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

Peer Support Values in Crisis Response

Earl Miller, MA

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

An Alternative Response to Domestic Violence

Thea Sebastian, JD

Reimagine a First Response to Domestic Violence

Michelle Fernando, MA

Redefining Crisis Care with Mobile Services in Wayne County

Grace Wolf, CRC LPC

Guidelines for Effective Post-Crisis Follow-Up

Becky Stoll, LCSW

Street Response in Miami

Armen Henderson, MD MBA

Crisis Now: Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies in Fairbanks

Brenda McFarlane, M.Ed