Barrier Busters Action Group

Co-Chairs:      Mary Beth Lampe, Community Support and Treatment Services
Beth Manuel, Childcare Network
Paul Sher, Legal Services

Staff:            Mike Scholl, Community Collaborative

Homepage:     http://www.ewashtenaw.org/barrierbusters

The purpose of the Barrier Busters Action Group is to establish a system for the reduction of barriers and the resolution of urgent or crisis situations between participating agencies.  An urgent or crisis situation may be defined as involving one or more of the following:

• An immediate danger to the health or safety of the individual.
• Repeated, recent requests for service that have gone unanswered.
• A consumer's request has bounced from agency to agency with each agency indicating that the other is responsible