Eliminating Inequities in Behavioral Health Care Webinar Series    

Overview

Please join us for the webinar series, Eliminating Inequities in Behavioral  Health Care.  The aim of this five (5) week webinar series is to increase participants’    knowledge about the interplay between structural racism, behavioral health institutional racism, implicit bias, and behavioral health disparities. It also offers education about strategies to decrease, and ultimately,  eliminate racial disparities in access, quality and outcomes of behavioral    health treatment. This series is sponsored by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

The target audience for the series includes behavioral health care leadership, administrators and managers, ethnic service managers, peer professionals, clinical supervisors, clinicians/direct care providers, and care managers.

Cost for all webinars: Complimentary

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Featuring…

Webinar 1 - Introduction to a Framework for Confronting Racism in Behavioral Health

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Thursday, August 20, 2020 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST

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Presenters:

   
• Jei Africa, PsyD., Director, Marin County Behavioral Health &  Recovery Services; & Co-Chair of Cultural Competence, Equity and Social Justice Committee (CCESJC) of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA)
   
• Adèle James, MA, CPC, CEO, Adèle James Consulting
   

The goal of this webinar is to provide a framework that    allows for a deeper understanding of ways to confront racism at multiple    levels within behavioral health organizations.

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Registration and Contacts

Register using this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2099283666000296976  

• For registration questions, please send an email to Kelly Bitz at kbitz@cibhs.org

• If you have Continuing Education questions, please send an email to conferences@cibhs.org

Thank you.
   CIBHS Team

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