Session 2: Building a Plan describes strategies for collaborative planning efforts, including ways of increasing the comfort and engagement of those who join in the organization’s planning process. It emphasizes a strengths-based approach and ways in which an organization-specific action plan can be inclusive of those who are impacted by the plan while including specific, measurable goals to meet within an agreed upon time frame. (Originated by the NYC Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene, Peer and Community Health Worker Workforce Consortium, hosted by the Academy of Peer Services.)