Rachel G. Guerrero, L.C.S.W.
Consultant
Rachel Guerrero, is a License Clinical Social Worker, with over 40-years of experience in the field of mental health both as a direct services provider and public mental health state administrator. In 1998 she served as the first Chief of the Office Multicultural Services for the CA State Department of Mental Health. For twelve years and in partnership with many community stakeholders, she had the lead responsibility to develop strategies and policies to address solutions for the elimination of health disparities and inequities found in public mental health county programs that were adversely affecting California’s racial, ethnic and cultural communities.
In 2008, under her leadership as part of the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) component of the Mental Health Services Act, the California Reducing Disparities Project was conceived and over $60 million dollars were successfully secured for funding this project. This new investment funded 5 population groups, Native American, Latino/a/x, African American, Asian Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQ. Each of these communities’ has experienced historical disparities to treatment. The goal of this project is to identify solutions to reduce these disparities. This requires investing in “Community-Defined Evidence” which is developed by evaluating treatment strategies that are culturally and linguistically competent as defined by the communities’ themselves.
In 2010 she retired from the State Department of Mental Health. She currently managers her own consulting and training practice, Guerrero Consulting in Sacramento, CA. She continues in her commitment for social justice for underserved and un-served communities.
In 2016 she began work with UC Davis, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Latino Technical Assistance team as a consultant to the California Reducing Disparities Project.
Ms. Guerrero’s social justice leadership efforts have been recognized with many state and national awards.
