This guide helps professional care providers and administrators understand the role of culture in the delivery of mental health and substance use services.
Wildfire Toolkit: Public & Mental Health
This toolkit describes the exposure risk and health impacts (including mental health) of wildfires on Hispanic Americans. Additionally, a list of relevant health resources is provided.
Bringing Racial Equity Strategies to Recovery Support Services
This recorded webinar focuses on bringing racial equity strategies to recovery support services. The presenters discuss skills for having open and honest discussions about racial equity, the history of race and racism in the U.S. and in recovery spaces, and strategies for beginning to apply anti-racist practices.
Training Public Safety to Prevent Overdose in BIPOC Communities
This environmental scan discusses the training and education needs of public safety personnel related to preventing overdose in Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities. It contains information related to current efforts, barriers, partnerships, and trauma.
Strategies and Considerations for Providing a More Equitable Crisis Continuum for People of Color in the United States
The goal of this paper is to improve understanding of the roles that race and racism play in an individual’s social determinants of health—in particular, the social determinants of healthcare access and quality, as well as social and community context—and how these affect the availability, accessibility, and quality of mental health crisis services. It offers multiple strategies for creating a racially equitable crisis continuum.