Substance Abuse Prevention/Treatment and Workforce Development

• HBCU-CFE expects to have over 300 students
• completing internships in the substance abuse
• treatment and mental health fields by the end of 2011
• Internship opportunities have fostered skill-building and practical experience. Students are exposed to evidence-based practices, received culturally-sensitive training for substance abuse professionals and gained experience working with special populations such as Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgendered and Queer (GLBTQ) and dually-diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients
• 31 HBCU Institutions have received substance on Mental Illness (NAMI)and the American Red Cross abuse/workforce development mini-grants through the HBCU-CFE with funding between $5,000 to $10,000 per school
• Students are becoming certified as substance abuse Mental Health Services Infrastructure Development treatment professionals
• 74% of HBCU-CFE internships are completed in local and community-based organizations providing substance abuse treatment services

Mental Health Promotion Outcomes

• 414 students and 129 faculty/staff have been
• trained in behavioral health-related practices such
• as suicide prevention, Question, Persuade, Refer
• (QPR) gatekeeper training, education or awareness
• More than 700 students were trained as Mental
• Health Peer Educators/Mentors
• 4036 students received behavioral health messages through campus radio PSA’s and other programming created by students
• HBCUs are utilizing Social Networking sites such as Facebook to link to existing campus mental health resources and counseling centers, provide prevention and mental health promotion information and to further engage students
• Almost 5700 students have been reached with mental health screening tools
• 6812 students were trained in mental health prevention or promotion through sponsored seminars, public forums, workshops, classes and peer-to-peer training
• Nearly 6900 students have received behavioral health information materials disseminated
• HBCUs have chartered chapter of Active Minds, an on campus, student-run organization to support mental health awareness and education to reduce stigma
• 755 students and 78 faculty and/or staff completed baseline assessment surveys
• 461 students have been referred (self/other) for mental health screenings or related services

Collaboration and Partnerships

• Intra and interdepartmental partnerships were formed to implement projects and disseminate or promote initiatives to the student body, local, state and national agencies were engaged in behavioral health promotion and internship opportunities such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the American Red Cross
• 80% of grantees reported increased collaboration on mental health issues within or across institutions

Mental Health Services Infrastructure Development

• There has been an increase in support for campus mental health services including increasing the number of clinical counselors on staff, updating campus mental health protocol and the development of an online mental health screening website
• Sustained changes in HBCU campus policies:

1. Referral of first year students with academic complications, to counseling services
2. Residence hall screenings for stress and alcohol abuse
3. Training of school personnel including campus security on behavioral health warning signs and referral procedures