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Request for Proposals

Women and Mental Health Demonstration Projects

The Women and Mental Health Demonstration Projects initiative will assist the
implementation of six innovative projects which will expand our knowledge of how
to improve mental health outcomes for women diagnosed with a serious mental
illness. These projects will support groups working with women in their communities
attempting to address gaps in current service systems through collaborative
partnerships
and innovative program design.

Once selected projects are awarded funding, the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health will develop and carry out evaluation plans for each demonstration project.
These
evaluations will assist in understanding which approaches work best to support women
with serious and persistent mental health problems. All proposals will be reviewed by
a
selection committee which will include representation from consumer/survivors,
the BC Ministry of Health, the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, and
Regional Health Authorities.

Projects are being solicited in the following five areas:

Improving mental health outcomes:

-for women diagnosed with serious mental illness who have violence & trauma histories

-for immigrant and refugee women, women of colour, and Aboriginal women diagnosed
 with serious mental illness

-for women diagnosed with serious mental illness in the forensic psychiatry/prison
system

-for women diagnosed with serious mental illness who are mothers and;

-by assessing the role of peer support for women diagnosed with serious mental
illness

This initiative is being coordinated by the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health and
is funded by the BC Ministry of Health.

Project applications are available from the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health
and are due January 28, 2000.

To receive an application contact:
The BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
E311 - 4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC  V6H 3N1
Phone: 604.875.2633
Fax: 604.875.3716
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To discuss this project, contact Marina Morrow at mailto:[log in to unmask]

To order women's health reports go to: http://www.bccewh.bc.ca/rsource.htm

Celeste Wincapaw
Communications & Networking Strategist
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.bccewh.bc.ca
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