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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is awarding nearly $700,000 to the Hawaii State Department of Health to develop a Center of Excellence, advancing behavioral health equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities.
The AA and NHPI Behavioral Health Center of Excellence will promote culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health information and practices; establish a steering committee to identify emerging issues; and provide training, technical assistance, and consultation to practitioners, educators and community organizations. Training topics include addressing mental health impacts caused by unconscious bias and hate against AA and NHPI communities.
“People grappling with mental health and substance use disorders need and deserve culturally responsive care to help them recover,” said Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., the HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the leader of SAMHSA. “This Center of Excellence will instruct provider organizations on how to better serve members of the AA and NHPI communities across the nation.”
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