The James Humphrey Jr. Foundation (JHJF), serves Black, Brown, and Indigenous (BBI) youth in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Their systems alignment challenge is to inform public health, behavioral healthcare, and social service sectors of the support that BBI college bound students need to succeed in college and to pursue their career goals while remaining mentally healthy and emotionally well in the process. To this end, JHJF recognizes the toll that racism and microaggressions play on the mental health of BBI college students and will address these issues by offering the culturally tailored mental health counseling, career coaching, mentorship and emergency tuition support that is needed for completion of a higher education degree. JHJF was founded by the parents and sister of James Humphrey Jr., a young Black male college student who took his life while pursuing his college degree due to untreated racial trauma and mental illness. They were awarded $64,000 through the Equity Capacity Building Grant mechanism and their grant activities will include:

• Convening a Steering Committee including the Oklahoma Black Youth Suicide Collaborative, BBI licensed therapists, counselors, job coaches, mentors, past JHJF scholarship recipients, and JHJF's Leadership Team to develop a research plan and identify college sites for participation.
• Conducting a pilot study that assesses culturally tailored mental health counseling, career/job coaching, and emergency tuition relief provided to BBI college students who have completed one semester and are in good academic standing. The research methods will include focus groups and/or key informant interviews with these students to assess the utility of these supports and what additional supports are needed to help them complete their degrees and achieve their career goals.