The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services created a Disparities and Cultural Competence (DACC) Advisory Committee, comprised of staff and external community members, with the goal of eliminating disparities and moving towards health equity. The DACC Advisory Committee developed a plan to ensure that service equity is a priority in the public behavioral health system by 2020. The committee identified the following objectives:
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The plan involves using strategies from the National Partnership for Action’s 2011 National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity report which was developed to identify and address behavioral health disparities.
Joseph Hill, Bureau Chief Office of Special Populations and Emergency Preparedness 1-614-752-9702