Join Us: Racial Equity and Advancing Cultural Humility (REACH) for Organizational Change Learning Collaborative

The New England MHTTC is a culturally responsive organization committed to advancing health equity so that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Our REACH for Organizational Change Learning Collaborative is designed to guide agencies and organizations in their efforts to address the multiple levels of cultural responsiveness needed for optimal behavioral health treatment, recovery, and care at the service delivery, provider, organizational, systemic, and treatment philosophy levels.

The goal of this work is to support transformational leadership that drives organizational change to ensure behavioral health treatment, recovery, and care practices move toward cultural responsiveness.

The core mission of the New England MHTTC is to use evidence-based means to disseminate evidence-based mental health practices across the region. In keeping with that mission, the thematic approach supporting our learning collaboratives learning objectives are uniquely based on the New England MHTTC's Guiding Principles for Resiliency and Recovery.

As a part of the learning collaborative, participants will:

• Examine how critical societal issues, including those within mental health and other systems of care, are impacted by disparities, racism, and inequality.
• Gain a deeper understanding of the evidence-based practice paradigm switch required to ensure equitable practices, in terms of access and outreach, as well as techniques and technologies, congruent with the needs of diverse populations.
   
• Develop and put into practice an action plan specific to the systems and/or a social change initiative that matches their agency/organization’s vision, mission, and goals around racial equity, inclusion, and cultural responsiveness.

Joining our REACH for Organizational Change Learning Collaborative is an opportunity to build community in the New England region to foster a shared understanding of the real-life consequences of policies and practices enacted by systems and institutions that drive many of the disparities and inequities we see today. Participants will be encouraged to share the viewpoint from their work, including challenges encountered, as we work collaboratively to develop, implement, and advocate for transformational change.

Teams of staff members and/or community stakeholders from the behavioral health, education, government, health care, and nonprofit sectors are invited to join the REACH for Organizational Change Learning Collaborative. We expect 4-6 staff members and/or community stakeholders from each entity selected to serve as participants.

Complete Your Application Today:

Web-based: https://forms.gle/3VCHhHbAdnNyBMRDA

Fillable Adobe-based: https://files.constantcontact.com/dbac5dbf001/ddf05cbc-6e06-448e-b943-75c512c1ae2e.pdf

If you have questions about our application process or would like more information on our REACH for Organizational Change Learning Collaborative, contact our Communications and Program Strategist Ingrid Padgett at [email protected].