The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a training resource toolkit, developed through the Enrollment Coalitions Initiative, entitled “Getting Ready for the Health Insurance Marketplace.” This toolkit will assist organizations with outreach, education and enrollment of individuals in the Health Insurance Marketplace. It is composed of three sections: A description of the […]
Capacity building
Training Promotores de Salud in HIV Prevention in Rural Latino Communities: A Train-the-Trainer Curriculum
This resource is a comprehensive Spanish-language curriculum for individuals interested in training promotores de salud in HIV prevention. The curriculum is based on popular education techniques, and is culturally competent and linguistically sensitive. Link to resource: Training Promotores de Salud in HIV Prevention in Rural Latino Communities: A Train-the-Trainer Curriculum Date: 2013 Organization: Farmworker Justice
D.C. Mental Health Diversion Court Program Yields Positive Results
Mentally ill criminal defendants who completed a special diversion program in District of Columbia Superior Court were less likely to reoffend, compared with mentally ill defendants who went through traditional criminal proceedings, according to a recent study. The study, published in June in Law and Human Behavior, tracked mentally ill defendants in the program and […]
Mobile Health Clinics Bring Quality Care to Hard-to-Reach Communities: Health Hut & The Family Van
The Mobile Health Map is a project of Harvard Medical School and the Mobile Health Clinics Association, a San Francisco-based national membership organization with more than 600 members. With support from the HHS Office of Minority Health, the Mobile Health Map documents the spread and contributions of mobile health clinics as a successful model for […]
A Window of Opportunity: Philanthropy’s Role in Eliminating Health Disparities through Integrated Health Care
Can integrated health care, or systematically coordinated primary care and mental health services, help eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities and people with limited English proficiency? The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health posed this question at a roundtable discussion attended by national, regional, and local foundations that support integrated health care. The answer […]
One Voice, One Community: Building Strong and Effective Partnerships Among Community and Faith Organizations
This guide offers communities strategies for developing partnerships with faith-based organizations to address the service needs of people with mental illness and substance use disorders. It also provides examples of such partnerships, and presents the challenges and benefits associated with the partnerships. Population of focus: Non-Profits & Faith-Based Organizations, Community Coalitions, Program Planners, Administrators, & Project Managers […]