The Savila Collaborative

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Healthcare Professional Pipeline: The Svila Collaborative is actively working to decrease the mental healthcare provider shortage in New Mexico by providing community-based training and internship opportunities for students working towards degrees in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology and Psychiatry. During FY 2014, The Svila Collaborative: Provided free clinical supervision to 2 masters degree student interns, 1 doctoral student conducting practicum placement, 1 psychiatry resident and 1 undergraduate UNM Service Corps volunteer. All of the supervision was for bilingual students that want to go into health professions. The Svila Collaborative is a loan repayment site for clinicians that want to work in federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSA). The South Valley is a health professional shortage area. In addition to free clinical supervision, the Svila Collaborative provided funding for clinicians to take licensure examination prep courses and for the cost of their licensing examinations. This support helped two of our Spanish-speaking clinicians to obtain independent licensure. All of the members of our health insurance outreach and enrollment team were also given training to become Community Health Workers. During the past fiscal year, The Svila Collaborative was able to enroll one of our clinicians in the National Health Service Corps which payed off $50,000 of the clinicians student loans. Clinicians from Centro Svila provided over 50 hours of school and community information and outreach and school lectures to students interested in or studying mental health related fields; Participated in 5 professional association presentations; and participated in several collaborates and coalitions aimed at decreasing health disparities in Bernalillo County. During this fiscal year, The Svila Collaborative applied for and received funding for he Via a la Salud/Pipeline to Health program which is aimed at increasing the number of culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health professionals in New Mexico. Funding for this program was used to support our Healthcare Professional Pipeline efforts.Food Security:During FY 2014, The Svila Collaborative extended the scope of our therapeutic garden project by increasing the land used and the number of clients served while partnering with other groups in the South Valley to expand our Food Security program; The Therapeutic Garden project was expanded by contracting with a local bilingual farmer to maximize the use of the garden and to educate patients on how to grow healthy and nutritious foods. This year over 20 bags of groceries, and household supplies were distributed weekly to patients with food insecurity. During this fiscal year The Svila Collaborative applied for and received funding to design and build a Community Table which consists of an outdoor table and shade structure where group activities and food distribution will take place upon completion.Research and Advocacy:The Svila Collaborative participates in research examining the social determinants of health, access to behavioral health services, and clinical outcomes. During FY 2014, The Svila Collaborative: Participated in the Building Movement Research Project that examined collaborations of Non-Profit Organizations in New Mexico; Participated in a Hispanics in Philanthropy training on documenting the Social Determinants of Health, participated in focus groups to understand food security, published articles on health disparities in peer reviewed journals and participated in a county-wide task force to examine behavioral healthcare in Bernalillo County. The Executive Director and several employees testified in front of the County Commission about the need for expanded funding for behavioral health services and existing gaps in the States behavioral health safety net.”