplace. The series includes a discussion guide and covers topics such as racism, micro-aggressions, and the impact of race-related stress on children. | |  | | Clinical Trials | Intervention for Comorbid Substance Use and Bipolar Disorders This study, sponsored by Butler Hospital and NIMH, seeks volunteers age 18 years or older with a diagnosis of a bipolar-spectrum disorder and a substance use disorder who are taking at least one mood-stabilizing medication. The study will be carried out at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
COVID-19 Psychological First Aid This study, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health (JHUCAIH), seeks frontline workers age 18 years or older who are responding or responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in AI/AN communities. The study will be carried out online. |  | | Workforce Development | CADCA 20th Annual Mid-Year Training Institute The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Mid-Year Training Institute will bring together top substance use and misuse experts for over 100 sessions on youth substance use and misuse prevention strategies. The institute includes sessions geared towards working with racial and ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ youth, as well as several sessions in Spanish.
July 9-15, Virtual. Climate Change and Human Health Office Hours: A Continuous Conversation Series The University of New Mexico Project ECHO Climate Change and Human Health series will provide an evidence-based curriculum covering the science of climate change and climate-related health effects. Weekly sessions will include evidence-based presentations and/or case-based learning and communication skills. The series is open to clinicians, community health workers, first responders, psychologists, public health practitioners, and social workers.
July 21 through December 1, 2:00 pm ET. Black Mental Health and Healing Justice Peer Support Training This certificate program from BEAM will equip participants with knowledge of mental health issues, myths, and challenges in Black communities and will provide participants with tools and skills to offer healing justice informed peer support. In order to complete the training's certificate, participants must attend all five days of the program.
August 4, 11, 18, and 25, and September 1, 3:30 pm ET. Building Capacity of School Personnel to Promote Positive Mental Health in Native American Children and Youth This free series from the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center consists of five two-hour sessions that will build the capacity of school teams to promote positive mental health in AI/AN children and youth throughout the school day using a multi-tiered approach. Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend all five sessions.
September 15, October 6, November 3, December 8, and January 12, 2022, 5:00 pm ET.
Deadline for registration is August 15. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading The LGBTQI Health Resource Guide is a brief document issued by the Resources Committee of the GLBT Roundtable, American Library Association. The guide lists key documents and organizations that provide insight into health disparities, locating culturally competent healthcare providers, and how to search for technical literature.
To read this publication search the online library catalog. | | | | | | |      
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