2023
Working Paper on California’s Children & Youth Behavioral Health Ecosystem - Breaking Barriers California and a multidisciplinary team supported by BCG collaborated to create a blueprint for a better future. Check out the CYBHI working paper that includes more than 100 voices coming together to create a roadmap for change.
2022
Supporting California’s Children Through a Whole Child Approach: A Field Guide for Creating Integrated, School-Based Systems of Care - This guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving experts to further California’s current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system.
2020
Practical Guide for Financing Social, Emotional, and Mental Health in Schools: A guide for school district leaders interested in exploring partnerships and accessing Medi-Cal to meet the social, emotional, and mental health needs of students in schools - by California Children’s Trust and Breaking Barriers California
California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California - This report details the current special education funding system in California, its history, and the role of the state and intermediaries in the distribution and use of those resources - by WestEd
Realizing One Integrated System of Care for Children - PACE publication by Ron Powell, Elizabeth Estes, and Alex Briscoe
New Challenges and Opportunities - The EDge Summer 2020 Newsletter, with featured article by Elizabeth Estes
Social-emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health: Integrating Systems - The EDge Spring 2020 Newsletter special insert
Multi Media Voice Submissions from the 2nd Youth Innovation Lab - MHSOAC Youth Innovation Committee
2019
Early Childhood Education:
When a Child’s Issues Are Bigger Than Just One Agency - OpEd by Hon. Patrick J. Mahoney (Ret.)
California’s Surgeon General Readies Statewide Screening for Child Trauma - Q & A with California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris
Why We Need a New System of Care for California’s Youngest Children and Their Families - Q & A with California Children's Trust Principal Alex Briscoe
The Fight Against Preschool Pushout - Feature Article by Sara Tiano and Jeremy Loudenback
How One County is Working Together to Address Young People at Risk of Suicide - OpEd by CEO of the California Association of Health and Education Linked Professions, Joint Powers Authority Jenae Holtz
Three Bright Spots in California’s Fitful and Failing Implementation of a Federal Law Aimed at Lifting Foster Students’ Academic Horizons - Feature Article by Susan Abram
Other
Learning soft skills to prevent problems in the future
Mental Health Facts: By the Numbers
A parent's guide to teen depression and other resources for teens.