# Adapting Family Navigation to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for LGBTQ+ Youth

> **NIH NIH R01** · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $93,491

## Abstract

SUMMARY
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth face significant barriers to accessing mental health services. Family
Navigation (FN) holds promise as an evidence-based intervention to address these barriers. Currently, no data
exist on the use of FN in SGM youth. The proposed supplement will be the first step in understanding what
adaptations are needed to our FN model to address the needs of SGM youth and their families. These data will
serve as preliminary data for a future R01 to rigorously test an adapted model of FN specifically for SGM
youth. This award will allow us to establish a team with complementary expertise in community health work,
intervention adaptation, and SGM youth.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10093790
- **Project number:** 3R01MH117123-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarabeth Broder-Fingert
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $93,491
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10093790

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10093790, Adapting Family Navigation to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for LGBTQ+ Youth (3R01MH117123-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10093790. Licensed CC0.

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