Rapid Engagement Executive Summary
System Transformation | Health Communications
SUMMARY
Rapid Engagement was a community behavioral health system change initiative facilitated by the Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs, in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority, from 2020-2024.
With the goal of making it easier, faster, and more user-friendly to get started with services in community behavioral health settings, Rapid Engagement included a learning community, implementation pilot, policy change, and mixed-methods evaluation. Ariel led the initiative from 2021-2024.
We created this Executive Summary to offer an easily digestible, at-a-glance overview of:
● The Rapid Engagement vision and operational approach to person-centered intake in community behavioral health
● Health equity implications
● Initiative accomplishments
● Key takeaways from the evaluation
● Next steps for system change
