Alternative Mobile Services Association
Alternative Mobile Services Association
The 2025 AMSA Virtual Conference was held June 9-10.
Registration closed June 6. Survey for Certification of Attendance closed June 31.
Advancing the Field of Alternative Response Conference
Virtual conference, June 9-10, 2025.
KEYNOTE – Driving Legislative Change and Stakeholder Alignment to Redesign First Response
Amy Barden Smith EdD
KEYNOTE – Reflections and Projections on the Federal Landscape
Tahir Duckett, JD
Addressing The Need For A Skilled Alternative Response Workforce
Amy Watson, PhD
Navigating Transitions While Expanding Programs for Individuals Experiencing Psychiatric Crisis
Stephanie Lewis, LMFT
Navigating Transitions While Expanding Programs for Individuals Experiencing Psychiatric Crisis
Sarah Ou, LCSW
Inter-Jurisdictional Collaboration to Transform the First Response System
Brook Buettner, MPA, LICSW
Exploring the Continuum of Mobile Response Efforts in New York City
Jeff Coots, JD
Lessons Learned from Launching a Community-Based Behavioral Health First Responder Pilot in Minneapolis, MN
Candace Hanson, LPCC
San Diego MCRT and how we lead with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Alisha Eftekhari, LMFT
San Diego MCRT and how we lead with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Piedad Garcia, Ed.D LCSW
Alternative Responders in Prostitution: Improving the Path to Empathy, Understanding, and Safety
Cassie Wood, LMM
Redefining Crisis Care with Mobile Services in Wayne County
Grace Wolf, CRC LPC
