The WICHE Center is one of eight Rural Health Research Centers funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy. Over the last four years, the Center has built a foundation upon which to build new effective science to service initiatives. Through these projects, as well as others in the past, the WICHE mental health program has fostered and maintained a relationship with an approved Institutional Review Board.

This research conducted by the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research is supported by Grant Number U1CRH03713-01-00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA/ORHP).