CAMH Case Statement
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The Christian Asian Mental Health (CAMH) initiative is dedicated to addressing the mental health crisis affecting Asian American communities by providing compassion and care through partnerships, resources, and education. CAMH, launching in 2023, aims to reduce stigma and create supportive environments within Asian churches, emphasizing the unique spiritual aspects of mental health care. The initiative highlights urgent statistics about mental health issues among Asian Americans and calls for partnerships and funding to expand its reach and impact.
![Programs
To encourage the public
50 podcast episodes @ $300/ea = $15,000
To educate churches
26 in-person seminars @ $500/ea = $13,000
To empower churches
12 in-person training workshops @ 750/ea = $9,000
To encourage & educate Christians
1 hybrid conference [$10,000]
Other expenses (collaboration, travel, collateral, etc.)
[$13,000]
Partnership Opportunity
(5 Years)
2 @ $125,000
4 @ $50,000
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CAMH Case Statement
- 2. MISSION Christian Asian Mental Health (CAMH) seeks to advance compassion and care about mental wellness for every person.
- 3. INTRODUCTION You’re invited to partner with CAMH to advance compassion and care for the mental wellness of every Asian in America. CAMH aims to resolve the mental health crisis in partnership with you and other like-minded partners and organizations.
- 4. The Erasing Shame podcast (launched in 2018 by DJ Chuang and Eunice Lee Hua) was a precursor and inspiration to launch CAMH. CAMH will incorporate the Erasing Shame podcast into its digital media programming to encourage Christian Asian Americans about mental health. Here’s a story from one listener, titled, “This podcast changed my life!!” A STORY OF LIFE CHANGE
- 5. For so many years of my adult life, I struggled with so many questions and internal conflict of who I was as a person and the thoughts/feelings I had as a 2nd-gen Asian American. I carried so much shame that I didn’t even know that I felt certain things or why I did what I did, as well as why my parents did what they did. It helped so much to know I am not alone in my struggles/feelings, as well as to be able to put healthy productive language to my pain & hear from therapists & experts about something that is so hidden from society and excluded from normal daily conversation. I sat in a constant cloud of confusion, depression or doubt, thinking what is wrong with me and why do I feel what I feel. I never thought to seek out help in the past because I didn’t know I needed it, and this podcast gave me courage to begin my healing journey and take back control in my life. Thanks so much DJ for having the courage to start this podcast!
- 6. RESOLVING THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
- 7. The world’s mental health crisis has only increased over time, especially after the overwhelming season of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The need for mental health care and support is especially overwhelming among Asian American and Asian communities. Lack of accessibility, affordability, and availability makes it challenging for Asian Americans to get professional health care. Even worse, Asian cultures have perpetuated stigma and shame that alienates those who are desperately in need of mental health care. Health care providers and research are doing as much as they can, but it’s not enough to serve the needs of many more who are suffering. Christian Asians and Asian Americans need compassion and care for their mental health. CAMH will actively encourage, educate, and empower mental wellness in communities of faith through online platforms and in-person programs. CAMH will make mental wellness more accessible by providing better navigation of affordable and accessible resources. And, CAMH will collaborate with like-minded partners and organizations to serve our communities most effectively and efficiently.
- 8. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND CAMH is launching in 2023 with a long-term commitment to serving Asian and Asian American communities of faith, as an initiative of Asian American Christian Collaborative. CAMH desires to serve beyond English and also in every Asian language as resources and opportunities avail. CAMH will primarily use a digital media approach towards stopping the stigma and erasing the shame around mental health. CAMH’s posture is being a network of networks that collaborates well with many other partners by highlighting and referring to the good works they’re doing. And, CAMH will partner with Asian American churches so they become known as safe places for hurting people to receive compassion and care for their mental health recovery. Yes, every Asian and Asian American church can be the hands of Jesus by being a caring spiritual community that supports people who have mental health challenges. And, the church can provide something that the secular world of psychology cannot—the spiritual resources from our loving and caring God.
- 9. WHY NOW? This work is urgently needed because lives are at stake and churches are the most strategic place to provide compassion and care: • Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death. • Asian Americans are 50% less likely than other racial groups to seek mental health services. (over 1,300 Asian Americans die by suicide each year. cf. CDC) • Asian Americans have a 17.30% overall lifetime rate of any psychiatric disorder and a 9.19% 12-month rate (National Latino and Asian American Study) • 54% of practicing Christians say they have at least one relational or emotional / mental health issue that impacts their relationships. (cf. Barna) • “Individuals who are struggling with mental health are more likely to go to a clergy member before a mental health provider or physician.” • Churches bring together more Asian Americans every week than anything else. • Churches can provide something that nothing else can: compassion and care from God’s power to love and heal, along with belonging to a supporting community. • Asian American Christians are estimated at 9.4 million (42% of the overall 22.4M Asian population, cf. Pew Research). • CAMH is focused on reaching people through social media and local churches. With over 9,000 Asian churches in America, averaging 100 in attendance, that’s 900,000 people. • There’s a lot at stake! If the mental health crisis remains with status quo of current efforts, we will continue to experience tragic loss of many lives. Each suicide affects around 115 lives, with 1 in 5 reporting that this experience had a devastating impact. That’s 23 more people devastated. cf. https://nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/ September-2018/The-Ripple-Effect-of-Suicide
- 10. THE FINANCIAL NEED In the year 2023, CAMH will launch in Southern California and plans to do the following: Total Budget = $100,000 Programs = $60,000 Operations = $30,000 Administrative = $10,000
- 11. Programs To encourage the public 50 podcast episodes @ $300/ea = $15,000 To educate churches 26 in-person seminars @ $500/ea = $13,000 To empower churches 12 in-person training workshops @ 750/ea = $9,000 To encourage & educate Christians 1 hybrid conference [$10,000] Other expenses (collaboration, travel, collateral, etc.) [$13,000] Partnership Opportunity (5 Years) 2 @ $125,000 4 @ $50,000 10@ $5,000
- 12. CONCLUSION Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial grouping, with a population of 22.4 million in 2019 and projected to surpass 46 million by 2060 (Pew Research). The church has its greatest opportunity to show its love and care for Asian Americans for their life today and for eternity by supporting their mental health as a community of faith, love, and hope. CAMH is committed to this vision and we will do what we can with what we have. With your partnership, we can do so much more together to serve more churches and more people. Web: camh.network Jefferson Lee : 714-788-6846 Email: hello@camh.network DJ Chuang: 949-243-7260