ONE state, ONE system, ONE vision…
toward ONE community, ONE leadership team…
by, for, and with…
ONE whole child and ONE whole family.
2023 Breaking Barriers Integrated Care Symposium
Tuesday, November 14 - Thursday, November 16, 2023
Sacramento, CA
Below are the presentation slides and resource materials provided for select sessions. Recordings of all the sessions will be posted soon on the Breaking Barriers YouTube channel.
Symposium RESOURCEs
Breaking Barriers/CalHHS CYBHI Working Paper on California’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Ecosystem
OTHER RESOURCES
Day 1 Slides & Resources
Opening/Welcome - Uniting in Care
Elizabeth Estes, Founder, Breaking Barriers California
Youth Leaders from SACYMH
Pap1 Grand3, Spoken Word Artist, Bay Area Creative
Jackson McBrayer, Spoken Word Artist, Bay Area Creative
Jenna Robinson, Program Director/Director Teaching Artist, Bay Area Creative
The Power of ONE: Trusting Relationships in Information Sharing
Nicola Parr, Senior Director, Student Services & Educational Options, Solano County Office of Education
Building Community-Based Solutions for More Accessible and Integrated Care
Ryan Eisenberg, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Health Council
Ramsey Khasho, Chief Clinical Officer, Children’s Health Council
Jessi Misslin, Vice President Program & Engagement, Pacific Foundation Services / Senior Program Officer, Sand Hill Foundation
Melissa Stafford Jones, Director, Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CalHHS)
Autumn Boylan, Deputy Director for Office of Strategic Partnerships, California Department of Health Care Services
Chaunise Powell, Chief of Student Services, Alameda County Office of Education
MODERATOR: Mike Lombardo, Education Advisor, Consultant
Carla Bryant, Executive Director, Center for District Innovation And Leadership in Early Education
Amanda Dickey, Executive Director of Government Relations, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Mindy Fattig, Senior Advisor for the Statewide System of Support, CCEE
Jeanine Gaines, Director of Partnerships, The Social Changery
Chris Hartley, Deputy Executive Director, CCEE
Hayin Kimner, Managing Director, CSLX
Richard Knecht, Managing Partner, Integrated Human Services Group
Chris Stoner-Mertz, Chief Executive Officer, California Alliance of Child & Family Services
KEYNOTE PANEL: Literacy as a Shared Goal for California
Nancy Brynelson, Statewide Literacy Co-Director, California Department of Education
Bonnie Garcia, Statewide Literacy Co-Director, California Department of Education
Stephanie Gregson, Deputy Executive Director-Teaching, Learning, and Leading Center, CCEE
Michael DeFrancesco, Director of Educational Services and Human Resources, Calistoga Joint Unified School District
Barbara Nemko, Superintendent of Schools, Napa County
Youth Leaders from SACYMH
Day 2 Slides & Resources
Redefining Self in a Context of Whole Child Leadership
Richard Knecht, Managing Partner, Integrated Human Services
California Policy Development to Promote Integrated Services for Children, Youth, & Families
MODERATOR: Jason Willis, Clinical Professor of Public Policy, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
Lishaun Francis, Senior Director, Behavioral Health, Children Now
Trina Frazier, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
Natasha Hall-Sevilla, Executive Director, The Primary School-East Bay
Tanya Lieberman, Chief Consultant, California State Assembly Education Committee
PANEL: Building Shared Leadership in a County to Lessen the Chaos in the Field
Twylla Abrahamson, Director, Placer County Children’s System of Care
Lindsay Alderette, Program Manager - Whole Person Learning, YES Program
Luke Anderson, Executive Director, Prevention Supports and Services, Placer County Office of Education
Jina Coronado, MCT Family Advocate, Cal Voices, Placer County Children’s System of Care
Indira Infante, Program Manager, Cal Voices, Placer County Children’s System of Care
Mike Lombardo, Education Advisor, Consultant
Honorable Colleen Nichols, Superior Court Judge, Placer County
Brian Passenheim, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Placer County Probation
PANEL: Yolo County Roadmap to the Future
Lucas Frerichs, Vice Chair, Yolo County Board of Supervisors
Karleen Jakowski, Assistant Director, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency
Garth Lewis, Superintendent of Schools, Yolo County
Conducting a Needs Assessment and Developing Shared Goals
Amanda Dickey, Executive Director of Government Relations, Santa Clara County Office of Education
PANEL: Envisioning, Designing, and Building a County-wide Well-Being System
Peter Blanco, Regional Director-San Diego District, California Department of Rehabilitation
Lori Clarke, Co-Director, San Diego State University Social Policy Institute
Jennifer Cannell Pyle, Child Welfare Specialist Supervisor, ICF: State and Local Projects
Kimberly Giardina, Director, Child and Family Well-Being, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
Kate Kinnamont, Associate Executive Director, San Diego Regional Center
PANEL: Tuolumne County Children’s System of Care Dashboard
Michelle Clark, Director, Systems of Care, Tuolumne Department of Social Services
Annie Hockett, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Tuolumne County
Betty Hoskins, Program Manager, Tuolumne County Behavioral Health Department
Tyler Jackson, Senior Staff Services Analyst for Children's Services, Tuolumne County Department of Social Services
Day 3 Slides & Resources
Saran Tugsjargal, Student Commissioner, California Department of Education, Advisory Commission for Special Education
Universal Array of Services: From Concept to Reality
Ken Berrick, President and CEO, Just Advocates
Karen Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Steinberg Institute
Resource: Final Behavioral Health Committee Policy Recommendations
MODERATOR: The Social Changery
Hovik Khosrovian, Senior Policy Advisor for Health Workforce Development, Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)
Emiliano Rosas, Coordinator of Community Engagement, PRO Youth & Families
Robert Williams, Dean, College of Education and Allied Studies, Cal State East Bay
California’s State Children and Youth System of Care Joint Resolution Team (JRT)
Christine Bagley, Southern Region Manager, Office of Community Operations, California Department of Developmental Services
Diana Casanova, Foster Youth Data Liaison, Education Research & Evaluation Consultant, Data Access & Strategy Office, California Department of Education
Dina Kokkos-Gonzales, Behavioral Health, California Department of Health Care Services
Sara Rogers, System of Care Branch Chief, Children and Family Services Division, California Department of Social Services
Integrated Funding Panel: Strategies for Sustaining New Investments in Student Health & Education
Lisa Eisenberg, Child & Youth Health Financing Project Director, WestEd
Scott Ostendorf, Project Manager: Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program (SBHIP), Marin County Office of Education
Marni R. Sandoval, Deputy Director of Behavioral Health, Child and Adolescent Services, County of Monterey Health Department
Jonathan Barnett Tugbenyoh, Director of School Partnerships, Seneca Family of Agencies
Elizabeth Estes, Founder, Breaking Barriers California
Saran Tugsjargal, Student Commissioner, California Department of Education, Advisory Commission for Special Education
Deep Dive: HIPAA, FERPA, and Information Sharing
Elizabeth Estes, Founder, Breaking Barriers California
Nicola Parr, Senior Director, Student Services & Educational Options, Solano County office of Education
Camden Webb, Director of Clinical Services, Solano County Office of Education
Breaking Barriers YouTube Channel
View our past sessions, including all programming from our past Symposiums and webinars on the Breaking Barriers YouTube channel.
Symposium Sponsors and partners
Thank you to the sponsors and partners of this year’s Breaking Barriers Symposium. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our Symposium Sponsors page.
Presenting Sponsor
Advocate
Community Care
Friends
For more information on the Symposium or to sponsor Breaking Barriers programming, contact us at info@breakingbarriersca.org.