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management and the development of social skills and various therapies
that include play therapy, art therapy, sandplay therapy and pet
therapy.
-- Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4) in Chicago, IL is being
honored for consistently implementing successful, innovative
approaches to provide mental health services to underserved and
minority populations throughout its 35-year history. These strategies
include: actively recruiting staff and clinical leadership to reflect
the ethnic and racial diversity of its population served; hiring
parent advocates to breakdown cultural and racial barriers to
treatment; and engaging in partnerships with other agencies to reach
ethnic populations culturally resistant to mental health services.
Today, three-quarters of individuals reached by C4 behavioral health
services are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or of mixed race.
-- Student National Medical Association at the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center in Memphis, TN is being honored for its
dedication to the recruitment and retention of minority medical
students; the development of culturally competent and clinically
excellent physicians; and the delivery of healthcare in the
underserved populations.
-- Venice Family Clinic's (VFC) Mental Health Program in Venice, CA is
being honored for providing mental health services to nearly 2,500
people who are low-income, uninsured, or homeless who are without
other access to care. The clinic provides a range of services from
individual therapy to support groups. In the past five years, the
Clinic has strengthened its expertise and specialty care capacity with
volunteers and community organizat
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