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Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources

Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources

The organizations listed below provide culturally appropriate information to respond to the mental health needs of ethnic and minority populations. They are listed alphabetically by population.

African Americans

African American Family Services
2616 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-871-7878
http://www.aafs.net

Association of Black Psychologists
P.O. Box 55999
Washington, DC 20040-5999
202-722-0808
http://www.abpsi.org

Minority Health Professions Foundation
Harris Building
720 Westview Drive, SW
Suite 136
Atlanta, GA 30310-1495
404-756-8923
http://www.minorityhealth.org

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Health Coordinator
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-486-9147
http://www.naacp.org

National Association of Black Social Workers
8436 West McNichols Street
Detroit, MI 48221
313-862-6700
http://ssw.unc.edu/professional/NABSW.html

National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
202-387-1281 or 800-556-2234
http://www.nbcdi.org

National Black Women's Health Project, Inc.
600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20003
(202) 543-4000
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Asian American Psychological Association
PMB #527
5025 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
602-230-4257
http://www.aapaonline.org

Asian American Recovery Services
Asian Youth Substance Abuse Project
965 Mission Street, Suite 325
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-541-9285 or 800-770-5630
http://www.aars-inc.org

Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
942 Market Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-954-9988
Washington, DC area: 703-841-9128
http://www.apiahf.org

Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center
730 Polk Street (at Ellis), 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109-7813
415-292-3400
http://www.apiwellness.org

Asian Community Mental Health Services
310 8th Street, Suite 201
Oakland, CA 94607
510-451-6729
http://www.acmhs.org

Asian Counseling and Referral Service (main office)
720 8th Avenue South, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104-3006
206-695-7600
http://www.acrs.org

Asian Health Services
818 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4220
510-986-6800
http://www.ahschc.org

Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
605 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 610
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-553-1830
http://www.apaitonline.org/

Asian Pacific Family Center
9353 East Valley Boulevard
Rosemead, CA 91770
626-287-2988

Asian Pacific Health Care Venture
1530 Hillhurst Avenue, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-644-3880
http://aphcv.apanet.org/

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 12108
Boston, MA 02112
(617) 338-2355 - 24 hour hotline
(617) 338-2350
http://www.atask.org

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
439 23rd Street
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 272-9536
Fax (510) 272-0817
http://www.aapcho.org

Center for the Pacific Asian Family
543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room 108
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-653-4045
Hotline: 800-339-3940
http://www.safenetwork.net/rd/sn000032.asp

Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.
Southeast Asian Health Program
26 Queen Street
Worcester, MA 01610
508-860-7700
http://www.umassmed.edu/som/admissions/offcampus/fhssc.cfm

Japanese Community Youth Council
2012 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-202-7909
http://www.jcyc.org

National Asian Women's Health Organization
250 Montgomery Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-989-9747
Washington, DC area:
1850 M Street, NW, Suite 230
Washington, DC 20036
202-331-4790
http://www.nawho.org

National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health
Department of Psychology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8686
530-752-1400
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/nrcaamh/

Refugee Health Issues Center
American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove Street Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 872-7060
Fax (612) 607-6499
http://www.archq.org

On-line Resource

South Asian Women's NETwork (Sawnet)
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/health.html

Hispanics/Latinos

Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals
P.O. Box 7631, F.D.R. Station
New York, NY 10150-1913
718-960-0208
Centros Para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades
(CDC Spanish Language Web Site)
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
800-311-3435
http://www.cdc.gov/spanish

Hispanic Federation
(A network of health and human services agencies)
130 William Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10038
212-233-8955
212-233-8996
http://www.hispanicfederation.org

Hispanic Health Council
175 Main Street, Floor 1-1
Hartford, CT 06106
860-527-0856
http://www.hispanichealth.com

National Alliance for Hispanic Health
(formerly COSSMHO)
1501 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1401
202-387-5000
http://www.hispanichealth.org

National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers (NAPRHSW)
P.O. Box 651
Brentwood, NY 11717
(631) 864-1536
http://www.naprhsw.com

National Hispanic Medical Association
1411 K Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-5895
(202) 628-5898
http://www.nhmamd.org

National Latina Health Organization
P.O. Box 7567
Oakland, CA 94601
510-534-1364

National Latino Children's Institute
1325 North Flores - Suite 114
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 228-9997
http://www.nlci.org/

Native Americans and Alaska Natives

American Indian Health Care Association
1999 Broadway, Suite 2530
Denver, CO 80202-5726
303-295-3757

Association of American Indian Physicians
1235 Sovereign Row, Suite C-9
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
405-946-7072
http://www.aaip.com

California Rural Indian Health Board
Native American AIDS Advisory Board
4400 Auburn Blvd. 2nd floor
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 929-9761
http://www.crihb.org

Center for American Indian Health
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
621 North Washington Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
410-955-6931
http://ih.jhsph.edu/cnah

Circles of Care Evaluation Technical Assistance Center
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4455 East 12th Avenue, Campus Box A011-13
Denver, CO 80220
303-372-0000
http://www.uchsc.edu/ai/coc

DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 392
Shiprock, NM 87240
505-368-3216

Indian Health Service
The Reyes Building
801 Thompson Avenue Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852-1627
(301) 443-3593
http://www.ihs.gov

National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Department of Psychiatry, North Pavilion
4455 East 12th Avenue, Campus Box A011-13
Denver, CO 80220
303-315-9232
http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/ncaianmhr

National Indian Child Welfare Association
5100 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97239
(503) 222-4044
(503) 222-4007
http://www.nicwa.org

National Indian Council on Aging
10501 Montgomery Blvd. NE - Suite 210
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 292-2001
(505) 292-1922
http://www.nicoa.org

National Indian Health Board (national office)
101 Constitution Ave. N.W., Suite 8-B09
Washington, DC 20001
202-742-4262
http://www.nihb.org

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
436 14th Street, Suite 1020
Oakland, CA 94612
510-444-2051
http://www.nnaapc.org

Native Elder Health Care Resource Center
P.O. Box 6508, Mail Stop F800
Aurora, CO 80045-0508
303-724-1414
http://www.uchsc.edu/ai/nehcrc

Native Indian Women's Health Resource Center (NIWHRC)
23272 Highway 82
Park Hill, OK 74451
(918) 456-6094
http://www.niwhrc.org/

Navajo Family Health Resource Network
P.O. Box 1869
Window Rock, AZ 86515
(520) 871-5092
http://www.navajofamilyhealth.org/index.html

San Diego American Indian Health Center
2630 First Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
619-234-2158
http://www.sdaihc.org

Seattle Indian Health Board
PO Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
206-324-9360
http://sihb.org

Seneca Nation Health Department
G.R. Plummer Building
PO Box 231
Salamanca, NY 14779
(716) 945-1790
http://www.sni.org

Multicultural

Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
5999 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304
703-823-9800 or 800-347-6647
http://www.counseling.org

Cross Cultural Health Care Program
270 South Hanford Street Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 860-0329
Fax 206-860-0334
http://www.xculture.org

National Minority AIDS Council
1931 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-4432
202-483-6622
http://www.nmac.org

Office of Minority Health Resource Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, DC 20013-7337
800-444-6472
http://www.omhrc.gov

On-line Resources

Transcultural & Multicultural Health Links
http://www.iun.edu/~libemb/trannurs/

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