This winter, the Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) with the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) is engaging behavioral health stakeholders from around Washington state in listening sessions to gather information and opinions regarding inequities in behavioral health care. The information gathered from the listening sessions will be used to inform state-level policy recommendations that address inequities in behavioral health care.

BHI is seeking a diversity of identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives from the behavioral health community representing the individuals we care for in behavioral health.

Please note that you are welcome to register and participate in any session that works for your schedule, even if the focus of the session does not align with the urban/rural setting you represent. We welcome all perspectives in all of the workshops. The sessions are as follows:

• Wednesday, Jan. 4 – 12:00-1:00 PM – with a focus on rural and frontier communities
• Thursday, Jan. 5 – 10:00-11:00 AM – with a focus on urban and suburban communities
• Tuesday, Jan. 10 – 1:00-2:00 PM – with a focus on rural and frontier communities
• Thursday, Jan. 12 – 12:00-1:00 PM – with a focus on urban and suburban communities

Please feel free to reach out to Elizabeth Perry (Elizabeth.Perry@principleallies.com) with the Harborview Behavioral Health Institute with questions about the listening sessions or the overall project.