Removing Barriers to Care: Voices of Lived Experience
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.
Prior to the launch of the Rapid Engagement implementation pilot, we collected input from consumers and members of the peer workforce about their experiences getting started with community behavioral health services.
Read this summary to hear from people with lived experience about their recommendations for removing barriers to community behavioral health care.
