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#300 | General Session BHA Panel | Meeting the Moment: A State Perspective on Youth and Family Systems of Care
Colorado is transforming youth behavioral health. Join BHA Commissioner Stephanie Beasley and HCPF Executive Director Gretchen Hammer to explore our bold, unified vision for a seamless system of care. Discover how our cross-agency collaboration is bridging gaps, prioritizing early intervention, and empowering families with the integrated, whole-person support they deserve. Stephanie Beasley, MSW is the Governor-appointed Commissioner of the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration, responsible for ensuring Coloradans have access to quality mental health and substance use disorder services. She was previously Deputy Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood. Throughout her career, she has led operations across various health care and social services organizations. Gretchen Hammer is a seasoned public leader with deep connections to Colorado and a passion for expanding and improving health care access. She served as Colorado’s Medicaid Director from 2015- 2018 at the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. As a member of the executive team she provided strategic direction for Colorado’s Medicaid program to ensure access to high quality health care for Coloradans. Prior to her service at HCPF she was involved in state health policy through a number of positions and coalitions where she developed her passion for community level collaboration to increase access to health care for underserved communities. Gretchen brings decades of leadership and health care expertise to HCPF and high-level management experience most recently as a Senior Fellow at Mathematica, where she worked with state and local governments on health and human services programs. Gretchen is a graduate of Colorado College and has a Masters’s of Public Health from the University of Washington. Clinical Board Business/Upper Management Bd Cl Bu
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