Our Community is the Fabric That Keeps Us Together

The Coalition was formed in response to the growing challenges of mental illness in African communities, and to the lack of culturally competent outreach and educational mental health services.

Acknowledging the gap between African immigrants and traditional physical and mental health services, the African Coalition promotes an African-centered approach to mental health care, service delivery.

Mental Health Services

How We help

African descendant communities tend to rely on family, religious and social communities for emotional support, rather than turning to health care professionals, even though this may be necessary.

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Case Management

how we help

Under this system most professional staff are given case management responsibility, to ensure that there would be central accountability for each community member.

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Immigration Services

How We help

The African Coalition provides culturally appropriate immigration services to hard-to-reach and undeserved African-born and Caribbean migrant populations in Southern California

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Leadership Development

how we help

The goal is to directly tackle the weakness in community capacity by building a highly competent community leaders/advocates in many of the dimensions of the national battle against mental health issue.

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Outreach

How We Help

The impact of selected assessed based training and education project reduce stigma and promote safety, health and well-being in the African descent communities as exhibited the ACPHC data collection.

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Keeping Our Lungs Safe

How we help

Our Keeping Our Lungs Safe (KOLS) program is a collaborative project funded by the California Department of Public Health: California Tobacco Control Project (CTCP) working to eliminate health disparities related to tobacco and tobacco smoke in Los Angeles County.

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