Cultural Competency Plan

DEFINITION OF TERMS

a. Cultural competence is defined as a set of congruent practice skills, knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among consumer providers, family members, and professionals that enables that system, agency, or those professionals and consumers, and family member providers to work effectively in cross-cultural situations ( adapted from Cross, et al., 1989; cited in the DMH Information Notice No, 02-03)
b. This working definition of cultural competency as applied is to guide program planning and service delivery at the state, county, and providers levels is sourced from the seminal NIMH monograph Toward a Culturally Competent System of Care, Vol. I, 1998, consistent with the framework of the California Mental Health Master Plan: A Vision for California ( March, 2003) and referenced in the California Department of Mental Health  Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) planning.

IV. REFERENCE

1. CCR, Title 9, Chapter 11, Section 1810.410 (b), (4)
2. DMH Information Notice Number 97-14
3. OC/HCA, BHC, Cultural Competency Plan, Phase II Consolidation (Update of March 2004)
4. CA State DMH Cultural Competence Plan requirements- www.dmh.ca.gov/http://www.dmh.ca.gov/DMHDocs/docs/notices 02/02-03
5. Guidance Memorandum- Title VI Prohibition against National Origin Discrimination-Persons with limited English Proficiency www.hhs.gov/progorg/ocr/lepfinal.htm
6. Surgeon General Report- Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity- www.surgeongeneral.gov
7. Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health Care Services: Four Underserved/Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups- Website: www.samhsa.gov
8. National Standards for Cultural and Linguistic Appropriate Services in Health Care Final Report (CLAS) http://www.omhrc.gov/clas.
9. President’s Freedom Commission on Mental Health-Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. http://www.mantalhealthcommission.gov.
10. Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care Vol. 1. A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children who are Severely Emotional Disturbed. March 1989. By Terry L. Cross, Barbara J. Bazron, Karl W. Dennis, Mareasa R. Isaacs. Georgetown National Center for Cultural Competence
11. Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities. California Mental Health Directors Association. February 2005

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