Purdue Northwest receives $3M for youth mental health services
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Purdue University Northwest’s Department of Psychology is the recipient of a $3 million grant to increase mental health services for children.
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the five-year grant to Purdue Northwest as a part of its National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.
The university will partner with Associated Pediatricians and HealthLinc clinics in Lake, Porter and La Porte counties to add behavioral health professionals and institute child trauma screenings. The grant will also fund child intervention training for 25 to 50 therapists per year.
The grant project locally is being called Northwest Indiana Identification and Management of Pediatric Experiences of Trauma and Underlying Stress, or NWI IMPETUS.
“The size and scope of this type of direct mental health services grant is unprecedented at Purdue Northwest,” NWI IMPETUS Project Director Amanda Zelechoski said in a news release. “The clinical and research expertise of our faculty, as well as our new psychology graduate programs, position us extremely well to work with our pediatric health care partners in the region to change the trajectories for our most vulnerable youth and families.”
NWI IMPETUS is seeking a project coordinator and several master’s-level behavioral health professionals. It is also recruiting licensed mental health professionals to participate in the project’s 2024 child trauma intervention training cohort.
You can learn more about openings with the NWI IMPETUS project here: pnw.edu/nwi-impetus.