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Ascend Indiana receives McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund global award for bridging Indiana’s talent gap

Raquel Bahamonde2021-04-05T16:44:36-04:00June 11, 2019|

New York, NY, June 11, 2019 ––The McNulty Foundation announced the 2019 recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, which supports organizations at critical junctures across the world in tackling the challenges of our time. Given in partnership with the Aspen Institute, the Fund is awarding $75,000 in total to five exceptional organizations that have demonstrated significant momentum in the early stages of their development, with great potential to scale or deepen their impact. The 2019 recipients are pioneering solutions to challenges in their communities: from supporting Ghana’s elders so they can age with dignity; providing job training and mental healthcare to Salvadorans with violent pasts; building an accountable ecosystem for nonprofits in the Middle East; bridging Indiana’s talent gap, to giving life-changing artificial limbs to children in war-torn Syria. All are creating positive change for individuals and communities throughout the [...]

Media: Collaborative program to address shortage of licensed clinical social workers

Raquel Bahamonde2021-04-05T16:46:42-04:00February 19, 2019|

As the Indiana opioid crisis continues, there is a shortage of trained behavioral health professionals to ensure those suffering from substance use disorders (SUD) receive treatment. To help address this gap, Community Health Network, in collaboration with Ascend Indiana, IU School of Social Work (IUSSW-IUPUI) and the University of Indianapolis, is launching a program that will prepare more licensed clinical social workers to provide treatment in central Indiana, while also improving the quality of the training they receive to better serve patients. The program provides a model that can be replicated in communities across the state. WRTV - Collaborative effort underway to groom behavioral health specialists - [WATCH] The Daily Journal (Ryan Trares) - New program addresses shortage of addiction specialists - [READ] Inside INdiana Business - New program to meet need for substance use treatment - [READ AND LISTEN]

New program will increase the number of licensed clinical social workers to meet the growing need for treatment as Indiana’s opioid epidemic persists

Raquel Bahamonde2021-04-05T16:44:36-04:00February 13, 2019|

INDIANAPOLIS (February 13, 2019) ─ As the Indiana opioid crisis continues, there is a shortage of trained behavioral health professionals to ensure those suffering from substance use disorders (SUD) receive treatment. To help address this gap, Community Health Network is launching a program that will prepare more licensed clinical social workers to provide treatment in central Indiana, while also improving the quality of the training they receive to better serve patients. The program provides a model that can be replicated in communities across the state. The Community Behavioral Health Academy – a partnership between Community Behavioral Health at Community Health Network, the Indiana University School of Social Work-IUPUI Campus (IUSSW), the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) and Ascend Indiana – prepares students for dual licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor (LCAC). This will grow [...]

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