Measuring Mobile Crisis

Plus new headlines from Knoxville, Bellingham, Santa Fe, Myrtle Beach, Ithaca, a special report on Minneapolis mobile crisis & legislative highlights.

REGISTER FOR UPCOMING CONFERENCES

AMSA Annual Conference: on Peer Integration - Virtual March 2-3

KEYNOTERS

We are Rivers, Not Statues
with Chaku Mathai - Center for Practice Innovations

We Are Not The Emergency
with Nze Okoronta - Yarrow Collective

SESSIONS

Who Responds to Mental Health Crises? Geographic Overlap in Crisis Response Systems
Amanda Mauri PhD - University of Maryland & Theresa Todd PhD - NYU Policing Project

Through the Eyes of a Peer
Evan Thompkins, Denver peer advocate

Key Trends in Alternative Mental Health Crisis Response in the United States
Jordyn Jensen - UCLA Center for Racial & Disability Justice & William Juhn JD - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Hiring and Supervising Crisis Peers for Retention and Sustainability
Clay Robbins PWS, QMHA II, CRM II, CADC & Beethoven Thornton, PWS, CRM - Cascadia Health

Leadership as an Internal Practice
Kim Everett PhD - Dr. Kim On Purpose

Extreme Risk Laws – A Vital Tool for Crisis Responders
Chelsea Parsons JD - Everytown for Gun Safety

How Peer-Run Mobile Services in a Bureaucratic System of Care Shift Paradigms
Steve Miccio CPRP - People USA

An Ecological Approach to the Mental Health Crisis
Caleb Scott PsyD - NYC Hospitals Woodhull Medical Center

AMSA’s National Programs for Mobile Response Practitioners
Courtney Williams-Goeloe - Alternative Mobile Services Association

The 2026 AMSA Conference will be held on Zoom. Each session is 30 minutes of pre-recorded material followed by a 30 minute Q&A session with the presenter. A panel of presenters will answer questions from attendees at the conclusion of each day.

Organizational members of AMSA can attend this conference at no charge. To register, email amanda@us-amsa.org.

Advancing the Field of Alternate Response - Chicago June 4-5

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HEADLINES

KNOXVILLE - City & County recommended to create alternative first responder program (WBIR)

In 2024, Knoxville and Knox County funded an Alternative Response Task Force to look into the feasibility of creating a community responder program. At the end of last year, a final report prepared for the task force recommended that the city and county consider creating that program.

LEARN - about Knoxville HEART

Knoxville’s 911 Shake-Up: Leaders Push Unarmed Teams For Low-Risk Calls - AI rewrite of above article