Poster 21 - Building and Strengthening Rural Crisis Systems Through Innovative Partnerships

Monday, April 27, 2026

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM MDT

Location: Screen 22, Exhibit Hall Poster Pavilion

Unrestricted Education Sponsor

Building a robust crisis service continuum in rural America has been a challenge but has yielded successful outcomes and partnerships. The model in the Eastern Shore continues to serve as a hub for implementation in rural Maryland and can serve as a model for care in rural communities across the nation. Learning how to leverage limited resources, partnerships, relationships, community stakeholders, and state partners has been critical to the success of building an impactful and state of the art crisis system. Adding 988 services and two more rural counties in Southern Maryland this system knows all about leveraging resources.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify at least three partners that are needed in expanding a rural crisis system.
Participants will be able to discuss the value of leveraging partnerships in rural areas.
Participants will be able to identify at least 3 programs that were used to expand the crisis sytem.

Poster Presenter(s)

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Tina-Marie Brown, LCSW-C

Regional Director
Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland Crisis Services
EASTON, Maryland

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Kathryn Grant Dilley, LCSW-C

28578 Mary's Court, Suite 1
Mid Shore Behavioral Health
easton, Maryland

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Tammy M. Loewe, LCSW-C

Behavioral Health Division Director
St. Mary's County Health Department
Leonardtown, Maryland

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Michelle Grigsby-Hackett, LCPC

CEO
Affiliated Sante Group/Rock Creek
Silver Springs, Maryland

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