Transforming Together: Implementation Guide
Including Non-Government Agencies and Community Organizations/Service Providers in County Leadership Teams Existing county ILT/EAC structures across California do not always include education leaders, or, if they do, these leaders do not always represent or are not fully informed about the significant change work happening in schools to use CCSPP funding to expand necessary supports and services to more students. Given the strong alignment between the goals of California’s CCSSP and CYBHI efforts and the importance of smartly leveraging the funding these two programs provide communities, educators must be substantively involved in county ILTs and EACs. Ideally, system of care partners or non-education county agency leaders take the first steps to invite and engage education and community school leaders into county ecosystem leadership teams if the ILT or EAC does not reflect these perspectives. However, education agency leaders can also take proactive steps to become more engaged in cross-county agency deliberations and planning. These activities could include some of the following approaches: ● County and LEA Community Schools (CS) designers and developers/grant seekers can communicate their plans, progress, needs assessments, asset/gap analyses, and any early wins/milestones accomplished to their ILT or EAC teams. Ideally, whether official members of the ILT or not, county and district leaders should regularly present updates to system partners and request processes for ongoing sharing of information. ● County and LEA CS representatives can invite ILT members to develop a singular Release of Information or Authorization to Release or Disclose Information form for all schools and county partners. ● LEA programs should engage County Office of Education ILT representatives to seek a seat within the System of Care planning and oversight function. ● ILT/System of Care leaders should look for funding streams already allocated to or intended to support local schools and commit to long-term sustainable streams (opportunities include BHSA, JJCPA, Medi Cal/Short Doyle, etc.). [See Chapter 4 for additional guidance in this area.] ● Community Schools coordinators and county Medi-Cal budget personnel can work together to identify how the CYBHI Fee Schedule Program and other Medi-Cal expansion can help strengthen and sustain CS efforts to expand behavioral health services. [See Chapter 4 for additional guidance in this area.] ● S 7 ystem of Care leaders should invite their other contractors to engage and be aware of opportunities within the Community Schools development, to co-locate or leverage resources within or aligned with the CS efforts in that school.
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