YOUR VOICE MATTERS
✊ Join Us to Change the Behavioral Health System in Rhode Island
Your lived experience matters. If you’ve navigated mental health, substance use, or DCYF systems for yourself or a loved one, you bring powerful insight that can help reshape policies and improve care across Rhode Island. When families and youth speak up together, decision-makers listen.
What You Can Do
Come to one of our community-powered advocacy meetings where your voice helps:
- Influence policy and practice in children’s behavioral health
- Build a more equitable and supportive system for families
- Connect with other family leaders and state partners
Upcoming Advocacy Meetings
RIFI Monthly Steering Committee Meeting
Membership is open to agencies, state partners, and father leaders. Meetings are every First Thursday and location changes monthly. Contact Christian Nunez with questions or to get involved.
RI Birth Parent Advisory Board Meeting
Birth Parents who have been involved with child welfare — both closed and unresolved cases are welcome.
Attend First Thursday monthly meetings to give input and participate in time-limited workgroups and subcommittees.
RI Children's Behavioral Health FEW Group Meeting
Join us Third Thursdays monthly in Warwick.
Do you have direct lived experience with meeting the mental health needs for your child and family? Are you a family support peer provider in the mental health workforce?
Work with other family leaders, state and community partners to promote policy and practice change to better meet the mental health of children, youth and families and reduce disparities.
Official members will receive $35 gift cards for their attendance at meeting in person or online. Children's activities and transportation can be coordinated.
Youth & Young Adult Workgroup
An empowering group for young people ages 13-18 to share their lived experience and ideas on how to improve mental health services in Rhode Island - help change the system!
Parent permission required. Contact Robin to join the group.
RIFI Monthly Steering Committee Meeting
Membership is open to agencies, state partners, and father leaders. Meetings are every First Thursday and location changes monthly. Contact Christian Nunez with questions or to get involved.
