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KEYNOTE – Mobile Crisis in New York City
Jumaane Williams – Public Advocate for City of New York


KEYNOTE – Update on the New Administration’s Impact on Mobile Crisis
Tahir Duckett, JD – Center for Innovations in Community Safety
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AMSA Legislative Advocacy – Workforce Development
Amy Watson, PhD – Wayne State University
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AMSA Legislative Advocacy – Workforce Development
Victoria Bautista, JD – Legislative Director for Rep. Adam Smith
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Navigating Transitions While Expanding Programs for Individuals Experiencing Psychiatric Crisis
Stephanie Lewis, LMFT – Alameda County Behavioral Health


Navigating Transitions While Expanding Programs for Individuals Experiencing Psychiatric Crisis
Sarah Ou, LCSW – Alameda County Behavioral Health
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Inter-Jurisdictional Collaboration to Transform the First Response System
Brook Buettner, MPA, LICSW – Regional Crisis Response Agency
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Exploring the Continuum of Mobile Response Efforts in New York City
Jeff Coots, JD – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Session Subject TBD
Laquisha Grant, MPA – B-HEARD
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Driving Legislative Change and Stakeholder Alignment to Redesign First Response
Amy Barden Smith Ed.D – Seattle CARE Department
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Peer Support Values in Crisis Response
Earl Miller – Wildflower Alliance
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Lessons Learned from Launching a Community-Based Behavioral Health First Responder Pilot in Minneapolis, MN
Candace Hanson, MA – Canopy Roots
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San Diego MCRT and how we lead with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Alisha Eftekhari, Ed.D LCSW- San Diego County
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San Diego MCRT and how we lead with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Piedad Garcia, Ed.D LCSW – San Diego County
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What would an alternative response to domestic violence look like to you?
Toni Jackson – Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative
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An Alternative Response to Domestic Violence
Thea Sebastian, JD – The Futures Institute
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Reimagine a First Response to Domestic Violence
Michelle Fernando MA – Council for State Governments Justice Center
Redefining Crisis Care with Mobile Services in Wayne County
Grace Wolf – Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network
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Guidelines for Effective Post-Crisis Follow-Up
Becky Stoll MSW – Centerstone Tennessee
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Street Response in Miami
Armen Henderson, MD MBA – Dade County Street Response
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Embracing the Role of Peer Support in Crisis Response
Chacku Mathai – Center for Practice Innovations
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AMSA partners with the Center for Innovations in Community Safety and The Policing Project to host an in-person conference – Advancing the Field of Alternative Response – June 3-5, 2025 at New York University School of Law.

The Alternative Mobile Services Association is an emerging group of professionals and peers with the purpose of researching, assessing, and identifying best practice models of mobile response services that support or are alternatives to traditional 911 emergency response, police services, and unnecessary hospitalization. Additionally, the association seeks to promote networking and cooperation among providers, jurisdictions and allied stakeholders interested in alternatives to conventional policing.

The Alternative Mobile Services Association supports street-level alternatives to police.

What are Alternative Mobile Services? 

Alternative mobile services encompass a variety of responses to the immediate needs and crisis situations in the community. Mobile services can include street outreach vans that provide supplies and support to the homeless, mental health agencies that provide in-person mobile response to clients in suicidal crisis (either immediately or within 24 hours), police programs that pair a clinician with a police officer to respond to mental health related calls, and hospital-based outreach programs which provide services in their community. A mobile service is simply any service that works with high-needs populations and meets them where they’re at, in their own space, to get them the help they need in a moment of need or distress.

If you work for a municipality or a state, a college or university or research institute, or a non-profit organization, join AMSA as an organizational member. All staff associated with AMSA organizational members have access to the AMSA benefits, such as ~

  • Access to monthly virtual AMSA Talks with expert speakers + Q&A
  • Free access to the AMSA virtual conference – June 4 & 5, 2025
  • National compendium of mobile medical crisis articles, research, and materials from partner agencies
  • Information about private, state and federal funding sources
  • Mutual and technical support from subject area and field experts
  • Weekly online newsletter written for mobile crisis team providers and stakeholders