The evaluation of the NITT-MFP programs will assess the overall success of the SAMHSA NITT initiative in enhancing the behavioral health workforce in terms of the number of new graduates from the NITT-MFP programs, their competencies and characteristics, and their capacity to meet behavioral health workforce needs. The NITT-MFP evaluation will collect data on changes in the number of culturally competent behavioral health professionals available to provide clinical services to underserved, at risk children, adolescents and youth ages 16â25 transitioning to adulthood. The evaluation will also explore whether the program results in increased knowledge, skills, and aptitude among NITT-MFP fellows to provide culturally competent behavioral health services to these populations; the costs associated with increasing the behavioral health workforce; and how these new behavioral health professionals are sustained in the workforce.
US Code:
42 USC 520
Name of Law: Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area
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