Grants That Make a Difference
April 3, 2006
Columbia University Receives Federal Grant to Establish New Homelessness Prevention Center
The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health a $5 million grant to establish the Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies. The only research center to receive funding from the NIMH for work in this area, the Center will be at the forefront of research into the causes of chronic homelessness, especially among the mentally ill, and will seek to develop new and more effective prevention and intervention strategies.
The Center's mission to develop, test, and disseminate early intervention programs nationally and to prevent the newly homeless from becoming chronically homeless will be furthered by its multidisciplinary structure and its collaboration with the medical schools of Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and New York University. The Center will also establish working partnerships with city and state agencies as well as with health and housing service providers across the city.
The Center has already begun its study of key factors in effective interventions for and living arrangements of formerly homeless people with severe mental illness. Read more about the new Center in the Newsletter of Columbia University's medical center.
"Inaugural Event to Launch Center for Chronic Homelessness Funded by $5 Million Grant from NIMH." The Mailman School of Public Health Press Release (February 1, 2006).
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feature profiling grants awarded to 501(c)3 nonprofit
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have to be local. The selection of grants for
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and size, to ensure the broadest possible representation
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- Name of your funded program
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- Who received the grant - Your organization's name, contact person's name (if applicable), address, telephone and Web site (if applicable).
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