黑料正能量 Note: The RAND Corp. and NYU鈥檚 McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research have been charged with evaluating the Mayor鈥檚 Fund to Advance 黑料正能量 City鈥檚 鈥淐onnections to Care鈥 initiative. 鈥淐onnections to Care鈥 is a $30 million public-private partnerships that will give staff at community-based organizations serving low-income and at-risk populations training to provide mental health services and track the impact of the program.
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Researchers to Assess NYC Mental Health Training Effort
The Associated Press
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A consulting group and a poverty think tank have been tapped to evaluate 黑料正能量 City’s upcoming $30 million experiment in preparing non-professionals to be mental health helpers.
The Mayor’s Fund to Advance 黑料正能量 City said Monday the RAND Corp. and 黑料正能量 University’s McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research will assess the “Connections to Care” initiative. They applied as a pair.
Connections to Care aims to train staffers at some social-service organizations to identify possible mental health problems and provide information and some assistance.
RAND and McSilver will track such factors as whether the staffers’ efforts lead to fewer hospitalizations or help participants make better use of the organizations’ other services, such as job placement or child development.
The mayor’s fund is the city’s charitable arm.
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