Advancing Equity as a Core Element of Health Quality & Safety: CAMFT CEUs

This course qualifies for CAMFT CEUs.

Mental health treatment is lifesaving, yet disparities exist in who has access to safe, high-quality care. Healthcare disparities are costly, contributing to premature death, excessive medical costs, lost productivity, and decreased quality of life. Black and Latine communities are most significantly harmed and burdened by these disparities, as well as our American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Asian communities. These disparities pose moral and ethical dilemmas for our society, the healthcare system, and our work as health providers.

By advancing health equity and reducing these disparities, we promote a system where everyone has an opportunity to achieve optimal health. To do so, we must build focused and ongoing societal partnerships, and address injustices and the gaps we see in care across marginalized racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Accrediting organizations and other agencies’ frameworks for advancing health equity can be resources for strategizing data collection and analysis, planning, including leadership, assessing clients’ needs, and engaging with stakeholders and community members.

This workshop will discuss how we can advance health equity, a key quality and safety issue in mental health care, through collaborative, culturally sensitive, and data-informed systemic interventions. Together, we will think about how we address health disparities as a collective, how to raise these questions when referring to higher levels of care, and how we can strengthen the spirit of health equity in community settings.

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Instructor: Ashley Acle, MBA, MFT, LMFT

I’m Ashley (she/her), Healthcare Consultant, Clinical Supervisor/Therapist, and Mental Health Advocate. I am passionate about culturally sensitive, equitable and sustainable mental health care, stemming from my lived and professional experiences in this field, clinical research, and quality improvement for the last 14 years. I have served in various leadership roles in medical, psychiatric, academic, and community-based settings, most recently as a National Director of Compliance, Clinical Supervisor and Director of Clinical Services.

I currently provide healthcare consulting services and training to professionals across the country. I also provide clinical supervision/consultation towards licensure and therapy services to individuals located in California and Pennsylvania. Contact me to discuss working together.

I look forward to connecting with you.

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Other Important Information:

Accommodations: To request additional assistance or accommodations, please contact Brisa Romero, Training Assistant, at bromero@catalyst-center.org.

Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email Ivon Favela, Deputy Director of Training at ifavela@catalyst-center.org

CE Certificates: Upon course survey completion, participants will be awarded CE certificates.

Refund/Cancelation Policy: All requests for cancellation and refunds must be submitted in writing to bromero@catalyst-center.org prior to the course date. Otherwise, no refunds will be allowed. 

• Refunds must be requested within 7 days of purchase.
• Refunds will not be granted for courses that have been started/accessed.
• A $10 administrative fee is deducted from approved refunds.
• Credit will be granted for alternative/future course registration.