Hogg Foundation Awards $1.6 million in Mental Health Workforce Development Grants

October 18, 2011
 
Hogg Foundation awards $1.6 million in
mental health workforce development grants

AUSTIN, Texas – The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has selected three grant sites for a $1.6 million initiative to create internships for doctoral psychology students that will help alleviate mental health workforce shortages in Texas.
 
The grant sites are Scott & White Healthcare System in Temple, Travis County Juvenile Probation Department in Austin, and the University of Houston–Clear Lake Office of Counseling Services. During a five-year period, grant funding will total$638,853 to Scott & White, $464,733 to Travis County and $509,082 to UH–Clear Lake.