Hmong Helping Hands
Research and evaluation South East Asian community about mental health. Provides cultural activities, survey, and evalaution to peer groups.
Merced City Fund Program (MCFP)
Merced City Fund Program (MCFP)
Stop the Hate
PEI PROGRAM
The Prevention and Early Intervention consists of two parts--The Integrated Primary
Care and Mental Health Services and The Cultural Broker.
1. The Integrated Primary Care and Mental Health Services are to reduce the
mental health access disparities in the Southeast Asian community members, provide
short term behavioral health services addressing the psycho-social impact of trauma,
augments the services available at existing primary care centers to help ensure that
they are able to provide focused interventions for behavioral health and psychiatric issues.
This project is designed to integrate a primary care physician, a Behavioral Health Clinician,
and a Cultural Broker, all of whom will cooperate collaboratively with one another in providing
culturally appropriate care and needs of the SEA patient. This program serves to change public
awareness and knowledge of mental health to reduce stigma and discrimination and reduce disparities
in accessing mental health care.
2. The Cultural Brokers for Mental Health Program will ensure that the linguistically and culturally
isolated SEA families become more aware of and are more comfortable accessing mental health services by
providing educational outreach and engagement activities for isolated SEA community members with knowledge
and available resources about behavioral health services. The program is designed to conduct community outreach,
provide culturally and linguistically appropriate information about wellness, and integrated behavioral
health services. The goals of the program are to ensure that the S.E. Asian members are connected to a
trusted mental health provider, linked to their Community Leaders for further needed services.
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Southeast Asian Consumer Avocate Program (SEACAP)
The SEACAP Program provides mental health outpatient services. SEACAP was developed to incorporate cultural understanding and individualization to ensure the effective treatment of the unique mental health issues of the SEA community. SEACAP consumer issues include PTSD due to their war and refugee experience, and stress and depression from poor adjustment and coping skills. The SEACAP program aims to reduce risk factors of alienation, and family problems stemming from mental health and adjustment stressors. This program provides services through a client-directed care plan. The program provides individual and group services, cultural practices (shamans, natural healing practices), skills-building instruction to promote wellness, parenting education, and family intervention. There is also support through a weekly Peer Support group where consumers are able to socialize and learn coping skills. We also provide transportation to consumers in order for them to be able to access our services. This program aims to improve client's knowledge of their symptoms and how to cope with them in an effective manner incorporating both their culture and the American culture.