About the Foundation
Renewed by the NABH Board of Trustees in 2020, the NABH Education and Research Foundation exists today to promote education and research to improve the care and treatment of behavioral healthcare; further improve the quality of behavioral healthcare facilities; and advance the scientific understanding of the knowledge of human behavior.
Since inception, the Foundation has funded an alternative prospective payment study database of inpatient facilities, financed a research project on teens at risk, developed a quality assurance manual for member hospitals, created an award in recognition for the early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia, funded several outcome studies and provided grants to other mental health-focused organizations. It also created a summer work program to give student nurses greater exposure to psychiatric nursing.
Today’s Foundation looks to both field independent studies and partner with other organizations to improve members’ ability to support the behavioral healthcare needs of our country. What kind of data would be most helpful to you? Please let us know by sending a message to Foundation@nabh.org.
Behavioral Healthcare Grants and Funding Opportunities
Potential funding resources and opportunities for behavioral healthcare programs and facilities are available via these links. Please read the program application criteria carefully for eligibility requirements. These include opportunities like….
- 2023 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
- HRSA Rural Health Grants
- Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction
- Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program
- Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Development Program (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mission:
The NABH Education & Research Foundation fields independent studies and partners with other organizations to identify and develop best practices and improve NABH members’ ability to support the country’s behavioral health needs.
Vision:
The NABH Education & Research Foundation vision supports the NABH vision of a society that values and maximizes the potential of all its citizens by helping them achieve overall health. We believe healthy communities must recognize and respect behavioral health and allocate resources with fairness and equity as part of overall health.
NABH Education and Research Foundation Board
President
Vice President
Jim Shaheen
New Season/Colonial Management Group, LP, Maitland, FL
Secretary
Treasurer
Deni Carise, Ph.D.
Director
Julia E. Richardson
National Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Washington, DC
Our mission is to carry on the legacy of promoting research and education within the behavioral healthcare community. It’s a mission we take great pride in leading.
— Donald Parker
We are here to serve the members of NABH, and those they serve, to help ensure a brighter future for the entire industry.
— Jim Shaheen
We provide the behavioral healthcare industry with valuable research necessary to better serve the needs of their patients.
— Mary C. Pawlikowski
Independent research is at the core of improving the care and treatment of mental illness as well as further improving the quality of behavioral healthcare overall. We look forward to helping advance our industry.
