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Applications for the 2024-2025 Cohort are Now Open!
*DEADLINE EXTENDED: Apply by Monday, July 1, 2024!*
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The Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program is an immersive 11-month leadership development experience. Each cohort is comprised of up to 25 current or emerging leaders with learned and lived experience who have a deep desire to effect change in their organizations, communities, or regions.
The 2024-2025 Cohort will convene from September 12, 2024, to August 1, 2025. Full details can be found in the Application Form.
Additional information on the EGL Fellow Program, including its development, the program support team, and current/past cohorts can be found here.
Meaningful engagement in the EGL Fellow Program entails a time commitment of approximately 200 hours (25 days) of participation during the 11-month program period. This includes:
- 66 hours of hybrid, full cohort meetings (at various sessions across 11 months)
- Advisor meetings (1-hour monthly meetings across nine months)
- Individual coaching meetings (three 1-hour meetings over 8 weeks)
- Up to 10 hours/month of self-paced and team-based learning activities, such as participating in learning labs, attending webinars, or joining learning collaboratives, among other activities
Following participation in the 11-month program period, fellows transition to an Equity-Grounded Leadership Learning Collaborative where they will collaborate with leaders from past cohorts, and they will receive an additional two-year membership to CBHL.
Program expectations are detailed in the program overview and pre-application webinar recording, available to watch on-demand here.
Successful program completion requires engagement in cohort meetings (fellows must participate in 100% of the in-person convenings and at least 80% of the virtual convenings), a minimum of 9 advisor meetings (dates TBD upon acceptance and experiential project group selection), and 3 individual coaching meetings (dates TBD post-acceptance). The program calendar below includes all pre-scheduled cohort meetings.
View a sample syllabus snapshot for the program below:
Application Process
Specific application details and instructions are outlined in the Application Form. Interested applicants should review the Application Form in its entirety, as well as attend or view a recording of the overview and pre-application webinar.
The overview and pre-application webinar was held on May 15, 2024. A recording is now available for those who were unable to attend live.
The extended application cut-off date for the 2024-2025 EGL Fellow Program Cohort is now July 1, 2024. Applicants will be notified by email of acceptance by July 15, 2024.
The Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program 2024-2025 Cohort Overview and Pre-Application Webinar provided a detailed overview of the program and application requirements. A recording of the webinar is now available.
Cross-sector behavioral health leaders in positions of influence in their organization, community, or region who are willing to engage in change efforts to advance behavioral health equity are encouraged to apply.
The ideal applicant is working in health care, policy, community, advocacy, or peer-led recovery organizations and recognizes the disparities that exist, and seeks to change them. Behavioral health leaders committed to and passionate about driving systems transformation, including but not limited to public or non-profit mental health, behavioral health, or substance use services, prevention, or advocacy; emergency medical services, law enforcement, crisis response, and other first responder organizations; criminal justice; education; hospitals; community-based organizations; and others whose work intersects with behavioral health, are invited to apply to join the EGL Fellow Program.
There is no specific degree, licensure, role, or clinical background required to apply.
The EGL Program Team will hold office hours throughout the duration of the application period. If you have questions related to the program or application process, we encourage you to attend office hours. You can sign-up for a 15-minute office hour slot here.
Cost and Sponsorships
The cost of the 2024-2025 EGL Fellow Program is $10,950 per fellow. The program fees include the costs associated with curriculum facilitation, coaches, advisors, and CBHL membership.
The program fees do not include travel to the in-person meetings. Attendance at the in-person kick-off and closing meetings is a requirement for program completion.
Sponsorship may be available: We encourage interested applicants to apply if sponsorship is needed.
A limited number of sponsorships will be available for select applicants who demonstrate exemplary promise as an equity-grounded leader, whose host organizations would otherwise be unable to submit the program fees, and who serve communities with limited access to resources. Sponsorships may be limited to specific geographies or participant roles.
Applicants/host organizations may be responsible for travel to in-person meetings (e.g., flight, ground transportation, hotel, per diem, etc.), depending on sponsorship amount available. For some applicants who are accepted as a sponsored fellow, travel may be partially or fully covered.
Applicants are also encouraged to seek their own funding from home organizations and/or external organizations. Funding may be available in your community, region, or state for equity-related initiatives and training. A customizable sponsorship request letter template is available to use as a starting point for seeking sponsorship and/or support from an organization.
We encourage interested applicants to apply if sponsorship is needed.
A sponsorship request letter template is available to use as a request to home organizations for participation and/or can be sent to external organizations who may be able to provide sponsorship.
Funding may be available in your community, region, or state for equity-related initiatives and training. While the funding landscape differs in each community, a few options to explore potential sponsorship availability include:
- Local mental health boards, steering committees, or advisory groups
- State and local philanthropy organizations
CBHL is actively seeking sponsorships for EGL Fellows.
Sponsorships may be designated for a specific participant role or geography.
If you are interested in sponsoring a Fellow, please reach out to Holly Salazar, CEO at The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
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