About Us

Healing for All‘s core mission is to reduce disparities in access and utilization of high quality mental healthcare for underserved communities. Healing for All is a registered 501(C)(3).

Why?

In 2001, the Office of the Surgeon General published a report [] titled, “Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity.” This report found disparities in access to mental health for African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans an Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic Americans. A lack of health insurance was cited as an important reason for the disparities for all populations studied.

A 2012 report [] found that “racial and ethnic minorities still have less access to mental health services than whites, and when they receive care, it is more likely to be of poorer quality.”

As recently as 2017, the American Psychiatric Association [] found that, common barriers for many racial/ethnic groups in The United States still include the following:

• • Lack of insurance, under-insurance
  • Mental illness stigma, often greater among minority populations
  • Lack of diversity among mental health care providers
  • Lack of culturally competent providers
  • Language barriers
  • Distrust in the health care system
  • Inadequate support for mental health service in safety net settings (uninsured, Medicaid, Health Insurance Coverage other vulnerable patients).

A 2015 report from SAMHSA [] shows that gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely to suffer from a mental illness as straight adults, and a 2019 report from Transgender Health [] shows that transgender adults are more than four times as likely to suffer from mental illness as cisgender adults.

This disparity in mental health also comes with economic disparities. A 2019 report from UCLA [] shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults have a 22% poverty rate, with transgender adults having a poverty rate of 29%, compared to 16% for straight, cisgender adults.

How?

Healing for All is addressing these continuing disparities in the following ways:

• • By removing financial barriers through direct payment for mental health services.
  • By pairing clients with clinicians with similar backgrounds and identities when available and desired by the client.
  • By supporting ongoing therapeutic relationships between clients and their providers.
  • By partnering with private mental healthcare providers (psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, etc).

How to get involved:

As a client:

• • Submit an application form (CLICK HERE)
  • Healing for All will notify you if you have been approved. Approval is based on the applicant’s demonstrated need and Healing for All’s available resources.
  • Once you have been approved, you can choose a provider (psychiatrist, therapist, etc.) from the list provided.
  • Schedule and appointment and tell your provider that your appointments will be paid for by Healing for All.

As a provider:

• • Join our network (CLICK HERE)
  • Clients will seek services and tell you that Healing for All is covering the costs.