PROGRAM ON HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Grants Authorized 2005

Almost since its inception in 1979, the Foundation has made grants in the field of mental health. Through several major interdisciplinary research efforts, and related grants in communication, the focus recently has been on improving access to high-quality, effective services by helping move the most promising advances in research into policy and practice.

Council of State Governments, Eastern Regional Conference, New York, New York
$300,000 in support of the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project (over three years).

Duke University School of Medicine, Services Effectiveness Research Program, Durham, North Carolina
$450,000 in support of a virtual resource center for Psychiatric Advance Directives (over three years).

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
$485,000 in support of the design and development of a clinical information management system for the Research Network on Youth Mental Health Care (over three years).

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
$4,550,000 in support of the Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment (over four years).

Global Kids helps young people of diverse backgrounds develop the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to succeed in the workplace and to participate in the shaping of public policy. A new program engages more than 400 youngsters in online discussions and written essays about how they use digital media in their everyday lives.

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