THE POWER OF ONE
ONE state, ONE system, ONE vision…
toward ONE community, ONE leadership team…
by, for, and with…
ONE whole child and ONE whole family.
7th Annual Symposium
Tuesday, November 14 - Thursday, November 16, 2023
Sacramento, California
Below are the presentation/resource materials provided for select sessions. Watch all the sessions from the 2023 Symposium on the Breaking Barriers YouTube channel.
Download the 3-day Agenda
DAY 1 SLIDES & RECORDINGS
Opening Welcome - Uniting in Care (recording only)
Richard Knecht, Managing Partner, Integrated Human Services Group
Jeanine Gaines, Director of Partnerships, The Social Changery
California Governor Gavin Newsom (Welcome Video)
Elizabeth Estes, Founder, Breaking Barriers California
Youth Leaders, 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 (download slides here)
Nicola Parr, Senior Director, Student Services & Educational Options, Solano County Office of Education
Building Community-Based Solutions for More Accessible and Integrated Care (download slides here)
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
Realizing One Children’s System: California’s Children & Youth Behavioral Health Ecosystem - Overview, Development, and Implementation (download slides here)
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
Stories from the Field: Applying the Ecosystem Recommendations to Regional & Local Realization of ONE Children’s System (download slides here)
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 (download slides here)
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
Closing Remarks (download slides here)
Youth Leaders from SACYMH
DAY 2 SLIDES & REcordings
Redefining Self in a Context of Whole Child Leadership (dowload slides here)
Richard Knecht, Managing Partner, Integrated Human Services
California Policy Development to Promote Integrated Services for Children, Youth, & Families (download slides here)
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: Identifying & Building Shared Leadership in a County to Lessen the Chaos in the Field (download slides here)
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 (download slides here)
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
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Fireside Chat with Linda Darling Hammond on the Status of the California
Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute; President, California State Board of Education
MODERATOR: Nicole Bennett, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Conducting a Needs Assessment and Developing Shared Goals (download slides here)
Amanda Dickey, Executive Director of Government Relations, Santa Clara County Office of Education
PANEL: Envisioning, Designing, and Building a County-wide Well-Being System (download slides here)
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 (download slides here)
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
Welcome (download slides here)
Saran Tugsjargal, Student Commissioner, California Department of Education, Advisory Commission for Special Education
Initiating Actions on Universal Service Array and Workforce Development
Ken Berrick, President and CEO, Just Advocates
Universal Array of Services: From Concept to Reality (download slides here)
Ken Berrick, President and CEO, Just Advocates
Karen Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Steinberg Institute
Resource: Final Behavioral Health Committee Policy Recommendations
Doing the Work of Workforce Development: State and Local Partnership Strategies for a Reimagined Behavioral Health Workforce (download slides here)
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
Creating Conditions for Sustainability: Information Sharing & Financing
Richard Knecht, Managing Partner, Integrated Human Services
Children & Youth System of Care Supplementary Analysis to the Multiyear Plan for Increasing Capacity: Methodology, Research/Agency Partnerships, and Next Steps (download slides here)
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 (download slides here)
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
Wrap-up Remarks (download slides here)
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 (download slides here)
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
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.
For more information on the Symposium or to sponsor Breaking Barriers programming, contact us at info@breakingbarriersca.org.