WHY WE EXIST
We started NextGen Synergy because the IDD and mental health systems weren't talking to each other.
People with IDD and co-occurring mental health conditions fall through the gap between two systems that were never designed to work together. We build the clinical capacity that closes it with people, families, agencies, and clinicians in nine states and counting.
Our mission is to...
Expand knowledge, skill, and clinical capacity to best support people with IDD and co-occurring mental health conditions in their communities of choice.
OUR MODEL
The community care hub
We sit between the people being supported and the systems meant to support them connecting families, providers and allies with Medicaid and behavioral health so fewer people fall through the gap.
HOW WE WORK
01
community
Alongside people, families, agencies, clinicians, families, not above them. Our board is made of the people we support.
02
capacity building
Person-driven practice, taught by real people through conversation and experience not a binder that goes on a shelf or a chat bot.
03
workforce development
Build the bench. DSPs and clinicians who have the right tools are the ones who stay.
Our Team
Founder, Co-Executive Director
Founder, Co-Executive Director
Chief Operating Officer
Director, Partnerships | Clinical Services
Director, Partnerships | IDD Services
Director, Operations & Projects
Director, Learning & Growth
Community & Partnership Manager
Our Board
Executives from the agencies we serve — the people accountable for the same outcomes you are.
Carole Argo
CEO, NCIA
Rick Callahan, CEO Compass Inc.
Daniel Caridi, CEO
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Shawn Kros, CEO The Arc of Northern Chesapeake Region
Russell Lehman, Disability Rights Advocate UCLA
Jessica Neely
Director Knowledge
Management, SEEC
Leslie Thompson
Vice President, Maryland Association of Community Services
Najla Wortham
President, Rock
Creek Foundation
Our Gallery
From cohorts, conferences and community events
