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SUMMARY:Voices into Action: Powering Implementation through Engagement of People with Lived Experience
DESCRIPTION:This event is being offered to HHS Regions 1 & 2 – ME\, VT\, NH\, MA\, CT\, NY\, RI\, NJ\, Puerto Rico\, and the US Virgin Islands. \n  \nThis 60-minute session introduces organizations in the Northeast Atlantic and Caribbean to the essential role of engaging people with lived experience as users of mental health services in mental health service implementation. Inclusion of people with lived experience is a driver of implementation success and long-term sustainability. This session focuses on strategies for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in implementation teams. It introduces a new Lived Experience Engagement Toolkit and previews an upcoming learning collaborative to support organizations to use the toolkit. \nEvent Presenters: \nBevin Croft\, MPP\, PhD\, mental health systems researcher at the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)\n\nEbony Flint\, Certified Peer Specialist and Policy Analyst\n\nMelissa Wettengel\, MPH\, NYCPS\, nonprofit executive and mental health advocate at Hands Across Long Island (HALI)\n\nMichelle Zechner\, PhD\, LSW\, CPRP\, Associate Professor at Rutgers Health
URL:https://www.cmhisupport.org/event/voices-into-action-powering-implementation-through-engagement-of-people-with-lived-experience/
CATEGORIES:Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean
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