CUNY/OMH Scholarship Program
Expanding and Diversifying the Mental Health Professionals Pipeline
To encourage increased diversity in healthcare providers, the Office of Mental Health, in partnership with CUNY schools, have created the CUNY/OMH Mental Health Workforce Scholarship Program for Underrepresented and/or Multilingual Students to attract, retain, and graduate underrepresented students, and students that are multilingual, in the various mental health professions.
CUNY/OMH Mental Health Workforce Scholarship Program includes:
Scholarships
Paid Internships
Professional/Career Development Workshops
Advising and Mentoring
Fee waivers for students applying to professional programs
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
Be a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in the mental health field and/or a multilingual student as defined in the requirements.
Requirements
Students from the following under-represented groups are eligible to apply:
- Hispanic (including Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Latinx and Spanish origin)
- African American/Black
- American Indian/Alaskan Native
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines origin)
Students who meet the following language requirements are eligible to apply:
- Students who receive a passing score on a language placement exam (Please contact your campus regarding a language placement exam, if needed) or
- Students who are cross-enrolled in a language-specific degree program
Criteria
Students must also meet the following criteria to be eligible to apply:
- Major in a mental health discipline leading to a career as a mental health professional (see Eligible Degree Programs box)
- Be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Be a resident of New York State
- Be in good academic standing (2.5 cumulative grade point average or better)
- Maintain full time student status in the mental health career major
- Be at least a second-year undergraduate student with sophomore status or first-year graduate student
