Nonprofit
Dignity Best Practices
Mission
Our Mission: Dignity Best Practices supports the wellbeing of people in crisis or conflict by helping communities improve the quality of services at the intersections of public safety and behavioral health.
Our Vision: All people, regardless of background or status, are treated with dignity and given practical help by their local systems of public safety and public health.
Our Mission: Dignity Best Practices supports the wellbeing of people in crisis or conflict by helping communities improve the quality of services at the intersections of public safety and behavioral health.
Our Vision: All people, regardless of background or status, are treated with dignity and given practical help by their local systems of public safety and public health.
About Us
Dignity Best Practices is a nonprofit consulting firm dedicated to helping local governments design and implement effective crisis response solutions. We support communities in launching pilot programs and improving practices that ensure the right fit-for-purpose response for individuals in distress. Our work spans behavioral health crisis care, public safety transformation, and conflict resolution. We take a collaborative, cross-agency approach, bringing together stakeholders such as clinicians, peer specialists, mediators, law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel, hospitals, sheriff’s offices, 911 and 988 call centers, and city and county leaders. By fostering partnerships, shared responsibility, and evidence-based strategies, we help communities build safer, more responsive systems for people in crisis or conflict.
Dignity Best Practices is a nonprofit consulting firm dedicated to helping local governments design and implement effective crisis response solutions. We support communities in launching pilot programs and improving practices that ensure the right fit-for-purpose response for individuals in distress. Our work spans behavioral health crisis care, public safety transformation, and conflict resolution. We take a collaborative, cross-agency approach, bringing together stakeholders such as clinicians, peer specialists, mediators, law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel, hospitals, sheriff’s offices, 911 and 988 call centers, and city and county leaders. By fostering partnerships, shared responsibility, and evidence-based strategies, we help communities build safer, more responsive systems for people in crisis or conflict.
Cause Areas Include
- Conflict Resolution
- Crime & Safety
- Mental Health
- Research & Social Science
Location & Contact
- sherrell.hendrix@dignitybestpractices.org
- Washington, DC, USA
