A Right to Heal: Mental Health in Diverse Communities
In the early 2000s, mental health consumers, family members, and providers banded together to gather signatures, advocate for, and ultimately…
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Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Mental Health Services
An Unfulfilled Promise for Communities of Color In 2014, California’s Medi-Cal program significantly strengthened access to mental health services. As…
How California’s Community-Based Organizations Filled the Gaps for Underserved Communities
Meeting the needs of racially & ethnically diverse communities during the pandemic Across California, community-based organizations (CBOs) have stepped up…
Concept Paper: Policy Options for Community-Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPS)
There has been extensive research on behavioral health disparities in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Lesbian, Gay,…
Landscape of Opportunity
The fourth edition of the Landscape of Opportunity provides an overview of the current state of health disparities and challenges…
Mental Health Toolkit
Check out our most recent Mental Health toolkit for LA County with California Black Women’s Health Project! This project is…
Equity in the Age of Telehealth: Considerations for California Policymakers
Telehealth has proliferated due to the stay home mandates associated with COVID-19 and the desire to keep health care facilities…
Centering Equity in Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform: A Guide for California Policymakers
Although California has a national reputation for advancing progressive health care policies, California’s communities of color, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals and persons with disabilities, continue to experience discrimination and have poorer outcomes on key health indicators including asthma, diabetes and mental health than other Californians.
At What Cost? How Local Governments Shortchange the Health of Communities of Color
CPEHN analyzed California county and city expenditures and found a disturbing pattern: county and local governments have chosen again and…
Mental Health Disparities
Community advocates have long highlighted the need for a mental health system that better serves California’s cultural and linguistic diversity. They…