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Culturally Competent Mental Health Services for Immigrant Youth in Santa Cruz

Nuestro Futuro Community Counseling Center in Santa Cruz, California aims to improve mental health and school functioning among vulnerable first and second-generation immigrant youth. Services include individual and family counseling, support groups, and community engagement. The target community consists of Spanish-speaking families from Mexico, specifically those from Oaxaca, who are uninsured/underinsured and low-income. Engaging strategies involve educating parents on mental health and academic success, fostering collaborations with community partners, and emphasizing the link between emotional health and school functioning.

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Culturally Competent Mental Health Services for Immigrant Youth in Santa Cruz

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  1. Nuestro Futuro Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center Santa Cruz, California

  2. A brief overview of project goals • Overarching Goal: Improve mental health and school functioning among vulnerable first and second generation immigrant youth in the PVUSD • Increase access to and usage of mental health services among immigrant youth and families • Improve mental health and functioning among immigrant youth and families in Nuestro Futuro’s services • Provide all mental health services in a culturally competent manner

  3. A brief overview of plan • Location: • WHS • La Manzana • Service Provided: • Individual counseling • Family counseling • Newcomer groups, monthly • Student support groups, biweekly • Parent support groups, biweekly • “Familias Creando Caminos al Exito”

  4. A brief overview of target community • 1st and 2nd generation students • Families originating from Mexico • Increase in families from Oaxaca • Spanish Speaking • Uninsured/Underinsured • Low-income • Migrant population • Pajaro Valley Unified School District (Watsonville, CA)

  5. Engaging strategies for development, implementation, and/or evaluation • Parents • Meeting them where they are • Educate importance between mental health and academic success • Value school • Collaborations • Community Partners • Monthly Meetings • Understanding of working with same population • Provide understanding between emotional health and school functioning • Appropriate community partners

  6. Lessons Learned • Facilitates/Hinders • Parent involvement, ownership • Parents feelings welcomed • Parents work schedules • Parent involvement, under/over • Keeping partners informed • Respected community partners • Partners understanding roles • Changes in partners • Understanding importance of services • Parent and Partner lack of mental health understanding

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