Ethnic Services Committee

Mission Statement

The mission of the Ethnic Services Committee is to ensure that mental health services meet the increasing mental health needs of diverse cultural, linguistic, racial and ethnic populations, and to actively address the conditions that contribute to and are indicators of the need for relevant, high quality mental health services.

Committee Accomplishments

• 2010-11 CMHDA Ethnic Services Priorities and Accomplishments (Posted: February, 2012) (PDF 95 KB)

CMHDA Resources

• CMHDA County CC/ESM Roster (Updated: March 12, 2012) (PDF 103 KB)

CMHDA Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities

• County Mental Health Service (CMHS) "Implementation Checklist" for CMHDA Framework (December 2006) (PDF 31 KB)
• ESC Letter to MH Directors Re: Framework (September 2005) (PDF 54 KB)
• CMHDA Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities (Adopted March 2005) (PDF 790 KB)


• ESC Purpose, Authority and Accountability Statement (Adopted July 2010) (PDF 52 KB)

Additional Resources

• CiMH Center for Reducing Health Disparities
  
  • CiMH Staff Directory: Multicultural (Link)
  • CiMH Conferences and Trainings Calendar (Link)
• DMH Office of Multicultural Services
  
  • DMH OMS: Homepage (Link)
  • DMH OMS: 2010 Cultural Competence Plan Requirements (Link)
  • 2011 DMH Information Notices and Letters (Link)
  • DMH OMS: California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) (Link)
  • DMH OMS: Informational Facts Sheets (Link)
• Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Committee (MHSOAC)
  
  • MHSOAC Cultural and Linguistic Competence Technical Resource Group (CLCTRG) Workplan (Link)

Committee Leadership

• Alfredo Aguirre, LCSW - Co-Chair
  San Diego County
  PH:  (619) 563-2765
  alfredo.aguirre@sdcounty.ca.gov
• Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW - Co-Chair
  Sacramento County
  PH:  (916) 875-3861
  johnsonj@saccounty.net  

Regional Leadership

• Barbara Ann White - Bay Region Co-Chair
  Diversity and Multicultural Coordinator
  City of Berkeley Mental Health
  bawhite@ci.berkeley.ca.us    PH: (510) 981-5218
• Gigi Crowder- Bay Region Co-Chair
  Ethnic Services Manager
  Alameda County Mental Health
  gcrowder@acbhcs.org    PH: (510) 777-2118
• Pete Duenas - Central Region Co-Chair
  MHSA CERT Manager
  Stanislaus County
  pduenas@stanbhrs.org    PH: (209) 525-6223 
• Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW - Central Region Co-Chair
  Cultural Competence/E.S. Program Manager
  Sacramento County Division of Mental Health
  johnsonj@saccounty.net    PH: (916) 875-3861 
• Luis A. Tovar, MPA - Southern Region Chair
  Ethnic Services Manager
  Ventura County Behavioral Health
  Luis.Tovar@ventura.org    PH: (805) 981-1101 
• Elizabeth Gowan, MFT - Superior Region Chair
  MHSA Coordinator, Program Manager
  Butte County Department of Behavioral Health
  egowan@buttecounty.net     PH: (530) 891-2887