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Post

2009

  • Cultural Competence Mental Health Summit XVI
  • Cultural Stipend Internship Program (CSIP) is established 
  • Suicide Prevention is established under ODE
  • Cultural and Linguistic Accessible Services (CLAS) established
  • African American Planning Initiative Connects with all BHRS
Post

2010

  • Spirituality Initiative Established
  • Cultural Competence Committee Retreat
  • Parent Project ® courses begin in San Mateo County
Post

2011

  • Funding for HEI Co-Chair Positions
  • First Cultural Humility Training with Dr. Melanie Tervalon
  • ODE Storytelling Program Created
Post

2012

  • First SMC Drumming Event
  • Native and Indigenous Peoples Initiative starts
  • ODE starts to oversee SMC Stigma Reduction Efforts
Post

2013

  • First San Mateo County Sana Sana Event
  • First Pride Event; BOS formally recognized June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in SMC
  • Measure A approved for PP and MHFA youth
  • MOU between the Philippine Consulate General and the San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Post

2014

  • Chinese Community Outreach Worker 3-Year Pilot Launched
  • HAP started
  • ODE started MHSA and WET Oversight programs 
Post

2015

  • Launch of Multi-Cultural Organizational Development Efforts and GARE
  • First Lived Experience Academy Advocacy Training
  • First Transgender Day of Remembrance
Post

2016

  • First National Day of Prayer for Behavioral Health and Understanding
  • Outlet Recognition of ODE
  • ODE team expansion and office space
Post

2017

  • Outreach Worker Program Launched (Chinese, Pacific Islander and LGBTQ+ Community)
  • San Mateo County Pride Center Opens
  • Implementation of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Training (SOGI)
  • ODE receives the STAR Award in the Area of Diversity and Inclusion 

Post

2018

  • HEI Solidarity Event-response to family separation at the border
  • 1st Year to Recognize Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Mental Health Day
  • Policy 18-01: Cultural Humility, Equity and Inclusion Framework
  • BHRS Cultural Competence Updated; integrated TOC goals
  • Community informed culturally responsive improvement process
Post

2019

  • Racial Equity Training development implemented for BHRS Leadership
  • Coastside needs assessment
  • Creation of First National Language Interpretation Video
  • Suicide Prevention honors Pacific Islander Voices
  • Office of Diversity & Equity’s Community Response Team starts
Post

2020

  • Mental Health Services Act Innovation Social Enterprise Filipino Mental Health Initiative 
  • Behavioral Health & Recovery Services’ (BHRS) Office of Diversity and Equity, and COVID Response Report for         BHRS/San Mateo County Health 
  • Diversity Equity Council and Partners Race and COVID-19 Town Halls+ other efforts 
  • San Mateo County approved first Indigenous People’s Day Resolution (Native Indigenous Peoples Initiative Initiated 10 years ago) 
  • Completed San Mateo County’s first Community Stigma Baseline Survey
Post

2021

  • First Statewide Suicide Prevention Roadmap with Equity Focus 
  • ODE supports Continued Development and Expansion of Equity Efforts 
  • Staff Recruitment and Retention Supports Developed 
  • BHRS Executive Team as Equity Champions 
Post

2022

  • The BHRS Employee Equity Award expands
  • Juneteenth and Cesar Chavez 
  • Health Ambassador Program receives Tony Hoffman Award 
Post

2023

  • MCOD Tour and Meet + Greets 
  • Parent Project resumes in-person classes 
  • ODE gets five permanent positions 
  • Community Response Efforts 
Post

2024

  • Health Ambassador Graduation 
  • Improve workforce development efforts (WET Retention Program & BHRS Training Calendar) 
  • Spirituality Initiative Collaboration with County Office of Social & Racial Justice on Shared Humanity Webinar: Countering Islamophobia and Antisemitism