Paul Galdys

Board Member - Arizona

Paul Galdys has been a CIT instructor for the past 19 years; regularly facilitating sessions for three different programs in Maricopa County Arizona while also supporting sessions in rural Arizona and Ohio when called on. Prior to joining Recovery Innovations (RI International) in 2017, he served as an Assistant Director in Arizona Medicaid in support of $12 billion in health care service delivery annually. Paul was the lead writer of the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care published by SAMHSA in February 2020 and led the development of the Crisis Resource Need Calculator being used throughout the nation to support the design of crisis systems. His commitment to partner with law enforcement to advance true CIT systems of care can be seen in RI operations in nine states last year as well as his crisis system design efforts that consistently include an expectation of partnering with law enforcement to offer no-wrong-door access to care for all brought in through dedicated first responder entrances.