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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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