I am on the State Wellness Committee which was referred to in this article, and I live in Bend, Oregon. I am available for response to this report as a consumer of mental health services in recovery.
I am on the Deschutes County Addictions and MEntal HEalth Advisory board to the county commissioners, and also on several non-profit mental health boards including - NAMI, the Oregon Consumer/Psychiaric Survivor Coalition, and a local consumer run peer services "Pot of Gold.