Sec. 202. Research grants
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The Secretary may award grants to not less than 25 social workers who hold a doctoral degree in social work, for post-doctoral research in social work— to further the knowledge base about effective social work interventions; and to promote usable strategies to translate research into practice across diverse community settings and service systems. The Secretary shall award the grants annually over a 4-year period. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a social worker shall— demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concerns of individuals and groups from different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations; and provide services and represent themselves as competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, licenses, certification, consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.
At least 10 of the social workers awarded grants under subsection
(a)shall be employed by a historically black college or university or minority-serving institution. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to the Secretary to award grants under this section.