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"We believe that nursing innovation is a powerful force for change," Ahrin Mishan, executive director of the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, says in a press release announcing two grants totaling $1.2 million.
The grants, awarded through the foundation's Hillman Innovations in Care program, aim to improve the health and social needs of communities "that experience discrimination, oppression, and indifference," per the release.
One project, Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Inclusive Sex Talks), "offers parents the practical knowledge they need to fully support LGBTQ+ children as they navigate and a turbulent world," per the press release.
The other, Chicago Parent Program for individual families (CPPi), "dramatically eliminating a multitude of barriers that many families face in accessing in-person child mental health services," per the release.CPPi, an adaptation of the group-based Chicago Parent Program, will be implemented by nurses via telehealth, "dramatically eliminating a multitude of barriers that many families face in accessing in-person child mental health services," says principal investigator Deborah Gross of Johns Hopkins University.
"By breaking down longstanding silos within LGBTQ+ science (e.g., separate programming for sexual minority vs.
gender diverse youth), this consolidated intervention is poised to make a significant impact on
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