Please join Partners for our virtual quarterly provider-led Diversity and Inclusion Collaborative meeting. Quarterly meetings will be held on the first month of each quarter on the second Thursday of the month from 2pm-3pm on the following dates:

January 12, 2023

April 13, 2023

July 13, 2023

October 12, 2023

Primary Objectives

• Promoting training and events to bring awareness to diversity, equity and inclusion within the LME/MCO and provider agencies
• Engage LME/MCOs and providers in diversity, equity and inclusion conversations
• Reviewing and developing policies and procedures that will promote diversity, equity and inclusion within the LME/MCOs and provider organizations
• Develop and promote strategies and best practices within the realms of racial, social, sexual and gender diversity
• Review and removal of systemic barriers to minority providers

Areas of Diversity and Inclusion include:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Age
• National origin
• Sexual orientation
• Cultural identity
• Assigned sex
• Gender identity

This is a closed work group designed to bring awareness and increase conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion within the LME/MCO and provider agencies. It reviews and develops policies and procedures that promote best practices and works to remove systemic barriers to minority providers. To request more information about this work group or to learn how to become involved, please contact Vickie Smith, vsmith@infinitebeginningsnc.org