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Community-led Mental Health Crisis Response Pilot

Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness (CBHW) at the BPHC leads this pilot project. The Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness was established in 2022 in response to the growing need for evidence based, effective, and meaningful behavioral health resources. The Center aims to promote and coordinate behavioral health and wellness programming across Boston. The Center envisions a community where all can achieve their ideal behavioral health and wellness, through just, trauma informed, and intersectional approaches.

Boston’s Community-Led Mental Health Crisis Response Pilot is being launched to expand culturally aligned, non-carceral mental health crisis Many residents and local leaders are calling for alternatives to traditional emergency systems that reduce reliance on law enforcement and provide support that feels safe, dignified, and community rooted.

RFP Document

Due: August 21, 2026

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