11:30am | A community meeting will be held at the Center on Friday, January 21, 2011 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm as part of the state-wide project to gather information and devise a plan to reduce disparities in Mental Health and related in services for LGBTQ people in California. Members of the LGBTQ community, allies and providers are encouraged to attend and provided feedback and input.
The meeting will be at The Center Long Beach located at 2017 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA 90814
The California Department of Mental Health awarded a grant to the California LGBT Health and Human Services Network to conduct a statewide assessment of the mental health needs of LGBT communities.
The study will collect data on the harm caused by discrimination, examining such issues as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, substance abuse and suicide. It will identify the best ways to prevent and treat mental health issues in the LGBT community. This historic grant, administered by the Equality California Institute’s Health and Human Services Network, will fund a first ever statewide assessment of the mental health needs of LGBT communities.
The project will be guided by a statewide Strategic Planning Work group drawn from within the LGBT community, and it will work collaboratively within the multicultural and multilingual populations in California.
The Project Manager Poshi Mikalson, MSW and Assistant Manager Nicole Scanlan will be coming to Southern California to explain the project, facilitate the meeting, and begin collecting information. Community members, professionals and allies are invited to attend.
About the California LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project
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The California Department of Mental Health awarded a two-year, $444,000 grant to the California LGBT Health and Human Services Network to conduct a statewide assessment of the mental health needs of LGBT communities.
The study will collect data on the harm caused by discrimination, examining such issues as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, substance abuse and suicide. It will identify the best ways to prevent and treat mental health issues in the LGBT community.
For the first time, we will have meaningful data on how to improve treatment for the California LGBT population. Also, for the first time, healthcare providers, consumers and organizations will come together to set priorities for the mental health needs of the LGBT community. For the first time, the door will be open to government funding for the incredible organizations who service our community.
The report the Network generates because of this grant will literally change the face of mental health services in California and be a model for the rest of the nation.