RESOURCES FOR BIPOC

Liberate Meditation

  • An app created by BIPOC folks for BIPOC community.

POC Online Classroom

  • Contains readings on the importance of self-care, mental health care, and healing for people of color and within activist movements.

La Conextion

  • Co-creating sober spaces that prioritizes individual and collective healing for QTPOC with us, for us, by us.

La Espiritista

  • Aims to create an environment of holistic space for those in the QTPOC community interested in recovery from any form of addiction, abuse, or dependence.

The Steve Fund

  • Organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.

The Asian Mental Health Project

  • Aims to educate and empower Asian communities seeking mental healthcare.

Behavioral Health Division of the Indian Health Service

  • Promotes the integration of behavioral health and primary care treatment, while respecting the balance, wellness, and resilience of AI/AN people.

Circles of Care

  • A SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services, Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center program that creates models of care for American Indian and Alaska Native youth.

Indian Country Child Trauma Center

  • Develops trauma-related treatment protocols, outreach materials, and service delivery guidelines specifically designed for American Indian and Alaska Native children and their families.

One Sky Center

  • National resource center for American Indigenous and Alaskan Indigenous communities for access to health, education, and research.

Stronghearts Native Helpline

  • A safe, anonymous, and confidential domestic, dating, and sexual violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT.

  •  1-844-7NATIVE

We R Native

  • For indigenous youth: information about health, relationships, education—all things youth-centered.  Also offers various contests and grants.

Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)

  • Group aimed at removing the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing. They do this through education, training, advocacy and the creative arts.

Black Lives Matter Meditations

  • Guided meditation directed toward healing racial trauma.

Black Men Heal

  • Limited and selective free mental health service opportunities for Black men.

Black Mental Health Alliance 

  • Provides information and resources and a “Find a Therapist” locator to connect with a culturally competent mental health professional.

Black Mental Wellness

  • Provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, as well as training opportunities for students and professionals.

Black Women’s Health Imperative

  • Organization advancing health equity and social justice for Black women through policy, advocacy, education, research and leadership development.

Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

  • BLHF has launched the COVID-19 Free Virtual Therapy Support Campaign to raise money for mental health services provided by licensed clinicians in our network. Individuals with life-changing stressors and anxiety related to the coronavirus will have the cost for up to five (5) individual sessions defrayed on a first come, first serve basis until all funds are committed or exhausted.

Brother You’re on My Mind

  • An initiative launched by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and NIMHD to raise awareness of the mental health challenges associated with depression and stress that affect Black men and families. Website offers an online toolkit that provides Omega Psi Phi Fraternity chapters with the materials needed to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in Black men.

Dear Black Women Project

  • An affirmation movement for Black women by Black women – includes affirmations, resources, therapist connection, and events.

Ebony’s Mental Health Resources by State

  • List of Black-owned and focused mental health resources by state as compiled by Ebony magazine.

Henry Health

  • Provides culturally sensitive self-care support and teletherapy for Black men and their families. Currently in pilot program available only to residents of MD, VA and DC. Residents of other states can join their waiting list and will be notified when Henry Health is available in their state.

The Loveland Foundation

  • Prioritizes opportunity, action, validation, and healing for communities of color with a particular focus on Black girls and women.  Includes a therapy fund to provide assistance to Black women and girls seeking therapy nationally.

Melanin and Mental Health

  • Connects individuals with culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mental health needs of Black & Latinx communities. Promotes the growth and healing of diverse communities through its website, online directory and events.

The Nap Ministry

  • Explores and promotes the healing power of napping for BIPOC communities – with a focus on Black people – whose rest is challenged by the ever-present trauma in their lives.

Ourselves Black

  • Provides information on promoting mental health and developing positive coping mechanisms through a podcast, online magazine and online discussion groups.

Real to the People

  • Created as a response to COVID-19 pandemic – offers free therapy services to help people cope, including group support series 4 times/week.

Sista Afya

  • Organization that provides mental wellness education, resource connection and community support for Black women.

The SIWE Project

  • Non-profit dedicated to promoting mental health awareness throughout the global Black community.

Unapologetically Us

  • Online community for Black women to seek support.

Agua Y Sangre Healing

  • Led by Michelle (she/they), offers nurturing and empowering care through herbal remedios, and community wellness.

Ayana Therapy

  • Therapy app for BIPOC & LGBTQ+ communities. Shares diverse and intersectional mental health resources.

Brown Badass Bonita

  • A brand and movement set on empowering badass mujeres to give themselves wings through revolutionary self love.

Latinx Grief

  • Supports grief in the Latinx community and holds space for all losses. Education and information only.

The Latinx Mental Health Podcast

  • Increases dialogue and representation about mental health in the Latinx community through podcast episodes and engagement on social media platforms.

Latinx Therapists Action Network

  • A network of Latinx mental health practitioners who support the self determination and dignity of migrant communities.

Latinx Therapy

  • Demystifies mental health stigmas in the Latinx community. Offers matching services for those seeking therapists.

MANA

  • Empowers Latinas through leadership development, community service, and advocacy.

National Latinx Psychological Association

  • A national organization of mental health professionals, academics, researchers, and students whose objective is to generate and advance psychological knowledge and foster its effective application for the benefit of the Latinx population.