CONNECTING CIRCLES OF CARE (CCOC)

A Collaborative Effort of Butte County Behavioral Health, Rowell Family

Empowerment Center, and Feather River Tribal Health

IN MEMORY OF SHARON DONNELSON

ALWAYS THE GENTLE WARRIOR

MARCH 1948 – JUNE 2007

CCOC GOAL

To transform children’s mental health services and sustain CCOC wraparound mental health services through a governance model grounded in collaboration with families and key county government agencies and CBOs.

• OBJECTIVE 2: Address the special needs of all ethnic communities.

Key Activities: Culturally competent services to meet the needs of Latino American, African American, Hmong American, and Native American children and families.

Butte County Racial/Ethnic Demographics

CA Butte County

• Euro American 43.8 78.3• African American 6.7 1.6• Asian American 12.2 4.1• Native American 1.2 1.9• Latino American 35.2 11.8

BUTTE COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS

CA BUTTE COUNTY

Household Income $49,894 $34,891

Persons per sq. mi. 217.2 124.0

When the CCOC grant application was submitted:

1 in 20 Native American and 1 in 11 African Americans were in foster care or group

home placements.

Most Latino American, Hmong American, and rural mountain youth and families had difficulty accessing mental health services and were under-represented in service provision.

FOCUS GROUPS FOR DELIVERY OF SERVICES

Latino population in Gridley-Biggs area

Hmong American population in the Greater Oroville area

THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,232 HMONG LIVING IN BUTTE COUNTY

BUTTE COUNTY RANKS 9TH IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE NUMBER OF HMONG LANGUAGE SPEAKERS

Native American population in Butte County

4 Rancherias within the county

More than 132 tribes representedIn the county

African American population in the Greater Oroville area

Mountain Community

Much of Butte County is rural with small communities in the Sierra Foothills