Black and African Heritage UsCC

The Black and African Heritage Underserved Cultural Communities (UsCC) subcommittee was established under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), with the goal to reduce disparities, increase mental health access, and to produce stakeholder priorities which will advise DMH’s action planning toward development and improvement of its services and partnerships to better engage underserved and marginalized cultural and ethnic communities in Los Angeles County.

This subcommittee provides DMH with community-driven and culturally specific capacity-building project recommendations and/or project concepts for implementation to increase mental health access, awareness, promotion, and decrease stigma with the ultimate goal to reduce cultural and ethnic disparities in access to care and service delivery.

BAH UsCC Flyers (General, Young Adult 1, Young Adult 2, Seniors & Persons with Disabilities, Families)

BAH UsCC Brochure (English)

Meeting Scheduled: Every first Thursday of the month
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
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• FY 22-23 Projects
  • Strengthening Community Connections for Black Men & Boys Final Summary 
  • Black Mental Health and Early Childhood Intervention Empowerment Project Final Summary 
  • The Artificial Intelligence Conversation Projects Final Summary
• FY 20-21 Projects
  • Empowering the Black & African-American Family – A Wellness Conversation Series Final Summary
    Empowering the Black & African-American Family – A Wellness Conversation Series White Paper
  • Minding Our Village Elders (MOVE) Final Summary
    Minding Our Village Elders (MOVE) Presentation
• FY 18-19 Projects
  • The African American Youth Community Ambassador Network Final Summary
  • Community Agents of Change Final Summary 
• FY 17-18 Projects
  • Black Immigrant Youth Empowerment Project Final Summary
• Past projects
• Meeting Minutes
• Anna Yaralyan, Psy.D.
  • (213) 943-9814
  •  ayaralyan@dmh.lacounty.gov