Alternative Mobile Services Association
Meeting People Where They Are
Meeting People Where They Are
AMSA brings together responders, peers, and advocates to strengthen mobile crisis response nationwide, because care, not punishment, should be the first response. Welcome to the Alternative Mobile Services Association (AMSA). We are a national network of community responders, peer advocates, and policy leaders working to reimagine how we show up for people in crisis.
Register now for the March 2-3, 2026 AMSA virtual conference. AMSA members attend this conference free.
Our subject is PEER INTEGRATION
Hear keynotes from the 2023 Alternatives to Police II conference from Rep. Adam Smith and Mayor Rhodes-Conway.
See Moki Macias's 2022 keynote address at the first Alternatives to Police conference.
Browse videos from the full line up of speakers for AMSA's conferences, from practitioners, policy makers, advocates, and academics.
The Alternative Mobile Services Association was launched in 2020 by the Mental Health Association of Portland.
Our mission is to research, assess, and identify best practice models of mobile services that support or are alternatives to traditional 911 emergency response, police services, and unnecessary hospitalization. We also promote networking and cooperation among providers, jurisdictions and allied stakeholders interested in alternatives to conventional policing.
We support street-level alternatives to police.
