Our Organization

The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare is a not-for-profit association of 1,400 behavioral healthcare organizations that provide treatment and rehabilitation for mental illnesses and addiction disorders to nearly six million adults, children, and families in communities across the country. Serving as the national voice of the provider community, the National Council advocates within all levels of government to ensure all adults, children, and their families have access to quality behavioral healthcare.

The National Council is located at 1701 K Street, at the Farragut North Metro Stop on the Red Line.

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Policy Internship

Interns gain substantive experience in state and federal policy on issues affecting adults and children with mental disabilities and the organizations that provide them community-based mental health and addictions treatment. Interns conduct varied research—e.g., legislative, social science, regulatory—and produce fact sheets and policy papers. Recent intern projects included facts sheets and issue briefs on a wide array of topics, such as the continuity of health care benefits for justice-involved individuals with mental illness, state mental health parity laws, mental health and substance use disorder preventative and diagnostic interventions in the primary care setting, and women with mental illness who are victims of domestic violence. 

Qualifications
Interns should have strong analytical, research, and computer skills, including the ability to effectively use the Internet. Graduate students are preferred, but stellar undergraduates with a strong interest in healthcare and/or disability policy will be considered.

Compensation
Interns may work for academic credit and/or a stipend of $12/hour, up to $2,500/semester.

Application Deadlines

• Spring 2009: November 21, 2008

To Apply
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to:

Mohini Venkatesh, MPH
Policy Associate
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
1701 K Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007
MohiniV@thenationalcouncil.org

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