Designing with Youth: Strategies for Building Crisis Response Systems
As we collaborate with federal, state, and local governments to plan and implement crisis response systems in communities across the U.S., we are engaging in discussion about the critical input that youth provide. To further explore the role that youth can play in the development of crisis systems ,and to build skill in creating authentic partnerships, we have partnered with Youth MOVE National on the Designing with Youth webinar series.
The impetus of 988 and the funding that has become available to design and create a continuum of crisis services means that planning and implementation of crisis response systems is underway nationwide. This webinar series provides in-depth detail on how meaningful collaboration with young people with first-hand lived experience can be leveraged to best design, staff, and implement mobile response and stabilization services. The series launched March 30, 2023 with a discussion of best practices for integrating youth perspectives in the design of crisis systems. The series is designed for 988 and crisis system design leaders, including young people with first-hand lived experience navigating mental health crises. Register and join in this important series! Recordings for past sessions are available.
Engagement & Partnership Part 1
March 30, 2023
Join us as we kick-off this five-part webinar series with a discussion of the benefits of partnering with youth and young adults as they are utilizing Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS). We will consider the crisis continuum: Someone to Contact, Someone to Respond, and a System to Support. #mobileresponse #youthvoice #crisisresponse
Engagement & Partnership Part 2
April 27, 2023
In the second session of our five-part series on Mobile Response Stabilization Services, we address best practices for incorporating youth voice and leadership in the design of each phase of the crisis continuum—Someone to Contact, Someone to Respond, and a System to Support. How can we support young people in making sure their voices are heard? #mobileresponse #youthvoice #crisisresponse
Peer Support & Supervision
May 25, 2023
As youth peer support becomes more integrated into service delivery, we must consider what YPS looks like within Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS). Session 3 of our five-part webinar series covers incorporating youth peer support staff and program administrators across each phase of the crisis continuum: Someone to Contact, Someone to Respond, and a System to Support #mobileresponse #youthvoice #crisisresponse
Trauma-Informed Practices
June 29, 2023
The fourth of our webinar series provides actionable strategies for trauma-informed practice across each phase of the continuum: Someone to Contact, Someone to Respond, and a System to Support. We dive into trauma-informed care, including strategies for incorporating youth-driven and trauma-informed practices across Mobile Response Stabilization Services. It is critical for service designers and providers to understand trauma, intersectionality, and how to rebuild trust. #mobileresponse #youthvoice #crisisresponse
Assessing Youth Engagement (YVAL)
July 27, 2023
Through this webinar series, we highlighted the importance of meaningfully engaging youth and young adults as users, designers, and staff across Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS). Our final session poses the question: How are communities doing this now? Youth MOVE National has developed a tool to measure just that. We give an overview of the tool, how to administer it, and how to ensure crisis systems meet the needs of youth and young adults. #mobileresponse #youthvoice #crisisresponse