UCLA Tarjan Center Diversity Fellowship
Project Description:
The Tarjan Center at the University of California Los Angeles will work closely with its partner, the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education & Support (CARES) to recruit and retain culturally and linguistically diverse trainees to participate in a Diversity Fellowship experience serving the historically underserved Hispanic and African American community of Watts in South Los Angeles. Trainees will implement health and education interventions for diverse children and parents and engage community stakeholders in their creation, implementation and sustainability. With this award, the Centers will provide a training, outreach, research, and leadership experience to achieve the following: 1) Recruit up to 3 culturally and linguistically diverse post-graduate and undergraduate Fellows. 2) Provide leadership tools to help Fellows increase their understanding of the values, processes, and strategies that shape culturally competent individual and organizational practices. 3) Guide Fellows through the completion of a Capstone Project with new resources, practices, or recommended policies to strengthen families and build inclusiveness in underserved diverse communities. 4) Harness the networks of participating agencies to enable Fellows to share and exchange information with the Tarjan Center, UCLA, local partners and broader community, and national network of UCEDDs about their experience, ideas and recommendations for promoting diversity and cultural competence.
Keyword(s):
Diversity, training, trainees, research, outreach, linguistically diverse
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Other - Cultural Diversity
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Single-County
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
