WRAP Facilitator Training Seminar II
Disparity Reduction Action Plan - Call for Proposals
Scholarship for The Peer Workforce
Doors to Wellbeing
SAMHSA Grant ID: 1H79SM082653-01
The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery’s Doors to Wellbeing (D2W) program, with partial funding from SAMHSA, is a National Consumer Technical Assistance Center since its origination in 2015.

Doors to Wellbeing is offering Disparity Reduction Action Plan scholarships for tuition and materials for qualified applicants for WRAP Facilitator Training Seminar II on Monday, March 13th to Friday, March 17th in West Chester, PA. Applications due by Monday, February 27.

Qualified scholarship recipients will meet the following criteria:
1. Employed or in a volunteer Peer Support role and possesses the ability and resources to offer weekly peer groups;
2. Have an identified co-facilitator;
3. Completed a full Evidence-Based Practice Seminar I WRAP and can provide a certificate from certified WRAP Facilitators;
4. Agrees to attend a minimum of 4 technical assistance meetings (2 hours each) following completion of the Seminar over the next year;
5. Agrees to implement a full EBP WRAP Seminar I course with the intent to reduce community disparities
6. Agrees to provide reports to D2W program coordinator on numbers of people served, demographics, and training evaluation summary.

Scholarships will cover the costs of tuition and materials only. Travel is not included. Scholarship recipients must be able to attend all days in-person.

Disparity Reduction Action Plan (DRAP)
Your DRAP should identify the disparity in your community, the need and benefit of providing WRAP to this disparity’s population, existing barriers, and how you will address these barriers to impact access to WRAP. Also, identify an estimated number of people in the identified DRAP you anticipate serving within the first year. If your DRAP identifies more than one disparity population indicate the estimated number in each population. More information on Disparity Impact Statements in preparing your application can be found here: https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dis-training-slides.pdf

The aim of providing these scholarships is to achieve behavioral health equity for disparate populations and to improve systems addressing the needs of these populations. The disparities reduction action plan scholarship criteria aligns with expectations outlined in Presidential Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, which includes identifying the needs of underserved communities and developing policies to advance (health) equity within those communities. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/)


To Apply:

Submissions of the application form by email will be accepted until 5pm ET on February 27, 2023. Email completed responses of the application with your Disparities Reduction Action Plan to d2winfoatcopelandcenterdotcom

Decisions will be announced on March 1, 2023.