AFRICAN COMMUNITIES PUBLIC HEALTH COALITION

ACPHC partners with communities and other public service agencies, to anticipate community’s problems, with the goal, of preventions, or promoting safety, stability, health and well-being. These initiatives focus on a number of groups including New arrived refugees, the elderly, youth in the risk situations, and children.

Our collaborative public agencies, community-based and faith-based collaborative organizations provide the Coalition with strong support from the community that the African coalition serves.

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 and theoretical understanding of all mental health programs. As opposed to most programs that offer a one-dimensional plan at treating issues faced by at-risk individuals, the African Coalition takes on a comprehensive multi-dimensional approach to treating the mental and physical health of hard to reach, African communities. Empowering the Community Leaders - Through the Village Healing Ways (VHW), African Coalition provides culturally competent training to trusted and selected volunteer community members, in order for them to become 'lay-experts’ on mental health issues, and immigration.