Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.

AHP at a Glance: Putting the Human in Health and Human Services

Service BriefsLast updated: Dec 06, 2024

Not everyone facing behavioral health and social challenges ​finds help to recover. Marginalized individuals experiencing mental health disorders, homelessness, substance use disorder—including opioid use disorder—need a great deal of support to overcome obstacles and realize their full potential.

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) was born out of this driving force: healing for all. Our mission is to help clients like you transform health and human service systems ​so underrepresented communities can live their safest, healthiest lives.

For over 35 years, AHP has been improving health and human services systems of care to help organizations and individuals reach their full potential. Our consulting, technical assistance, research and evaluation, and grants management services are tailored to enhance behavioral health care through systems change.

Covering All the Angles

Every community in this country deserves to have the most appropriate and effective social infrastructure, empowering all individuals to reach their full potential. Whether it’s providing housing for the unhoused, tackling the drug overdose crisis, or developing and training the behavioral health workforce, we can help you address these social infrastructure challenges.

As you look to expand, enhance, and integrate your behavioral health system of care, we can help you with every aspect including:

  • Behavioral health infrastructure and housing development
  • Criminal justice system enhancement
  • Mental health and substance use disorders parity and equity
  • Health-related social needs and systemic drivers of health
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Data science and innovation
  • Care integration and coordination
  • Behavioral health Continuum of Care design
  • Opioid crisis response
  • Special populations
  • Veterans Programs
  • Workforce development

Serving You from Strategy and Planning to Boots on the Ground

Our nationally known experts, change-makers, innovators, business leaders, and researchers partner with you to deliver solutions that propel your organization and the people you serve forward.

We generate positive systems change with the following services:

  • Understanding Policy Implications
    • We interpret the impacts of federal and state legislative changes to identify their implications for your organization.
  • Clinical and Best Practices Modeling
    • Our experts deliver customized approaches for implementing evidence-based practices across sectors.
  • Financial Modeling
    • By examining financial requirements and partnership structures, we forecast and guide you through goal setting.
  • Data Science, Analytics, and Technology Implementation
    • We offer services such as data collection, analytics, reporting, performance dashboards, and more to support your broader vision and mission.
  • Research and Evaluation
    • Let’s partner to develop data collection instruments, protocols, and systems that unlock the full potential of your data.
  • Workforce Development
    • Together, we can build a robust workforce to support an integrated Continuum of Care that’s accessible to all.
  • Technical Assistance and Training
    • We can help you adopt new clinical practices, develop infrastructure, or recruit and retain your workforce.
  • Grants Management
    • We manage complex funding and programs, allowing you to focus on recruiting, training, and retaining new employees.
  • Business Operations Improvement
    • We identify functional deficiencies and develop actionable recommendations and implementation plans.
  • Creative Branding, Design, and Publishing
    • Let us deliver compelling, on-target marketing and promotional materials and campaigns for your team.
  • Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement
    • We believe in the power of cooperative and collaborative coalitions for effective stakeholder outreach and engagement.

By working with public and private partners, AHP helps people experiencing the greatest marginalization lead full and productive lives. Together, let’s meet your complex challenges head-on with sustainable solutions.

Let’s make a difference where it matters most.

About Us

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) creates powerful solutions to improve health and human services systems. By partnering with the federal government, states, municipalities, healthcare systems, and nonprofits, we help people experiencing the greatest disadvantages lead full and productive lives. We are national leaders in training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, publishing, and dedicated consulting. On issues from workforce development to mental health, substance use disorders to housing and homelessness, we help our clients enhance behavioral health care through systems change. AHP was founded nearly 40 years ago to develop solutions for some of the biggest social infrastructure challenges across the nation. Our company has offices in metro Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Find out more at www.ahpnet.com.

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