Crisis Care Continuum Advisory Group
The Crisis Care Continuum Advisory Group was launched in 2024 to finesse the highest impact area for the Action Alliance partnership to support with the ultimate vision of having a responsive, functional crisis care continuum nationwide. People experiencing behavioral health emergencies deserve a behavioral health response. The nation witnessed this transformative power when partners aligned in support of big changes and investment in crisis care with the transition to the three-digit 988 number. The Action Alliance seeks to bring that same momentum to mobile crisis response and crisis stabilization centers nationwide.
Leads
Public Sector: Jill Mays, MS LPC, Division Director, Crisis System Transformation, 988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Private Sector: David Covington, LPC, MBA, CEO and President, Recovery Innovations, Inc.
Members
- Jay Barnett, DHA, Author, Advocate, Marriage and Family Therapist, KJB Coaching
- Zachary Blackowl, Director’s Assistant, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Department of Health Prevention Programs, 988 Tribal Response Program, Oklahoma
- Johnathan Davis, LPC NCC, Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc.
- Wendy Martinez-Farmer, LPC, MBA, Vice President 988 Strategy, Grants and Clinical Standards, Vibrant Emotional Health
- Tonja Myles, Community Engagement Advisor, Hunstman Family Foundation
- Charissa Pallas, Communications Director, 988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Stephen O'Connor, PhD, Chief, Suicide Prevention Research Program, Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
- Ally Robinson, Author, Advocate, Coach, Something Runderful
- Becky Stoll, LCSW, Senior Vice President, Crisis Services, Centerstone
- Ursula Whiteside, PhD, CEO of Now Matters Now, Clinical Faculty, University of Washington