This summer, the CARE TA Center hosted two powerful days of presentations that address the crisis continuum of care and justice diversion from the perspectives of communities who experience racial trauma and disproportionate health disparities, and for whom connection to cultural practices can be distinctly healing. Focused on health equity within the crisis continuum of care, this conference addresses systemic racism by acknowledging the impacts of policies, programs, hiring practices, and services on Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color (BIPOC).
The CARE TA Center “Cafecito” (i.e., small coffee) conversations are 10 to 40-minute recordings of informal conversations about hot topics in crisis continuum of care and justice diversion, such as peer specialist roles in anti-stigma and justice diversion, Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), and mobile crisis units.