Virginia Commonwealth University Awarded $1.4 Million Grant To Expand Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative, Will Support Free Behavioral Health Services To Underserved Youth

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1.4 million four-year grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) professor Heather Jones, Ph.D. to expand VCU’s Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative with a focus on rural and low-income minority youth and their families. The grant will support free behavioral health services to underserved youth. Over the grant’s four-year duration, it will fund the training of 24 clinical and counseling psychology students and 24 school counseling students.

The Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative embeds clinical psychology doctoral trainees from VCU in health safety . . .