#17 Peer Respite Centers: Fostering wellness through building community (Part 1 of 2)

The Center Collaborative: Creative Solutions in Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice

Kevin Fitts, Executive Director of the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association discusses:

• The focus of the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association;
• The importance of the voices of people with lived experience at the table;
• The need for a tiered system to meet people where they are when they seek help before they are in crisis;
• Peer respite to help bolster hope and meaning, support wellness, and build community; and
• The recent passage of a bill at the legislature for four regional peer respite centers in Oregon. One of which will specialize in working with an underserved BIPOC community.

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For more information about the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association, please visit http://omhca.org/