Project Grant H79FG000845

COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND SAFETY SERVICES - PROJECT NAME: COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND SAFETY SERVICES (CRSS) THE CHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL'S (CPC) COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND SAFETY SERVICES (CRSS) PROJECT WILL BOOST CPC'S CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT TARGETED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO REDUCE CULTURAL STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG LOW-INCOME, IMMIGRANT, AND ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER (AAPI) COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY (NYC), TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AND CONNECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO AVAILABLE SERVICES, AND TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS. BACKGROUND AND POPULATION TO BE SERVED: CPC'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF CHINESE AMERICAN, IMMIGRANT, AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. CPC PROVIDES COMMUNITY SERVICES, CHILD CARE, YOUTH SERVICES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SENIOR SERVICES, SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, AND HOME ATTENDANT SERVICES TO MORE THAN 60,000 LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ANNUALLY WHO MUST OVERCOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, CULTURE, GENERATIONAL, AND TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS TO ACCESS HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. IN THE AAPI COMMUNITY, DISCUSSING AND ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS STIGMATIZED, BUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORSENED SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) SUCH AS ECONOMIC STABILITY AND HOUSING AND FOOD INSECURITIES AMONG NYC'S LOW-INCOME, IMMIGRANT, AND AAPI COMMUNITIES. THE PANDEMIC HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS, AND THE RISE IN ASIAN HATE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS HAD EXTREME NEGATIVE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS ON AAPI NEW YORKERS. GOALS AND STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: CRSS HAS THREE CHIEF GOALS: 1) RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND AVAILABLE SERVICES/RESOURCES, INCLUDING THOSE ESTABLISHED TO OFFER RELIEF FOR PANDEMIC-RELATED ISSUES; 2) REDUCE CULTURAL STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND/OR REDUCE/REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SERVICES; AND 3) ADVANCE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE AND REDUCE THE IMPACT OF GROWING INSECURITY AND ANXIETY AMONG VULNERABLE ASIAN AMERICANS THAT STEM FROM ANTI-ASIAN RACISM. CPC HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS: 1) EXPAND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION; 2) EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND REFERRALS; AND 3) PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND BELONGING SERVICES. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD (SEPTEMBER 30, 2023), CPC EXPECTS TO ACHIEVE THESE MEASURABLE RESULTS: 1) CONDUCT EIGHT COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION/OUTREACH EVENTS; 2) CONDUCT SIX MENTAL-HEALTH-FOCUSED TRAININGS FOR CPC AND/OR PARTNER STAFF; 3) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT 12 ETHNICALLY-TARGETED MENTAL HEALTH MARKETING/MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO REACH AT LEAST 100,000 NYC RESIDENTS; 4) CONDUCT 12 CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS FOR AAPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS; 5) CONDUCT AT LEAST 600 MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO INITIALLY SEEK CPC'S ASSISTANCE FOR ISSUES RELATED TO SDOH SUCH AS FOOD OR HOUSING; 6) CONDUCT NINE WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON REDUCING STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, IMPROVING SDOH, AND REDUCING BARRIERS TO USING HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; 7) CONDUCT THREE WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS SUCH AS SELF-DEFENSE AND REPORTING ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE AMONG AAPI INDIVIDUALS IN PROTECTING THEMSELVES AND COMBATING RACISM; 8) CONDUCT TWO COMMUNITY-BASED INTER-CULTURAL EVENTS TO BUILD CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED: CPC EXPECTS TO SERVE AT LEAST 1,100 (600 UNDUPLICATED) INDIVIDUALS THROUGH DIRECT CRSS SERVICES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND DISCUSSION GROUPS. OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS WILL REACH AT LEAST 100,000 INDIVIDUALS.