Statewide Leadership & Strategic Engagement

Integrity Partners for Behavioral Health plays an active leadership role in shaping the future of behavioral health care across New York State. In addition to advancing clinically integrated work within its own network, Integrity participates in several statewide and regional initiatives focused on innovation, care integration, quality improvement, data-informed practice, and systems change. These leadership roles help ensure that the perspectives of rural and community-based providers are represented in important policy, practice, and implementation conversations.

Empire State Behavioral Health IPA Collaborative
Integrity Partners holds a leadership role in the Empire State Behavioral Health IPA Collaborative through the participation of its CEO on the Collaborative's Convening Group. This statewide body exists to strengthen collaboration among behavioral health IPA networks across New York, improve system performance, align strategy, and advance shared priorities through data-driven decision-making, peer exchange, shared advocacy, and replicable best practices. Integrity's leadership role helps move the initiative forward while ensuring rural provider voices remain part of statewide behavioral health transformation efforts.

Western New York Regional Provider Council
Integrity Partners participates in the Western New York Regional Provider Council as part of its commitment to regional collaboration and cross-sector problem solving. Through this forum, Integrity works alongside providers and system partners to elevate regional priorities, identify common operational and policy challenges, and strengthen the delivery of behavioral health and primary health services across Western New York. This participation reinforces Integrity's role as an advocate for coordinated, high-value care.

Innovative Behavioral Health Project
Integrity Partners is engaged in the Innovative Behavioral Health Project, reflecting its broader commitment to advancing new models of care, strengthening integration, and supporting innovation that improves behavioral health access, payment models, and outcomes. Participation in initiatives like this allows Integrity to help shape emerging approaches that are practical for provider networks and responsive to the needs of rural and underserved communities.

OMH Mental Health Provider Exchange Project
Integrity Partners also participates in the Office of Mental Health Mental Health Provider Exchange Project, an initiative designed to improve communication, coordination, and shared learning across providers. This work aligns closely with Integrity's mission to strengthen network capacity, promote more consistent implementation of effective practices, and support infrastructure that helps behavioral health organizations work more efficiently and collaboratively.

NORC GLOWS Mental Health Project
Integrity Partners participates in NORC's GLOWS Mental Health Project Statewide Advisory Board, a multi-county effort addressing social isolation, loneliness, substance use, and suicide risk among adults age 55 and older in rural New York. The project is piloting a model in primary care clinics that combines screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment, and social prescribing, while also building workforce capacity through training and supporting long-term sustainability through regional and statewide advisory structures. Integrity's involvement aligns with its commitment to rural behavioral health innovation, prevention, and cross-system partnership.

Fidelis Stakeholder Group
Integrity Partners also participates in the Fidelis Stakeholder Group, helping bring provider and network perspectives into payer-related discussions that influence access, care coordination, and system performance. This engagement supports Integrity's broader role in ensuring that behavioral health providers-especially those serving rural and underserved communities-have a voice in conversations that shape delivery system expectations and opportunities.