A SAMHSA sponsored webinar presented by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law took place Monday, May 13, 2024 from 12:00-1:30pm Eastern Time titled “Serving Our Communities: How People with Lived Experience Make Mental Health Crisis Services More Effective”
Description:
To better meet communities’ needs, states and localities are developing new public safety responses to calls for help involving people with mental health disabilities or people experiencing a mental health crisis. Among the programs developed to date, the evidence is clear: when communities center peer-led mental health responses, people with serious mental illness (SMI) or emotional disturbance (SED) are less likely to be admitted to emergency rooms and hospitals; more likely to engage with community-based services and to feel empowered and hopeful; and less likely to be institutionalized, incarcerated, or need crisis services in the future. This webinar further explored the benefits – and provide successful examples of – peer-led and peer-involved crisis support for people with SMI or SED. This interactive panel discussion will draw upon national research and numerous real-world examples of programs that are serving communities across the country.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants were able to:
- Understand what makes peer-provided crisis services effective along the service continuum,
- Learn from multiple real-world successful examples of peer-led programs,
- Learn how to leverage federal, state, and local funding to pay for peer-involved crisis services, and
- Actively engage with presenters and other participants to address any questions about bringing such programs to their communities.
Speakers:
- Monica Porter Gilbert, Policy & Legal Advocacy Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Nemu HJ, Education & Communications Manager, Trans Lifeline
- Jahmil Roberts, Hotline Operations & Care Manager, Trans Lifeline
- Dushoun Almond, Program Manager, Brownsville in Violence Out
- Steve Miccio, Chief Executive Officer, People USA
If you have any questions, please contact Kelle Masten via email at kelle.masten@nasmhpd.org
or Paige Thomas at paige.thomas@nasmhpd.org.
Live closed captioning and ASL interpreters will be available for this webinar.
Thank you!