UB awarded $200K grant for mental health support for WNY Afghan community

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University At Buffalo has been awarded a new grant meant to support WNY’s Afghan community.

The grant, awarded by the New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH), will allocate $200,000 to support services for the local Afghan refugee communities, including training staff, UB said in the announcement.

The grant is related to the work of Parveen Attai, a third-year MD candidate at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB…

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