GUMC Update

Child and Human Development Awarded $17.5M Grant

October 14, 2005

The Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development received a $17.5 million federal grant to develop a national training and assistance center for children’s mental health. Administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the grant will fund the National Training and Technical Center for Children’s Mental Health and will be distributed over a five-year period.  

“This grant will allow Georgetown to be a strong catalyst in the transformation of the system of services that support children and youth with mental health needs and their families,” said Phyllis Magrab, director of the center, (right, at the center's recent open house).

The center recently received one of its first charges last month in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. At the federal government’s request, the center sent teams to work with children and their families in states affected by the hurricane.

The center also hosted an open house recently to showcase its newly renovated office space in the Harris Building at 3330 Whitehaven St., which will house the work of 31 faculty and 33 staff members. In addition to a variety of community-based projects conducted throughout Washington, the center is a federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and is also home to the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, the National Center for Cultural Competence and the D.C. Health Resources Partnership.

 

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