#21 Addressing the Behavioral Health Wage Gap: A Conversation with NAMI

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

Chris Bouneff, Executive Director of the Oregon Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), discusses:

• What does NAMI do?;

• Examples of the education NAMI provides free of charge;

• NAMI’s current proposal for a bill in the 2022 short session focusing on addressing wage gaps for those working in the behavioral health field;

• Why we need to focus on closing the wage gap and providing more services concurrently – at the same time – instead of consecutively;

• How guidelines and standardization can be incorporated into the behavioral health field to support service availability throughout Oregon for consumers;

• NAMI’s partnership with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainings; and

• How to contact NAMI:
• Phone: [phone] or 800-343-6264 (not a crisis line).
• Website: https://namior.org

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