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 […]
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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 […]
Directory of Organizations that Serve Rural Latino Communities: CA, FL, NC, OR, TX
This resource lists all organizations that serve rural Latino communities in the following states: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon and Texas. The report lists academic institutions, health centers and clinics, community based organization, legal services, and other organizations along with their contact information. Link to resource: Link to report on the Farmworker Justice website (pdf) Date: […]
YASP: Cafe Run by Young People Offers Mental Health Counselling
Young Adults Services and Projects (Yasp) cafe is a cafe and also a drop-in centre and resource for 15 to 25-year-olds. Situated on the busy main street in the Manchester suburb of Levenshulme, Yasp was created by Manchester Mind 12 years ago in response to the high suicide rate among Manchester’s young men and the low […]
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 […]
Ventanillas de Bienestar: Fundamentals of Outreach & Enrollment to Latinos
Ventanillas de Bienestar is a webinar training initiative of the National Latino Behavioral Health Association developed to help community based organizations learn about effective outreach and enrollment strategies of uninsured Latino populations. With more than 50 millions Latinos in the United States and approximately 15 million who are uninsured, Ventanillas de Bienestar trains community based […]