Early Assessment and Support Alliance

What Early Assessment and Support Alliance does

EASA (Early Assessment and Support Alliance) is a nonprofit early psychosis intervention program headquartered in Portland, Oregon, that delivers coordinated specialty care (CSC) to young people aged 12-30 experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time. Founded in 2001 and operating from multiple regional sites across Oregon, EASA provides an integrated bundle of clinical services including assessment, individual therapy (including CBT for psychosis), case management, occupational therapy support, psychiatric medication management, family psychoeducation, multi-family group therapy, and crisis planning. The program embeds participant and family voice through two advisory bodies — a Young Adult Leadership Council and a Family and Friends Leadership Council — that shape program design alongside the clinical team. Services are delivered at no cost to eligible participants, with funding sourced from Oregon state health services, SAMHSA grants, and healthcare reimbursement mechanisms.

The organization's core intellectual property is the EASA Practice Guidelines and Fidelity Assessment Tool (2026 edition), which codifies the standard of care and quality evaluation criteria for early psychosis intervention programs. The EASA Center for Excellence, affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) as reflected in the [email protected] domain, functions as a national dissemination hub that exports the Oregon model to other states through training, consultation, and certification support. Notable replication engagements include a four-part webinar series co-developed by EASA leadership Tamara Sale and Ryan Melton to launch Wyoming's early psychosis program in 2016, and presentations through the Rural Mental Health Learning Community to support rural and frontier site adaptation. Staff training is delivered through the 360Learning learning management platform, providing webinars, continuing education, and access for national partners.

From a go-to-market perspective, EASA is not a commercial vendor. Participants enter the program through healthcare provider referrals, educator outreach, family or self-referral, and the SAMHSA National Early Psychosis Specialty Care Directory. EASA's primary growth vector is replication of its model into other states via the Center for Excellence rather than direct service expansion. The organization operates as a public-benefit clinical services entity, with no disclosed funding rounds, no investors, no pricing model, and no commercial revenue streams in the traditional sense.

Name

Early Assessment and Support Alliance

Legal name

Early Assessment and Support Alliance

Website

https://easacommunity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EASA is a nonprofit early psychosis intervention program in Oregon delivering coordinated specialty care to young people aged 12-30 experiencing first-episode psychosis, with a Center for Excellence that exports its evidence-based model to other states.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Government/Public Health Funding: EASA operates as a publicly-funded early intervention mental health program, likely funded through Oregon state health services, SAMHSA grants, and healthcare reimbursement systems for mental health services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EASA delivers coordinated specialty care for young people aged 12-30 experiencing first-episode psychosis, providing assessment, individual therapy (including CBT for psychosis), case management, family psychoeducation, multi-family groups, psychiatric medication management, and recovery support across multiple regional sites in Oregon. The organization is anchored by the EASA Practice Guidelines and Fidelity Assessment Tool and operates the EASA Center for Excellence to train and coordinate early psychosis intervention programs.

Product overview

EASA (Early Assessment and Support Alliance) is an early psychosis intervention program operating in Oregon, offering a coordinated specialty care (CSC) model for young people aged 12-30 experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time. The core offering consists of EASA Programs providing assessment, treatment, and recovery support services, anchored by the EASA Practice Guidelines and Fidelity Assessment Tool (2026) for quality assurance. The EASA Center for Excellence provides centralized leadership, training, and coordination, while the Young Adult Leadership Council and Family and Friends Leadership Council offer peer and family advisory input. Supporting resources include a comprehensive Staff Training Resources library with webinars and continuing education, and a Multi-Family Group Program for group-based family support. EASA does not operate as a technology product but as a clinical services organization.

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Products and services

• EASA Programs
• EASA Practice Guidelines and Fidelity Assessment Tool
• EASA Center for Excellence
• Multi-Family Group Program

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Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEASA is listed on SAMHSA's National Early Psychosis Specialty Care Directory and the SAMHSA ESMI (Early Serious Mental Illness) locator. SAMHSA developed resources for early psychosis intervention that EASA aligns with and promotes through its programs.
• Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEASA Center for Excellence is affiliated with OHSU, with the contact email [email protected]. OHSU likely provides academic oversight, clinical training, and research infrastructure for the EASA program.
• 360LearningsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEASA uses the 360Learning platform for staff training resources and continuing education. Staff and national partners can log in to access training materials and webinars through this platform.
• Wyoming Early Psychosis ProgramssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEASA provided consultation to Wyoming for launching an early psychosis intervention program similar to EASA in 2016, demonstrating the model's replicability and national reach.
• Rural Mental Health Learning CommunitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEASA presentations were featured in the Rural Mental Health Learning Community via Ideas@TheInstitute, sharing adaptations for rural and frontier site implementation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PRIME Clinic (UC Davis Early Psychosis Program): PRIME at UC Davis provides coordinated specialty care for adolescents and young adults with early psychosis, with a similar multi-disciplinary team model and academic medical center affiliation paralleling EASA's OHSU relationship.
• OnTrackNY: OnTrackNY is a New York State coordinated specialty care program for young people experiencing first-episode psychosis. It is one of the most established and largest CSC programs in the U.S., directly comparable to EASA's model, target age range, and clinical approach.
• NAVIGATE Program (NIMH/NAVIGATE Consulting): NAVIGATE is the NIMH-developed coordinated specialty care model implemented at multiple sites nationwide. It serves the same first-episode psychosis population with a similar team-based treatment approach, making it the closest methodological peer to EASA.
• NAVIGATE-RAISE Implementation Sites (NIMH RAISE-ETP): RAISE-ETP is the NIMH-funded research initiative that established evidence for coordinated specialty care. Participating RAISE sites use the same model EASA employs, making them direct functional peers in early psychosis intervention.
• Center for Early Detection and Treatment (CEDART) — Ohio State: CEDART is an academic medical center-based early psychosis program at Ohio State offering CSC services to adolescents and young adults. Comparable clinical scope, target demographics, and academic affiliation model to EASA.
• Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) — Yale: STEP at Yale is a long-running early psychosis intervention program serving young adults with first-episode psychosis. It shares EASA's clinical model, target population, and academic-medical-center affiliation pattern.

Regional players

• Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) Program: PIER is a predecessor/related early psychosis identification and treatment program based in Maine that shares EASA's foundational model and clinical approach. It serves as a comparable regional CSC program with similar public-health focus.

Others

• Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: BBRF funds research on mental illnesses including psychosis and schizophrenia. While not a direct service provider, it shares EASA's focus on early psychosis and operates in the same funding/advocacy ecosystem for early serious mental illness.

Broad incumbents

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): NAMI is the largest U.S. grassroots mental health advocacy organization. While it does not deliver direct CSC services, it operates in the same behavioral-health ecosystem, drives national early psychosis awareness, and overlaps with EASA's family-advocacy work.
• Mental Health America (MHA): MHA is a national community-based nonprofit addressing all aspects of mental health, including early intervention. Comparable nonprofit structure, advocacy orientation, and policy influence in the U.S. behavioral health space.

Market position

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/easacommunityor
• Facebookfacebook.com/easacommunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/early-assessment-and-support-alliance-easa-

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