Ohrt, Ph.D., ohrt@mailbox.sc.edu Applicant Contact: Rebecca Wessinger, rineharr@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-576-5554 Funding Amount Requested: $285,041 Project Summary The greater Columbia,
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Project Abstract Project Title: FY16 BHWET Competition
Grant Program: BHWET Competition, announcement number HRSA-16-193
Applicant Organization Name: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Discipline: Counselor Education (School Counseling and Marriage, Couples, and Family
Counseling specializations)
Project Director: Jonathan H Ohrt, Ph.D., ohrt@mailbox.sc.edu
Applicant Contact: Rebecca Wessinger, rineharr@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-576-5554
Funding Amount Requested: $285,041
Project Summary
The greater Columbia, South Carolina community is in need of more mental health professionals
to work with at-risk youth, adolescents, and transitional-age youth (Children’s Trust of South Carolina, 2015) In order to increase the number of entering professional counselors who are adequately trained to work with the targeted at-risk populations, we will (a) provide stipend support to 20 students who commit to clinical field placements the provide services to at-risk children, adolescents, transitional-age youth, and their families, (b) develop formal partnerships with at least five additional schools or community mental health organizations to create clinical field placements, and (c) expand community training opportunities focused on evidenced-based practices for working with at-risk children, adolescents, transitional-age youth, and their
families, and (d) recruit and retain diverse students to work with this population
Goals (Aims) and Objectives
Aim 1: Increase access of services for children, adolescents, transitional-age youth, and families
who are at a greater risk of developing mental and substance abuse disorders
Objective 1.1: Develop partnerships with local schools and community mental health
organizations to create formal clinical internship placements focused on these populations
Objective 1.2: Provide stipend support to students who commit to working with the target
population at their clinical internship placements
Aim 2: Improve knowledge of evidenced-based prevention and treatment interventions for
at-risk children, adolescents, transitional-age youth, and families
Objective 2.1: Support attendance at two interdisciplinary conferences focused on prevention
and treatment for at-risk youth, and families
Objective 2.2: Sponsor two workshops focused on at-risk populations
Objective 2.3: Students will complete an action-research project evaluating their effectiveness in
providing prevention and treatment interventions
Aim 3: Increase diversity of students who are interested in pursuing behavioral health practice Objective 3.1: Partner with USC programs and HBCU’s to invite students to information and
recruitment sessions
Objective 3.2: Develop a mentoring program for minority students to promote retention
Aim 4: Evaluate process and program outcomes for increasing access, competency, and
effectiveness for children, adolescents, transitional-age youth, and families who receive
counseling services
Objective 4.1: Supervisors will evaluate students’ competency during their clinical field
placements to assess improvement in working with the target population
Objective 4.2: Students will complete a counselor self-efficacy assessment to evaluate their
perceived competence before and after their clinical placement