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Advancing mental health equity for five key populations in California.

Community Driven Solutions

Welcome to the California Reducing Disparities Project website. Here you will find resources and information related to this cost-effective and award-winning project, funded by the Mental Health Services Act, aimed at reducing mental health disparities for African American, Latino, Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander, and LGBTQ+ populations in California.

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The Town Halls occurring on September 13, 2024, and September 19, 2024, are postponed at this time.  Postponed dates and times are to be determined. 

CDPH-OHE apologizes for the short notice.  If you have any questions or concerns, please email OHE@cdph.ca.gov

For information regarding the CRDP Phase III Program Guidelines Town Halls, please see: CRDP Phase III Program Guidelines Town Halls – California Reducing Disparities Project (cultureishealth.org)

For the CRDP Phase III Stakeholder Survey, please see CRDP Stakeholder Survey (surveymonkey.com)

For more details regarding the CRDP Phase III Planning and Design Task Force, please see Task Force – California Reducing Disparities Project (cultureishealth.org)

To view the final Recommendations Report, please see Final CRDP Recommendations Report

If you would like to read the Local Evaluation Reports, please see them by population here Evaluation Framework – California Reducing Disparities Project (cultureishealth.org)

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CRDP Stakeholder Survey

The California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) is an innovative project developed to provide preventive mental and behavioral health services for historically underserved California communities through linguistically and culturally community-defined evidence practices. During the pilot project phase, the California Department of Public

THE CALIFORNIA REDUCING DISPARITIES PROJECT PHASE II STATEWIDE EVALUATION REPORT IS RELEASED

The California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) is a first of its kind initiative intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of Community-Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPs) in reducing mental health disparities for diverse, multicultural communities, and reinforce the infrastructure to deliver these services.

The California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) is a first of its kind, PEI (Prevention and Early Intervention) initiative funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA, or Proposition 63). This statewide initiative aims to pair community driven mental health solutions with rigorous data for each of the 35 pilot projects. In doing this, the data and evaluation works to identify solutions for the communities in California that have historically been underserved, excluded, and offered inappropriate care.