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 16–25 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.
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USC 520 Name of Law: Healthy People 2020 Mental Health and
Mental Disorders Topic Area
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