We offer a wide array of training during different stages of this project. Trainers are from organizations throughout California and are experts in their respective fields. Please take a look at our Training Menu. If there is a training you would like in your area, that is not already being offered by a local organization, please contact Nicole Scanlan for additional information.
Click here to register and access our #Out4MentalHealth Advocacy Workshop.
#Out4MentalHealth Task Forces support local community members and organizations with engaging in LGBTQ Mental Health Advocacy at the county, state, and federal level. Each Task Force is led by local community members and organizations and open to everyone interested in advocating for LGBTQ Mental Health Equity. There are five #Out4Mentalhealth Task Forces throughout California, based in Shasta, Sonoma, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles Counties. Please email Mandy Taylor to get involved.
Surveying the Road to Equity: The Annual State of LGBTQ Communities 2019
Surveying the Road to Equity: The Annual State of LGBTQ Communities, 2019 presents findings from the 2019 #Out4MentalHealth Community Survey and Bisexual Needs Assessment. The report summarizes the issues affecting LGBTQ health, mental health, and well-being, and provides recommendations to reduce stigma and improve access to LGBTQ-affirming services. The report also details findings and recommendations from two roundtables with experts on LGBTQ Sex Work and LGBTQ Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
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Mapping the Road to Equity: The Annual State of LGBTQ Communities 2018
Mapping the Road to Equity: The Annual State of LGBTQ Communities, 2018 lifts up the voices of LGBTQ Californians to inform the work of community advocates, service providers, and policymakers. This report details the current state of LGBTQ health policy in California and the ways that a variety of issues impact LGBTQ mental health, including law enforcement, homelessness, school policies, and sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, and more.
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First, Do Not Harm
The need for culturally competent mental health services is great, but greater still is the need to eliminate the multiple harms that contribute to negative mental health throughout LGBTQ communities. First, Do Not Harm: Reducing Disparities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Populations in California represents a snapshot in time of certain LGBTQ people living in our state.
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#Out4Mental Health is a joint project of Health Access, The California LGBTQ Health and Human Service Network, and Cal Voices (a continuation of NorCal Mental Health America), funded through the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) and the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
We are excited to work alongside the following organizations for this project:
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- Join a Task Force
- Email Mandy Taylor, our Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator, to be added to an interest list and be the first to learn about new opportunities to get involved
If you would like assistance with improving LGBTQ mental health services in your county, please email info@out4mentalhealth.org for technical assistance.
