Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Seeks Proposals for Texas Mental Health Policy Fellows
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is inviting eligible nonprofit organizations in Texas to submit proposals for the Hogg Mental Health Policy Fellows project.
The goal of this project is to promote and support effective mental health policy and advocacy in Texas. Specific objectives are to increase the capacity of nonprofit organizations to engage in mental health policy and advocacy, and to increase the number of people in the workforce with the skills, knowledge, expertise, and passion needed to engage effectively in mental health policy.
A variety of Texas-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible organizations include mental health, health, disability, social service, public policy, civil rights, social justice, and consumer advocacy organizations. (Grant funding awarded to non-mental health organizations must be used to support mental health policy activities.)
Priority consideration will be given to organizations that have potential to positively affect mental health policy in Texas but are currently not actively engaged or have limited capacity to engage in mental health policy.
The foundation will fund up to five organizations to employ a mental health policy fellow for one year whose salary will be paid by the grant. Grantees must provide each fellow with a designated mentor to provide training and supervision. Both the fellows and the mentors will participate in the Hogg Mental Health Policy Academy, which will be facilitated by an entity selected by the Hogg Foundation through a separate Request for Proposals.
The fellowships will be open to recent graduates (within the past eighteen months) of law, social work, public policy, or other related graduate programs.
The grant will provide approximately $45,000 for the fellow's salary, $5,000 for mentoring expenses, $2,000 for the fellow's professional development expenses, and $5,000 for overhead support.
The program will hold an information teleconference for applicants on February 14, 2012.
For the complete Request for Proposals, application materials, and/or to register for the teleconference, visit the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Web site.
