Response System

In December 2024, the Behavioral Health (BH) Ad Hoc Group (AHG) was formed to identify current capabilities and gaps regarding behavioral health within the System. In February 2025, the AHG completed the recommendations for the US&R System and provides proposed requirements and recommendations for integration into the US&R System. 

 

All System task forces are asked to review the attached (via responsesystem.org) document titled “Behavioral Health AHG Advisory Recommendations”. Any comments are to be submitted online using the System’s Recommendation Submission Form. For every comment being made a new form needs to be submitted; do not combine issues or comments into one form. If the comment’s recommendation is fully supported after review, it will move forward to the next approval step. If further work is required, it will be sent back for additional work, adjudication of comments, andresubmission into the approval process. If a task force accepts the document as reviewed with no suggested changes, onecomment form should be submitted stating that the task force has “no comment”. Task Force Representatives shouldensure that all comments are submitted by 23:59 ET on April 10, 2025. Questions regarding this document review process may be directed to the appropriate Divisional Task Force Representative, or the Advisory Group Chair.

 

Please give the BH AHG recommendations your support and disseminate it widely to your personnel.

 

Any questions related to the plan should be addressed to Buddy Ey at elwood.ey-iii@fema.dhs.gov.