Achievements

The program hosts regular Conferences on Latino families that attract trainees from Latin American and Europe. Every year, Psychology, Social Work, and Psychiatry trainees and volunteers from a number of countries and training programs supplement their professional training at the Clemente Center.

Recognitions, awards, and publications have documented the program's success. Dr. Inclan has received Franz Fannon Award (Post Graduate Center for Mental Health), Rafael Tavarez Memorial Award (Association Hispanic Mental Health Professionals), Viva Loizaida, Lower East Side Hero, The Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy Award (American Family Therapy Academy), the Phillip Zlatchin Award (N.Y.U.) and the Carolyn Attmeave Award (American Psychological Association) for his work in developing the Clemente Program.

The National Institute for Mental Health (CAASP Program) selected the Clemente Center as a National Model Program for culturally competent care. The Family Therapy Networker Magazine highlighted the Clemente Program as a model and innovative community mental health program. The Center has been visited by former Mayors Koch and Dinkins, and mental health advocate, Mrs. Tipper Gore.

Published Information about RCC

Articles that have been published describing components of the Roberto Clemente Center work include:
  • On the Uses of a Liberal Education, part II, "As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor," Harper's Magazine, Sept. 1997.
  • Culture Healers, UTNE ReaderMagazine, Feb. 1997.
  • Revising the Dream: Community Mental Health Professionals Confront the Realities of the '90s. The Family Therapy Networker, July/August, 1992.
  • "Roberto Clemente Center" in Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care, Vol. II. CASSP Technical Assistance Center, December, 1991.
  • A Study of the Mental Health Treatment of the Puerto Rican Migrant. Minority Education, Research, and Training Institute, Monograph #1, 1991.

Dr. Inclan and the Roberto Clemente Center staff have contributed to the mental health literature and published articles on:
  • Families of Immigrants
  • Co-dependence in Latino families
  • Values orientation and mental health services
  • Training curricula with migrant and Latino families
  • Puerto Rican adolescents
  • Latin-American families
  • Social class and family oriented services
  • Empowerment in clinical practice
  • Therapy of Puerto Rican migrants