Mental health team deserves hearty praise
The Mental Health Association in Greensboro’s recent receipt of a national award from Mental Health America is truly a cause for applause.
The Betty Humphrey Cultural Competence Award, given in recognition of the local association’s Latino mental health initiatives, was one of only four national awards presented at the Mental Health America annual meeting in Washington.
The Cultural Competence Award honors outstanding achievement in creating services that address racial, ethnic and cultural disparities.
The Greensboro program, launched in 2006 and supported by funds from the Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation, United Way of Greater Greensboro, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Kathleen and Joseph M. Bryan Community Enrichment and Venture Grant Program, and Guilford Green Foundation, has successfully developed four mental health support groups offered in Spanish and a network of Latino advocates and bilingual service providers.
Congratulations are in order for the Mental Health Association staff and volunteers who pioneered and continue to offer this successful initiative.
Sara Anne T. “Cissy” Parham
Greensboro
The writer is a member of the Mental Health Association in Greensboro Board of Directors.
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