Allison Slaughter  (Social Work) has been awarded a fellowship via the Council on Social Work Education's Minority Fellowship Program-Youth. The master's level fellowship is designed to enhance the cultural competency of social work students. Recipients must be committed to providing mental health services to at-risk children, adolescents, and transition-age youths. The overall goal of the program is to improve behavioral health care for racially and ethnically diverse populations.The fellowship duration is for one full year. Fellows are selected from a national pool of applicants. Slaughter is the second UNLV student to be awarded this fellowship.