Participant Evaluation Summary

The Report.

Introduction

A five-module, healing-centered workshop rooted in the lived experiences of Black communities impacted by disability. Using a retrospective post-then-pre evaluation method, this report assesses shifts in knowledge, attitudes, and confidence.

Unstoppable was designed with and for South LA, Gateway Cities, the Antelope Valley, and communities across LA County. Funded through the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) and delivered by Health Matters Clinic countywide, the program reaches residents where existing mental health services have historically failed to show up.

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Program Delivery Health Matters Clinic Program delivery and community engagement across LA County. Five healing-centered modules built on lived experience, peer facilitation, and culturally rooted mental health practice. Free for all residents.
Funder LACDMH Funded through the Mental Health Services Act, Proposition 63. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health partnership enabling community-level mental health literacy across underserved service areas.

Unstoppable moved the needle on every measure of mental health literacy.

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reported greater comfort discussing mental health within the Black community — up from 28%

Knowledge grew across every measure.

Participants in Unstoppable showed significant gains in all five key mental health literacy indicators.

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Comfort discussing mental health
69%
Before: 28%
Understanding systemic challenges
69%
Before: 28%
Awareness of community resources
58%
Before: 21%
Feeling equipped to support others
53%
Before: 22%
Identifying symptoms in Black youth and adults
57%
Before: 15%
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can now identify mental health symptoms in Black youth and adults — up from just 15%

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more than doubled their confidence in helping others navigate mental health conversations

What they
said.

Recognizing and challenging stigmas... creating supportive communities.

Workshop participant

Understanding symptoms of major depression in Black women.

Workshop participant

I'll recommend therapy to loved ones without judgment.

Workshop participant
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Download the complete Unstoppable Participant Evaluation Summary presented to LACDMH. Includes methodology, all five indicators, demographic breakdown, and recommendations for program replication.