Funders
The Community Partners in Care study is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health with additional support provided by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change program. In addition, each of the CPIC partner organizations are making invaluable contributions to the future sustainability of this initiative by supporting their staff’s continued engagement in the CPIC steering council.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of the 27 component organizations of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is in turn part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness. It was formally established in 1949. Research is conducted at a central campus in Bethesda, Maryland, as well as being funded throughout the United States. The stated mission of NIMH is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through (’biomedical’) research on mind, brain and behavior. NIMH is particularly known for studies of genetics, neuroscience and clinical trials of psychiatric medication.The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.