Chatham partnered with federally qualified health centers and hospital and community sites offering integrated care to address the behavioral healthcare needs of children, adolescents, and young adults in high need, high demand populations and areas.
The HAPPY Project also intentionally supports students holding marginalized identities, to increase the representation of these identities among the professionals in our field.
In addition to practicum training at these integrated care sites, the HAPPY Project includes:
- An enhanced Practicum course which offers 15 additional hours of training per semester to practicum students, covering topics such as integrated care models, trauma-informed care, suicide assessment and prevention, substance misuse assessment and intervention, intimate partner violence, violence prevention, health disparities and social determinants of health, and specific evidence-based interventions.
- Funds for membership in professional organizations like the American Psychological Association (APA) or American Counseling Association (ACA)
- Funds to attend a conference or training
- Mentoring and support through Chatham’s Office of Career Development
- Stipends during the training year, which must be the final year prior to pre-doctoral internship or graduation
- Participating in an interdisciplinary community of practice to network with alumni, collaborators, and site supervisors
