citiesRISE has built its approach around 4 core programs: Local Collective Action, Young People and Youth Leadership, Innovation and Acceleration, Learning Collaborative. These programs support the best mental health models and innovations which will help reach more people, address issues early on and use existing capacity and advocacy to mobilize the next generation of leaders:
Local Collective Action: An innovative and structured approach to cross-sector collaboration that brings creative and collaborative local leaders together under a common operating plan and goal framework to reach as many people as possible.
Young People and Youth Leadership: By focusing on young people and youth leadership, citiesRISE is creating awareness of mental health from an earlier stage, mobilizing youth to be leaders in the field, addressing wide-scale stigma and preventing mental health challenges before they become chronic or disabling.
Innovation and Acceleration: A social entrepreneurs to take their models to scale with path to market strategies, development of business models and integration with systems operating at scale for longer term sustainability.
Learning Collaborative: A unification point for citiesRISE activities and drives progress across three strategic key areas: Research and Evidence, Shared Learning and Indicators, Advocacy and Mobilization.