Cultural and Linguistic Competency Committee
The mission of the Cultural Competency Committee is to identify and develop cultural competency strategies for system of care implementation that will assure responsiveness to our diverse populations’ needs and help build capacity within diverse communities to access and participate in the system of care.
If you would like more information, or would like to join an upcoming meeting, please contact Mary Jo Verschay, State Liaison, at (651) 431-2338 or email mary.jo.verschay@state.mn.us.
Interesting Video Web Sites:
RACE - Are We So Different?
Multiracial In America
Next Committee Meeting:
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Time: 4 pm
Place: Caritas Mental Health Center, St. Cloud
(December 3, 2008 - St. Cloud CMMHC - Blue Room)
Past Committee Minutes:
The following "Group Memories" are used to represent committee members' memories of the committee meeting. If you have attended a meeting and feel that the minutes do not accurately represent what was said or done, or you have any questions or concerns regarding the meeting/minutes, please contact the committee chair listed above. "Group Memories" do not become official minutes until approval at the following committee meeting.
May 2, 2006 July 24, 2006 September 6, 2006 September 20, 2006 November 1, 2006 December 6, 2006 January 3, 2007 February 7, 2007 March 7, 2007 April, 2007 May 2, 2007 June 6, 2007 July 16, 2007 August, 2007 October 3, 2007 November 7, 2007 December 5, 2007 January 2, 2008 February, 2008 March, 2008 September 3, 2008
USCRI Healthy Living Toolkit
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has recently posted ten new health brochures available in ARABIC, VIETNAMESE, ENGLISH, BURMESE, KAREN, SWAHILI, FRENCH, SOMALI, SPANISH, HMONG, FARSI, KIRUNDI, BOSNIAN, and RUSSIAN.
The USCRI Healthy Living Toolkit is designed to educate refugees and immigrants to become proactive health consumers and promoters in their communities. The Toolkit supports health professionals, health promoters, ESL teachers, resettlement case managers in assisting refugees and immigrants to navigate the health system in order to reduce the health disparities among these populations. The toolkit has been developed in a culturally appropriate manner.
Other resources:
Road To Evidence
The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
Cultural Competence in Serving Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems
SharingDiversity.com
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