Collective Healing: Mental Health For The Community, By the Community (2024)
In October 2024, CACF and Access Health NYC released “Collective Healing: Mental Health For The Community, By The Community,” a policy brief focused on how policymakers and government officials can support collective healing, a non-traditional form of mental health care that includes options like youth mental health workshops, culturally responsive wellness programs, and linguistically accessible social groups for seniors. As the brief details, collective healing brings together members of a community to identify the factors that are impacting their mental health and address it on a community level. This approach is especially effective within immigrant communities as it acknowledges shared trauma, is language accessible, and provides support from within their trusted community.
