Behavioral Health Equity Resource Library

The Behavioral Health Equity Resource Library was developed to provide BHWET-USF scholars access to interdisciplinary resources to enhance knowledge and support their training in our program. The resources included in this library pertain to integrated behavioral health care, organizational cultural competence, and best practices for promoting health equity and reducing disparities within underserved populations and communities.

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San Francisco State University’s Equity & Justice Focused Integrated Behavioral Health Counselor Training Project (EJF-IBH) website provides upcoming and archived webinars on providing equitable and justice-focused behavioral health services within integrated settings.

The database below is searchable by Category, Title, or Keywords. Simply click the arrow next to the desired heading to sort the content. For more details please click the link to our Library Search Instructions PDF.

Category	Title	Description
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Addressing Health Disparities Is a Place Based Issue	This article discusses the need for a place-based approach that involves diverse community stakeholders to promote equity and build healthy communities. (Research article)
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	A Blueprint for Using Data to Reduce Disparities/Disproportionalities in Human Services and Behavioral Health Care	This short guide developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS.gov) Includes resources and key concepts to address disparities and improve health care quality throughout your organization.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Advancing Health Equity: Guide to Language, Narrative, and Concepts	This paper presents general perspectives of health care professionals on culturally competent care, their experiences working with multi-cultural patients, their own levels of cultural competence and the extent to which they believe their workplaces address cross-cultural challenges. (Research article)
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	San Francisco State University: Equity & Justice Focused Integrated Behavioral Health Project	San Francisco State University’s HRSA-BHWET website provides information about their program as well as upcoming and archived webinars.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Core Competencies for Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care	Core competencies on integrated practice relevant to behavioral health and primary care providers.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Mississippi Project XPand BHDIS Fact Sheet	Resource tool to facilitate discussions about how disparities can be best addressed.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	National Review Snapshot: SAMHSA CMHI Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statements (BHDIS)	Snapshot of findings - List 3 opportunities for continuous quality improvement for BHDIS based on review of eleven BHDIS for access, service use, and outcomes.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	SAMHSA Disparity Impact Examples	Generic examples for what minimally needs to be sent to the grantee's Government Project Officer. Examples for each major type of grant program are offered, including: services, infrastructure, and training and technical assistance.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Strategies and Opportunities for Implementing Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statements	This Resource Brief discusses core needs and rationales for grantees to develop their Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statement (BHDIS), a summary of lessons learned from BHDIS technical assistance, and BHDIS resources that are available from the Cultural and Linguistic Competence (CLC) Hub Library.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Using Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statements to Improve Services for Youth and Families	This webinar discusses a new federal requirement for grantees of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to create a Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statement and the manner in which they are addressing the specification. Participants will gain practical examples of how to create organizational changes to address disparities and improve behavioral health services to children, youth and families.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	XPand Asset - Based Implementation to Address Disparities and Disproportionalities in Human Services and Behavioral Health Care	Mississippi Project XPand's Behavioral Health Disparities Impact Statement is included in a comprehensive plan to address disparities across multiple System of Care areas (e.g., juvenile justice, educational attainment/drop-out, etc.) and to create resource tools for governance council meetings, project partner discussions, and community stakeholder conferences.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Behavioral Health Equity Resources	Resources including data on health disparities and health care quality among diverse populations, and information about health policy, cultural and linguistic competency, health literacy, and more.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Health Equity Guide	Website containing a variety of resources, including examples of how health departments have advanced health equity. The site contains strategic practices, case studies, resources, and key actions.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence and Patient- and Family-Centered Care; A Roadmap for Hospitals	Guidebook for hospitals to address cultural competence issues along all stages of the care continuum.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Waiting on Health Equity En Español	Web based graphic novel that discusses health equity issues including social determinants of health as well as other barriers to care. It provides information on a variety of populations of focus such as: African American, urban youth, immigrants, Asian/Pacific Islanders, working class families, military veterans, and Hispanic/Latino communities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Health Belief Toolkit	This toolkit, developed by USF, Covian and the Center for Community Learning highlights, among many other things, the need for care that is responsive to the diverse health beliefs and practices of individuals seeking behavioral health.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Advancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation	Since their founding by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2005 under the name Finding Answers, they have pursued the goal of health equity by maintaining a focused commitment to eliminating health and healthcare disparities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Do's and Don'ts: Guidelines for Clinicians Working with Interpreters in Mental Health Settings	Best practices for mental health providers when dealing with language interpreters in a clinical setting.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	A Roadmap and Best Practices for Organizations to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care	This report is from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national program, Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change, to identify promising interventions to reduce disparities in health care.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Behavioral Health Equity	Website offering resources to address behavioral health disparities involving specific populations such as LGBT, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, AN/AI, and AANHPI.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	A Blueprint for Using Data to Reduce Disparities/Disproportionalities in Human Services and Behavioral Health Care	This document describes a framework and process to reduce disparities and disproportionalities, using the OJJDP Disproportionate Minority Contact Model.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Building an Organizational Response to Health Disparities	Resource that provides a brief introduction in ways to reduce health disparities through data collection, data analysis, culture of equity, quality of improvement, and interventions.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Chartbook on Rural Health Care	This is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129).
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Enhancing the Delivery of Health Care: Eliminating Health Disparities through a Culturally & Linguistically Centered Integrated Health Care Approach Consensus Statements and Recommendations	This report is the outcome of an expert consensus meeting sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, which was convened to formulate consensus statements, provide recommendations and identify key strategies from practice for implementing integrated health and behavioral health care intended to improve health status for underserved populations.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Health Equity Guide for Public Health Practitioners and Partners	Comprehensive look at health equity and social determinants of health.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Implementation Progress Report 2011-2014	Action Plan on reducing disparities from the US Department of Health.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations	Study that examines existing interventions to improve culturally appropriate health care for people with disabilities, LGBTQ populations, and racial/ethnic minorities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Increasing Cultural Competence to Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities	Set of hands-on tools and worksheets for practitioners designed to help them address disparities in their communities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity/A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General	This Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 1999) documents the existence of striking disparities for minorities in mental health services and the underlying knowledge base.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy 2015	Each year since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129).
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	A Toolkit for Applying the Cultural Enhancement Model To Evidence-Based Practice	Details the concept of cultural enhancement of Evidence Based Practices to address engagement factors in order to overcome barriers to EBP dissemination and program retention.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Advancing the Mission: Tools for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion	This toolkit is for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in organizations.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit	Website with tools to increase diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence for diverse populations, including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Community Conversations About Mental Health: Information Brief	This information guide is for communities to begin conversations regarding mental health and to develop strategies for their communities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Diálogos comunitarios acerca de la salud mental: Guía de planificación	This is a Spanish version of a planning guide for communities and service providers to lead conversations about mental health. English and Spanish versions available.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Effective Cross Cultural Communication	Primer that discusses the basic concepts of how culture affects communication, the use of person first language, and the CLAS Standards.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations	Series of guidelines established by the APA to guide practitioners in providing services to diverse individuals.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Health Research and Educational Trust Disparities Toolkit	The Toolkit is a Web-based tool that provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Rural and Remote Practice Settings	Video on using telepsychiatry in rural and remote settings.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Innovations Exchange	Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website offers cultural and linguistic competence information in areas for patient/consumer, professionals, policymakers, research and data, and news and events.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Haywood Burns Institute	Website for the Haywood Burns Institute which aims to eliminate racial and ethnic disparity by building a community-centered response to youthful misbehavior that is equitable and restorative.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions	Website for the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solution Hopkins Center for Health Disparities which aims to generate and disseminate knowledge to reduce racial/ethnic and social class disparities in health status and health care through research, training, community partnerships and advocacy.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	National Council for Behavioral Health: Programs	The National Council for Behavioral Health is the unifying voice of America's community mental health and substance use treatment organizations. They are committed to ensuring all Americans have access to comprehensive, high-quality care that affords every opportunity for recovery and full participation in community life. They feature several programs that support integrated behavioral health care.
Behavioral Health Equity (Tools & Practice to Eliminate Disparities)	National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED)	A network of community-based organizations focused on the mental health and substance use issues of diverse racial and ethnic communities. The NNED supports information sharing, training, and technical assistance towards the goal of promoting behavioral health equity.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural Competence: A Literature Review and Conceptual Model for Mental Health Services	This article presents a conceptual model of organizational cultural competence for use in mental health services that resulted from a comprehensive review of the research literature. (Research article)
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health	The report provides recommendations that will enable adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbance to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	The Challenge of Cultural Competence in the Workplace: Perspectives of Health Care Providers	This paper presents general perspectives of health care professionals on culturally competent care, their experiences working with multi-cultural patients, their own levels of cultural competence and the extent to which they believe their workplaces address cross-cultural challenges. (Research article)
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural Adaptations of Behavioral Health Interventions: A Progress Report	Literature review of cultural adaptions for behavioral health interventions.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Toolkit for Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence	The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide mental health services organizations a structured method for modifying Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) to better meet the needs of the cultural groups they serve.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Toolkit for Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence: Checklist and Workbook	Checklist and workbook that accompany the Toolkit for Modifying EBP's.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Advancing Cultural Competence	Free online training program in cultural competence. Core classes involve the vital role of cultural competency in healthcare and building structural competence that incorporates a narrative humility approach.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence	Contains a variety of CLC resources including self-assessments, distance learning, and publications.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	New York State Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence - Cultural Syndromes and the Cultural Formulation in Psychiatric Care	Since 2007, the center has served as a leader in removing cultural and linguistic barriers in mental health care in New York State.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Tools from the CAPT: Increasing cultural competence to reduce behavioral health disparities	CAPT promotes the application of prevention science to advance state, tribal, jurisdictional, and community efforts to address substance use and misuse.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Honing Cultural and Linguistic Competence	A resource for innovative programs and quality tools for improving cultural and linguistic competence as well as reducing health care disparities for vulnerable populations.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Implementing Culture-Based Wraparound	This book chapter discusses implementation of a culture based wraparound system.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Improving Cultural Competence: Tip 59	Assists professional care providers and administrators in understanding the role of culture in the delivery of substance abuse and mental health services. Discusses racial, ethnic, and cultural considerations and the core elements of cultural competence.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Looking Through the Cultural Lens of the Service Provider	Video that discusses how culture affects the views, beliefs and actions of service providers, while looking through the cultural lens of an actual service provider.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Recruitment and Retention of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse School Psychologists in Graduate Education Programs	Tip Sheet with strategies for increasing diversity in the workforce of school psychologists.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Conversations on Cultural and Linguistic Competence: Discussion Guides for Anaheim City School District	Discussion guides for CLC conversation designed to assist in framing discussions about CLC and related issues.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural Activation Prompts: Gaining Awareness, Part I Cultural Activation Prompts: Gaining Awareness, Part II	Webinars that provides the definition of culture and encourages participants to explore their own cultural identity.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural Competence Resources	The listing of resources is for professionals and the general public provided by SAMHSA.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural Competency: An Organizational Strategy for High-Performing Delivery Systems	This issue brief shows how culturally competent care aids organizations provide care that is equitable, patient centered and of high quality.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Culture and Health: Does My Doctor Know Who I Am?	Podcast that addresses how culture affects mental health and mental health treatment, while discussing the use of the Cultural Formulation Interview.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Nathan Kline Institute	This Center of Excellence in Culturally Competent Mental Health is housed in the Statistical Services Research Division of the New York State Office of Mental Health. Their mission is to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in the availability, accessibility, and quality of behavioral health care services through the development of culturally competent services.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Authenticity of the Client's Voice: Looking Through the Cultural Lens of the Client	Video that looks through the cultural lens of actual clients in a recovery program and addresses how culture affects treatment.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Building Culturally & Linguistically Competent Services	This is a manual regarding the use of cultural brokers in the healthcare setting.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Building Culturally Competent Organizations	This site features innovative programs and quality tools for improving cultural and linguistic competence as well as reducing health care disparities for vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Changing Perception: How to Build Cultural Competence and Humility	Webinar that applies a cultural humility and social justice perspective to cultural competency.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	CLC Podcasts, Texas System of Care	Series of podcasts addressing clinical issues in serving clients of specific diverse populations such as the LGBTQ+ community and the Hispanic/Latino community.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Use of Telepsychiatry in Cross-Cultural Settings	Video providing information on how to use telepsychiatry in cross cultural settings.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Working with Cultural Diversity in Early Psychosis	A clinical guide for practitioners to help them work with culturally diverse populations, including how to work with diverse families, how to explore the cultural explanatory model of illness and ways to work with interpreters.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation	Training for mental health consultants regarding cultural competence and cultural adaptations to EBPs.
Behavioral Health Equity (Organizational Cultural Competence)	Enhancing Cultural Competence in Social Service Agencies: A Promising Approach to Serving Diverse Children and Families	This brief provides an overview of cultural competence for organizations serving children and families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Children & Youth	Florida Department of Health: Behavioral Health and Related Topics	This website discusses the need for IBH in regard to children accessing quality behavioral health services and early screening for mental health issues.
Children & Youth	Florida Department of Health: Behavioral Health and Related Topics	This website discusses the need for IBH in regard to children accessing quality behavioral health services and early screening for mental health issues.
Children & Youth	Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care: Considerations and Opportunities for Policymakers, Planners, and Providers	Comprehensive report aimed at increasing the welfare of children in the health care system. Provides information about children’s mental health and evidence of research-supported models of IBH.
Children & Youth	Improving Integration of Behavioral Health Into Primary Care for Adolescents and Young Adults	This article addresses the issues adolescents face when access to behavioral health care is unavailable. The authors provide recommendations on how to implement and improve IBH in primary care.
Children & Youth	Trauma-Informed Integrated Care for Children and Families in Healthcare Settings	This resource provides information about trauma-informed integrated healthcare with children and families, including benefits and barriers.
Children & Youth	Children’s Mental Health What Every Policymaker Should Know	Resource that provides a brief introduction in ways to reduce health disparities through data collection, data analysis, culture of equity, quality of improvement, and interventions.
Children & Youth	Considering Culture: Building the Best Evidence-Based Practices for Children of Color	This case study examines the role of culture in informing and enhancing efforts to level life’s playing field for children of color.
Children & Youth	Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S.	Study conducted by the William T Grant Foundation which investigates disparities in mental health and mental health services for minority youth.
Children & Youth	Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care (Fiscal Year 2015)	Since 2011, the NCJFCJ has been publishing this Technical Assistance Bulletin (TAB) that identifies the disproportionality rates for children of color in foster care.
Children & Youth	Fresno County Department of Social Services: Confronting Racial Inequities and Disproportionality to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes for Children & Families	This report details Fresno County’s early efforts and the work still underway to address racial inequities and improve outcomes for all children and youth involved in the county’s child welfare system.
Children & Youth	Mental Health Service Utilization among Black Youth; Psychosocial Determinants in a National Sample	Details a study which investigated the association between demographic factors, socioeconomic status, psychiatric disorders, and mental health utilization among black youth.
Children & Youth	Race for Results (2017) - Building a Path to Opportunity for all Children	AECF Policy Report that explores the intersection of children, opportunity, race, and immigration. The data analyzed measures how children are progressing on key milestones by race and ethnicity at the national and state levels.
Children & Youth	Race for Results (2014) - Building a Path to Opportunity for all Children	Policy report on how children progress on key milestones across racial and ethnic groups.
Children & Youth	Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care among U.S. Adolescents	Fact Sheet discussing disparities in access to healthcare, utilization, and health status among Hispanic, Black, and White adolescents (age 12-17).
Children & Youth	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care for Children and Young Adults: A National Study	Academic article discussing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care for young adults and children.
Children & Youth	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Youth Incarceration	Webinar discussing racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration.
Children & Youth	Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare	Issue brief which explores the prevalence of racial disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system, as well as providing strategies to address these issues.
Children & Youth	Reducing Disparities Beginning in Early Childhood	Provides data regarding racial and ethnic disproportionality that begins in early childhood and ways to reduce that.
Children & Youth	Serving Everyone At the Table: Strategies for Enhancing the Availability of Culturally Competent Mental Health Service- Making Children's Mental Health Services Successful	This monograph aims to increase awareness of the impact of culture on the availability of mental health services with the goal of improving services for culturally/racially diverse families in ways that reduce mental health disparities.
Children & Youth	Strategies to Reduce Racially Disparate Outcomes in Child Welfare	Survey of state and national strategies to promote racial equity among children and families involved in the child welfare system.
Children & Youth	Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices Across Cultural Groups: a CDC Research Brief	Study of child rearing values and methods across cultural groups.
Children & Youth	Do Early Educators' Implicit Biases Regarding Sex and Race Relate to Behavioral Expectations and Recommendations of Preschool Expulsions and Suspensions?	Academic article regarding the role of implicit bias in early childhood education discipline.
Children & Youth	Cultural Awareness: Children and Disasters	Presentation from podcast designed to assist disaster behavioral health responders provide culturally aware and appropriate services to children and families impacted by natural disasters.
Children & Youth	Facts About Trauma for Policymakers: Children’s Mental Health	Presents facts about the impact of trauma and key recommendations for policy action.
Children & Youth	Urban Youth Trauma Center	Website for the Urban Youth Training Center with resources and trainings designed to address the needs of high-risk youth affected by trauma and community violence.
Health Literacy	Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions	This website provides to upcoming and archived webinars aimed towards increasing literacy and implementation of IBH in primary care settings.
Health Literacy	What is Integrated Behavioral Health Care (IBHC)?	Provides a comprehensive definition of IBH that highlights key points of IBH. It also includes definitions of other terms commonly used in IBH settings.
Health Literacy	Behavioral Health Integration Definition and Principles	Provides a comprehensive IBH definition and outlines principles of IBH. Other areas of the website provides research-based evidence of the benefits of integrating behavioral health on a systemic level and resources for implementing IBH.
Health Literacy	AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit	Toolkit that provides evidence-based support to health practitioners in addressing health literacy.
Health Literacy	Health Literacy Starter Kit	Presentation from Health Literacy Summit regarding the definition of health literacy, data regarding health literacy rates, and the impact of low health literacy.
Health Literacy	Guide to Providing Effective Communication and Language Assistance Services	A comprehensive guide designed for health care administrators and health care providers. This guide helps organizations provide effective communication and language assistance services to culturally and linguistically diverse populations. The documents contains resource lists and practical tools for implementation.
Health Literacy	Ensuring Linguistic Access in Healthcare Settings: An Overview of Current Legal Rights and Responsibilities	Brief focusing on the language access responsibilities of federally funded recipients pursuant to the federal civil rights laws.
Health Literacy	Beyond Translation: Promoting a New National Standard for Equity in Health Materials Translated from English	Recommendations regarding standards for translation of materials.
Health Literacy	Interpretation Toolkit	Toolkit or using interpretation services in a clinical setting.
Health Literacy	Language Access Assessment and Planning Tool for Federally Conducted and Federally Assisted Programs	Tool designed by the USDOJ Civil Rights Division to assist federally funded organizations in conducting a language access assessment and developing a language access policy, plan, and procedures.
Health Literacy	Language Matters in Mental Health	Infographic regarding the importance of people-first language.
Health Literacy	Language Portal	Database of resources used to provide services to LEP individuals. Contains state and local agency documents used to provide services to LEP clients that have been translated into a variety of languages.
Health Literacy	Plain Language	Website listing of resources for plain writing.
Health Literacy	Plain Language Material Development	Power point presentation regarding how to use plain language in materials to improve health literacy.
Health Literacy	Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective	A resource for health literacy. This toolkit provides a detailed set of materials to help providers make written materials easier to read, understand and use. Includes guidelines for written translations.
Health Literacy	Utah Department of Health Translation Manual	Manual to supplement language assistance toolkit. Provides further reference and information regarding translation.
Health Literacy	We Want to Know What They Are Saying: A Multi Agency Collaborative Effort to Address Parental Language Barriers and Disproportionate Minority Contact	Report highlighting multi agency collaborative effort in New York City to help develop multilingual materials to help LEP parents in the juvenile justice system.
Health Literacy	Working with Foreign Language Interpreters: Recommendations for Psychological Practice	Scholarly article describing different aspects of working with interpreters in a behavioral health setting.
Health Literacy	Think- Speak - Act Cultural Health: Part 1 Think- Speak - Act Cultural Health: Part 2	Videos - At the 2010 Quality Health Care for Diverse Populations Conference, colleagues were asked to share how they Think, Speak and Act Cultural Health.
Health Literacy	Bridging the Cultural Divide in Health Care Settings en Español	This is a manual regarding the use of cultural brokers in the healthcare setting.
Health Literacy	Guide to Providing Effective Communication and Language Assistance Services	The Think Cultural Health website offers tools and resources that will help individuals and organizations communicate effectively with patients and clients.
Health Literacy	Document Checklist for Plain Language	Checklist to determine if documents meet the federal plain language standards.
Health Literacy	Health Literacy	Website that provides information and tools to improve health literacy and public health.
Health Literacy	How to Improve Mental Health Literacy	Webpage that contains resources and tools for parents and caregivers of children, youth, or young adults, focused on improving mental health literacy.
Health Literacy	Mental Health Literacy	PowerPoint presentation from the Boston University Health Literacy Conference.
Health Literacy	ReachOut.com and Mental Health Literacy	An example of a program in Australia that improves mental health literacy for young adults using online tools.
Mental Health & Trauma	Facts About Trauma for Policymakers: Children's Mental Health	Presents facts about the impact of trauma and key recommendations for policy action.
Mental Health & Trauma	Historical Trauma and Microaggressions: A Framework for Culturally Based Practice	This is the second issue in a series focusing on trauma and child welfare systems.
Mental Health & Trauma	Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation	This brief draws on interviews with national experts on trauma-informed care to create a framework for organizational and clinical changes that can be practically implemented across the health care sector to address trauma.
Mental Health & Trauma	Accelerating Behavioral Health Integration Through Telehealth	This website discusses the benefits of implementing telehealth services. One of the benefits is its acceleration to integrating behavioral health services with primary care.
Mental Health & Trauma	Trauma Informed Community Building: Model for Strengthening Community in Trauma Affected Neighborhoods	A discussion of the trauma-informed Community Building model used in BRIDGE Housing Corp. located in San Francisco, CA.
Mental Health & Trauma	Cultural Competence: A Literature Review and Conceptual Model for Mental Health Services	This article presents a conceptual model of organizational cultural competence for use in mental health services that resulted from a comprehensive review of the research literature.
Mental Health & Trauma	Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs	Assists states and communities in planning, designing, and implementing culturally competent disaster mental health services for survivors of natural and human-caused disasters of all scales.
Mental Health & Trauma	Historical Trauma and Microaggressions: A Framework for Culturally-Based Practice	This is the second issue in a series focusing on trauma and child welfare systems.
National CLAS Standards	The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care	List of the Enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services.
National CLAS Standards	A Curriculum for Developing Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Service -Facilitator's Manual	Curriculum for developing culturally and linguistically appropriate services by implementing the CLAS Standards.
National CLAS Standards	Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice	The Blueprint is a framework for health organizations to improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities through the development of health policies and programs aimed at advancing health equity and eliminating health and health care disparities.
National CLAS Standards	Compendium of State Sponsored National CLAS Standards implementation Activities	A compilation of how states are implementing the CLAS Standards.
National CLAS Standards	The National CLAS Standards in Action	This webinar is presented by the Office of Minority Health which shares case examples for implementation of the standards in different settings, including an integrated health care practice.
National CLAS Standards	A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care	This website a self-directed training course designed for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners helps equip health care providers with competencies that will enable them to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population.
National CLAS Standards	CLAS Standards Training Toolkit and Planning Worksheet- Implementation Resources	A series of resources and worksheets to help organizations plan for and implement the CLAS standards. It includes a tool to help organizations complete their CLC plan.
National CLAS Standards	CLAS Standards Training Toolkit - Facilitators' Guide for Outreach Workers	Training to help outreach workers understand and implement the CLAS standards.
National CLAS Standards	CLAS Policies and Procedures	Sample of CLAS standards incorporated into agency policies and procedures.
National CLAS Standards	Community Engagement Toolkit	Toolkit designed to expand community engagement using data driven strategies.
National CLAS Standards	Condensed Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice	A condensed version of the CLAS Blueprint, providing general information on the CLAS Standards and their implementation.
National CLAS Standards	Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services- Advancing Health with CLAS	Overview of the CLAS standards.
National CLAS Standards	Fundamentals of the National CLAS Standards	Part 1 of a 3 part webinar series put on by the Office of Minority Health providing information regarding the CLAS Standards.
National CLAS Standards	Implementing CLAS Standards and Improving Cultural Competency and Language Access	Practical guide for organizations to look at and implement the CLAS standards, cultural competence, and language access.
National CLAS Standards	Making CLAS Happen (Enhanced): Six Areas for Action	Massachusetts DPH/OHEA guide to providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services in a variety of public health settings.
National CLAS Standards	National CLAS Standards: Fact Sheet	Fact sheet on CLAS from the Office of Minority.
National CLAS Standards	A Class About CLAS	This video, produced by the Utah Department of Health, covers the basics of what the CLAS standards are and what they do.
National CLAS Standards	A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations	Guide designed to help healthcare systems accommodate diverse patient populations through language access services.
National CLAS Standards	A Practical Guide to Implementing the National CLAS Standards for Racial, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities, People with Disabilities and Sexual and Gender Minorities	The purpose of this toolkit is to enable organizations to implement the National CLAS Standards and improve health equity. It is organized according to the enhanced National CLAS Standards, and provides practical tools and examples of CLAS, in addition to efforts to implement the National CLAS Standards that can be adapted for use by health care organizations. It is intended for organizations that have already decided to pursue CLAS, to improve equity and eliminate health care disparities; it is not a decision guide about whether to implement National CLAS Standards.
National CLAS Standards	Addressing Language Access Issues in Your Practice: A Toolkit for Physicians and their Staff Members	This is a toolkit for physicians and health care teams that presents a systems approach to re-designing practices to provide the highest quality care possible to patients who speak limited English.
National CLAS Standards	Applying National CLAS Standards in Schools	Guide for applying National CLAS Standards in mental health services in schools.
National CLAS Standards	Help Me Don't Judge Me- Lessons in Cultural Competency	To address behavioral health disparities, youth and families from Broward County, Florida scripted and acted in video skits based on real-life experiences that highlight incidences where the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards were not applied.
National CLAS Standards	I Deserve Respect- Lessons on Cultural Competency	To address behavioral health disparities, youth and families from Broward County, Florida scripted and acted in video skits based on real-life experiences that highlight incidences where the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards were not applied.
National CLAS Standards	I'm Not Being Difficult- Lessons on Cultural Competency	To address behavioral health disparities, youth and families from Broward County, Florida scripted and acted in video skits based on real-life experiences that highlight incidences where the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards were not applied.
National CLAS Standards	Language Assistance Toolkit	This toolkit, developed by USF, Covian and the Center for Community Learning, addresses the CLAS Standards related to Communication and Language Assistance.
National CLAS Standards	My Anxiety Is Very Real- Lessons on Cultural Competency	To address behavioral health disparities, youth and families from Broward County, Florida scripted and acted in video skits based on real-life experiences that highlight incidences where the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards were not applied.
National CLAS Standards	Utah Department of Health CLAS Toolkit	Toolkit that provides guidance to providers involved in translating materials.
Racial Equity in Health	Conversations that Matter: A How to Guide for Hosting Discussions About Race, Racism, and Public Health	Guide to assist public health and other practitioners in conducting skilled facilitation and community building, as well as holding difficult conversations about race and racism.
Racial Equity in Health	Equity and Empowerment Lens	A website with a variety of resources to help individuals and organizations apply an equity and empowerment lens. It is meant to help individuals and organizations design and implement more racially equitable policies and programs.
Racial Equity in Health	Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide	Toolkit for organizations to implement the race equity lens to work with diverse populations. This lens helps organizations incorporate race equity at various stages of the change and implementation process.
Racial Equity in Health	GARE - Racial Equity Toolkit	Racial equity toolkit designed to help organizations operationalize equity.
Racial Equity in Health	Race Matters Toolkit: User’s Guide	This toolkit is designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all.
Racial Equity in Health	Two Lenses, One Goal: Understanding the Psychological and Structural Barriers People of Color Face in the Criminal Justice System	Brief explaining the barriers people of color faced when dealing with criminal justice reform. Recommendations for addressing these barriers are also made.
Racial Equity in Health	You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Racial Discipline Disparities	The authors highlight how our interactions across racial lines continue to yield differential outcomes in school discipline, with devastating consequences for many youths of color.
Racial Equity in Health	Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide	Tip Sheet on preventing hate and hate crimes.
Racial Equity in Health	SBDI Toolkit: A Community Resource for Reducing School-Based Arrests	Toolkit that discuss the values and core elements of school-based diversion programs.
Racial Equity in Health	State of Science: Implicit Bias Review	Review of scholarly literature and public discourse on implicit bias in the domains of criminal justice, health and health care, employment, education, and housing.
Racial Equity in Health	Strategies to Reduce the Influence of Implicit Bias	Brief that addresses concrete strategies to combat implicit bias in the court system.
Racial Equity in Health	The Science of Equality, Volume 1: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health Care	Report providing an in-depth look at the role of implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat in producing disparities in education and healthcare settings.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Children In Immigrant Families: Chart New Path	Demographic and other data regarding Immigrant families.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Falling Through the Cracks - The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Children Caught Up in the Child Welfare System	This paper outlines the unique challenges that federal and state immigration enforcement measures pose to child well-being and family unity, including the implications for children and families involved in the child welfare system.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Growing Up In A New Country: A Positive Youth Development Toolkit for Working with Refugees and Immigrants	Toolkit for developing and funding services to assist immigrant and refugee youth. Outlines best practices in various areas of program development.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	I Came All This Way for Them: Refugee Parents In Their Own Words, Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services	Resources for immigrant and refugee parents, children, and youth.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture and Systems Knowledge	Report of study regarding the challenges facing immigrant families in early childhood programs and solutions to address those challenges.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Innovations and Cultural Adaptations: Some Key Lessons for Effective School Mental Health Programs	Conference presentation on innovations and cultural adaptations for mental health services for immigrant and refugee children in schools.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children in Resettlement	Report of task force studying the effectiveness of EBPs on immigrant children.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	New Directions in Mentoring Refugee Youth	Highlights emerging practices in mentoring refugee youth such as group and family mentoring.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Overcoming Barriers: A Toolkit for Helping Refugees Adjust to Life in the US	Toolkit for service providers that work with refugees.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Partnering with Parents and Families to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children at School	This paper outlines model programs that engage communities and community organizations to build effective and accessible mental health services for immigrant and refugee children and youth.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Preparing Staff to Work with Immigrant Youth	Though no one person will have every characteristic, an organization can use this list to assess their staff overall.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Refugee Children in U.S. Schools: A Toolkit for Teachers and School Personnel	This toolkit was developed to support and assist schools with large numbers of refugee students.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Rise Magazine	First person stories from immigrant parents involved in the child welfare system.
Specific Populations (Immigrant Communities)	Strengths-Based Programming: The Example of Somali Refugee Youth	Spotlight on Somali Refugees.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	ABCs of CLC Webinar 2: Latino Communities	This webinar provides core knowledge that may be beneficial for a deeper understanding of concepts related to working with the Latino community. This episode is one in a series of webinars that will provide basic information to supplement a podcast series that aims to build upon the information presented and further discuss cultural competence in working with specific populations.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Adaptation Guidelines for Serving Latino Children and Families Affected by Trauma	Report of work group that provides guidelines for serving the Hispanic/Latino populations that are receiving care for trauma.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	CLC Podcast - Latino Communities	Podcast that covers cultural issues that face Latino communities seeking behavioral health care. The podcast covers explanatory models, as well as communicating about wellness and healing. Texas System of Care CLC podcasts are intended to take a deeper dive into clinical considerations of working with various populations.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Community Defined Solutions for Latino Mental Health Care Disparities	This report presents results of project that examined mental health disparities for the Latino population and includes strategies for improving mental health treatment, and strategic directions and recommendations for reducing health disparities in Latinos.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	National Latino Behavioral Health Association	Website of the National Latino Behavioral Health Association.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Preliminary Adaptations for Working with Traumatized Latino/Hispanic Children and their Families	This series serves to support the NCTSN commitment to raising the standard of care for traumatized children, their families, and their communities by highlighting the diversity of needs and experiences of those children, families, and communities.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	The Hispanic Stress Inventory- Adolescent Version: A Culturally Informed Psychosocial Assessment	Discusses a 2-phase study conducted to develop a culturally informed measure of psychosocial stress for adolescents.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Understanding Hispanic Diversity: A One Size Approach to Service Delivery May Not Fit All	This brief uses qualitative data collected during the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation and describes the Hispanic population of the United States in terms of characteristics.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Meeting Healthcare Needs of American Muslims: Challenges and Strategies for Healthcare Settings	Discussion of Islamic values and cultural practices and their impact on healthcare practices.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Comprehensive In-Depth Literature Review and Analysis of Hispanic Mental Health Issues	Report on Hispanic culture and mental health beliefs and resulting disparities.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Creating Culturally Competent Mental Health Systems for Latinos: Perspectives from an Expert Panel	Guide with basic information and guidelines for public health professionals regarding Latinos and mental health.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Critical Disparities in Latino Mental Health- Transforming Research Into Action	Report of research from Latino Mental Health Summit. Discusses mental health issues and disparities facing Latinos and makes recommendations.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Desarrollo de Intervenciones Culturalmente Centradas para Poblaciones Hispanas y Latinas	Seminario que presenta practicas culturalmente adaptadas basadas en la evidencia que incorporan la cultura hispana y Latina.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Evidence Based Practices with Latino Youth: A Literature Review	Literature review of Evidence Based Practices.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Healthy Communities Matter: The Importance of Place to the Health of Boys of Color	This report discusses the various disparities faced by men and boys of color such as socio-economic disparities, physical and emotional health disparities, disparities in safety, and disparities in readiness to learn. The report proposes community-based solutions and provides best practices examples from various programs from around California.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Hispanic Latino Mental Health	Website with a variety of resources regarding Hispanic/Latino Mental health. Discusses cultural issues, at-risk groups, disparity data, and access to care.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	La Importancia del Lugar de Residencia y la Raza (Translation of Why Place and Race Matter)	This report builds on earlier work to look more intentionally and explicitly at race and ethnicity and what they mean in the context of building healthy communities.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Mi Hermanas Keeper Toolkit	A toolkit detailing promising practices in juvenile justice prevention programs for Latina Youth.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations	Handbook providing information about the cultural appropriateness of they theory and practice of psychological treatment of ethnic minority populations in the U.S.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Hispanics: Research and Policy Implications	A paper discussing research and policy implications of creating and using EBP's for the Hispanic population.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women - A Treatment Improvement Protocol	Assists treatment providers in offering treatment to adult women with substance use disorders. Reviews gender-specific research and best practices, such as common patterns of initiation of substance use among women and specific treatment issues and strategies.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Black and African American Communities and Mental Health	Website with a variety of resources regarding African American Mental health. Discusses demographics, prevalence, attitudes, treatment issues and access.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Being Black Is Not a Risk Factor	Report focusing on black family and community strengths to help black children; includes data points and examples of places were black children are succeeding.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Brother You're on My Mind: Changing the National Dialogue Regarding Mental Health Among African American Men	Toolkit with a variety of resources to help various types of organizations address the mental health needs of African American males and conduct outreach of a variety of community organizations.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	National Leadership Council of African American Behavioral Health	Recognized as the only national umbrella organization focused on both mental health and substance abuse for the African American population that represents an array of perspectives and disciplines.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Police Killings and their Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: A Population-based, Quasi-experimental Study	Study about the effects of police killings on the mental health of African Americans.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Solutions and Interventions for Reducing Justice Involvement and Recidivism among Black Youth in South Florida and Beyond	Provides background information for dealing with disproportionate representation of black youth in the juvenile justice system.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	A Circle of Healing for Native Children Endangered by Drugs	Seven-part video series that highlights best practices for meeting the needs of drug-endangered youth in tribal communities.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Child Welfare in Indian Country: A Story of Painful Removals	Discussion of child welfare issues relative to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Exploratory Description of Financing and Sustainability in American Indian and Alaska Native System of Care Communities	Study of financing opportunities and challenges of Tribal systems of care.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Honoring Children, Mending the Circle: Cultural Adaptation of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children	Discusses the cultural adaptation of evidence-based child trauma treatment developed by the Indian Country Child Trauma Center.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	National Indian Child Welfare Association	Website of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, which works to eliminate child abuse and neglect by strengthening families, tribes, and the laws that protect them.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Culture, Poverty and Education in Appalachian Kentucky	Article on Appalachian culture in Kentucky.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Mental Health Services in Appalachia	Thesis Dissertation outlining the findings of a study regarding mental health beliefs, practices and utilization rates in Appalachia.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Working With Clients of Appalachian Culture	Article on Appalachian culture, health beliefs and ideas for how to work with this population.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	A Snapshot of Behavioral Health Issues for Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Boys and Men: Jumpstarting an Overdue Conversation	Brief that highlights issues specific to Asian American/Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander boys and men.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Engaging Asian American Youth and Their Families in Quality Mental Health Services	Asian American youth have a higher level of unmet mental health needs and lower level of mental health service engagement than White youth. This article presents reasons for lack of engagement in mental health services among Asian American youth and families. Practical strategies to enhance their engagement in mental health services are provided.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	National Asian and American and Pacific Islander Mental Health Association	Website dedicated to improving health and well-being of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
Specific Populations (Racial/Ethnic Communities)	Tip Sheets on Haitian Culture	Tips intended to provide basic background information on relevant aspects of Haitian culture for those volunteer and professional responders who may become involved in assisting survivors of the recent earthquake, or their friends and families living in the U.S.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients	APA guidelines for providing psychological services to lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. This article provides basic information and future references in areas of assessment, intervention, identity, relationships, diversity, education, training, and research.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	ABCs of CLC Webinar 1: This vs .That	This webinar's purpose is to provide core knowledge that will be beneficial during other training opportunities as you gain a deeper understanding of concepts around cultural competence. The ABC'S of CLC is the first of a series of webinars that are planned to build upon the information presented and further discuss cultural competence in working with specific populations.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	A Guide to Inform Local Efforts to Support and Affirm LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth and Families	Provides information regarding SAHMSA's National Workgroup to Address the needs of LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth and Families. Also provides information on improving services to this target population.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service	Provision for LGBTW Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Who Engage in Survival Sex Research report on a three-year study of LGBTQ youth engaged in survival sex. The focus is on exposure to STDs and other health issues, extent of substance abuse, and treatment and service providers.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Addressing Trauma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Boys of Color	Issue brief that highlights research regarding trauma amongst GBQ boys and young men of color.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the LGBT Community	Compilation of strategies, practice examples, resources, and testimonials designed to help hospitals in their efforts to improve communication and provide more patient-centered care to their LGBT patients.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	All Children All Families	This project of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation provides a framework for agencies to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being by improving their practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and families.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Asset-Based Approaches for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Two-Spirit Youth and Families in Systems of Care	This monograph offers a public health approach for communities to meet the needs of families with LGBTQIS-2 parent, youth or child.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Best Practices in Creating and Delivering LGBTQ Cultural Competence Trainings for Health and Social Service Agencies	Framework for what cultural competence training should entail when addressing the LGBTQ community.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Best Practices for Asking About Sexual Orientation on Surveys Bridging the Language Gap in Child Welfare: Identifying and Supporting LGBT Youth who have experienced Sexual Exploitation	Report of expert panel regarding best practices for gathering data regarding sexual orientation. Brief that discusses the issues that LGBT children and youth who are sexually exploited face when dealing with the child welfare system. The brief makes policy recommendations to make services accessible and appropriate to LGBT youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Building Bridges- LGBT Populations: A Dialogue on Advancing Opportunities for Recovery from Addictions and Mental Health Problems	Outlines the issue of recovery from addiction and mental health problems specifically for the LGBT population.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Collecting Transgender-Inclusive Gender Data in Workplace and Other Surveys	Article on options for gathering data on gender and gender identity.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Compendium of Health Profession Association LGBT Policy & Position Statements	This document outlines LGBT related policy and position statements issued by health profession associations.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Creating Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit	The toolkit assists young people in understanding the negative impact of homophobia and transphobia on GLBTQ youth and in taking a stand for social justice.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Designing a Measure: Measuring Social Workers Attitudes toward LGBT Youth in Child Welfare	This study reports the results of a study to analyze the reliability of a pilot instrument created to evaluate social workers' attitudes toward LGBT youth in foster care system.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth	A report discussing effective and ineffective therapies for LGBTQ Youth. This report aims at reducing health disparities caused by the use of ineffective therapies.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Getting Down to Basics: Tools to Support LGBTQ Youth In Care	This tool kit offers practical tips and information to ensure that LGBTQ young people in care receive the support and services they deserve.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Guide for Understanding, Supporting and Affirming LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth and Families	This resource provides general information for service providers, educators, allies, and community members who seek to support the health and well-being of children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and/or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S) and their families. This guide will help to promote full and affirming inclusion of diverse LGBTQI2-S youth and families in all aspects of systems of care.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Guide to Being a Straight Ally	This document offers guidelines for how individuals and organizations can support and advocate for LGBT equality in their home, workplace, and community.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Guidelines for Managing Information Related to the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity and Expression of Children in Child Welfare Systems	This document offers guidelines to implement CWLA's Best Practice.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients	The guidelines are intended to inform the practice of psychologists and to provide information for the education and training of psychologists regarding LGB issues.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	HHS LGBT Issues Coordinating Committee 2012 Report	This report identifies steps to improve the health and well-being LGBT individuals and families
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth In Juvenile Courts	This represents the first effort to examine the experiences of LGBT youth in juvenile courts across the country.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	High Burden of Homelessness Among Sexual-Minority Adolescents: Findings from a Representative Massachusetts High School Sample	American Journal of Public Health Study compares the prevalence of current homelessness among adolescents reporting a minority sexual orientation (lesbian/gay, bisexual, unsure, or heterosexual with same-sex sexual partners) with that among exclusively heterosexual adolescents.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	How Many People are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender?	This research brief discusses challenges associated with collecting better information about the LGBT community and reviews eleven recent US and international surveys that ask sexual orientation or gender identity questions.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	How to Gather Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings	Brief that discussed methods for collecting data regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Learning from the Field: Programs Serving Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Experiencing Homelessness	This report shares promising strategies for serving youth who are LGBTQI2-S and homeless.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents - Population Estimate and Prevalence of Health Behaviors	Summary of a report regarding a study of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents and the factors that affect their health and well-being.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in the Juvenile Justice System	Practice guide for juvenile detention alternative sites designed to help them meet the needs of LGBTQ youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	National Coming Out Day Youth Report	This report analyzed responses by LGBTQ identified youth regarding various questions about their coming out experience.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	NDTAC Fact Sheet: Improving Services for Youth Who Are LGBT in Juvenile Justice Systems	This fact sheet serves as a resource to enhance the capacity of State and local administrators and practitioners to improve policies and practices that promote the safe, inclusive treatment of youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) in juvenile justice systems.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	NRCPFC Toolkit for Practitioners & Researchers Working with LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth	Toolkit to assist agencies serving runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings	This guide is a first step in reaching out to correctional agencies to help them identify, address, and respond to abuse of LGBTI individuals through agency policies and procedures.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Teens	A brief that discusses ways to recede the risk of substance abuse by LGBTQ youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Preventing Suicidal Behavior among LGBT Youth: Developing LGBT Cultural Competence	Tool for assessing LGBT cultural competence.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Georgetown University Promoting Cultural Diversity	This is a Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Support to LGBTQ Youth and Their Families.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Quality Healthcare for LGBT People: Understanding the Health Needs of LGBT People, An Introduction	This is part 1 of a 4-part webinar series, focusing on terminology and concepts associated with LGBT populations, marginalization and discrimination impacts on the health of LGBT people and the disparities they experience.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Recommended Practices to Promote the Safety and Well Being of LGBTQ Youth and Youth at Risk of Living with HIV in Child Welfare Settings	These resources share best practices on creating a safe zone, supporting transgender and gender non-conforming youth, and creating and sustaining a Gay-Straight Alliance at schools.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	gsafe Resources for Educators	Tool that provides strategies for supporting LGBT students.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	SAHMSA's LGBT-Focused Efforts	SAMHSA's LGBT-focused efforts include encouraging States to consider LGBT needs in administering their SAMHSA Block Grants resources, promoting a sexual and gender minority focus in funding announcements where it is appropriate, supporting creation of sexual orientation questions for HHS national surveys, and providing ongoing leadership to help stop bullying of LGBT youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Sexual Orientation Guidelines: Principles for Collecting, Coding and Reporting Identity Data	City of San Francisco policy document on gender identity data collection and reporting.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Standards of Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, and Two-spirit American Indian/Alaska Native Youth	This article was published in the newsletter by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) describing best practices in American Indian/ Alaska Native systems of care for current and graduated system of care communities.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Strengths and Silences: The Experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in Rural and Small Town Schools	This report illustrates the difficult learning environments encountered by LGBT students, and the discrimination, bullying and violence they experience in K-12 schools.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Suicide Prevention Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: Expanding the Frame and Broadening Our Approaches	This webinar focuses on reducing risk for suicide and increasing positive outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Supporting Your LGBTQ Youth: A Guide for Foster Parent	This report provides details on LGBTQ youth in the child welfare system, the unique risks they face, and the important role that foster parents can play in reducing those risks.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Supportive Families, Healthy Children, Helping Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Children	Booklet for families with LGBT children and youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations	This guide provides ways to talk about suicide safely and effectively, while advancing vital public discussions about preventing suicide, helping increase acceptance of LGBT people, and supporting their well-being.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Tribal Equality Toolkit: Tribal Resolutions and Codes to Support Two Spirit and LGBT Justice in Indian Country	This toolkit shares tribal resolutions and codes to support two spirit and LGBT justice in Indian Country.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of LGBTQI Youth in Schools and Communities	Webinar that discusses the importance of allies and teaching children to be accepting and tolerant. It also provides information about changing the culture of schools and communities to be more accepting and safer places for LGBTQI youth.
Specific Populations (Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation)	Working with LGBT Students of Color: A Guide for Educators	This document shares considerations when working with LGBT students of color.

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