Transforming Together: Implementation Guide
Introduction Transforming Together (T2) is a multi-year initiative that supports California counties in aligning, integrating, and expanding services for children, youth, and families. Its purpose is to help county leaders move from disconnected and duplicative programs—efforts that were never designed to work together—to a coordinated and
Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) in coordination with the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) and led by Breaking Barriers and the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, T2 integrates California’s current System of Care, CCSPP and CYBHI work into a broader vision and structure for realizing a whole child ecosystem in every California county. T2 builds on the CYBHI Youth at the Center Report, and the California’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Ecosystem Working Paper, by providing practical guidance for putting its recommendations into action. The term “ecosystem” reflects the interconnected web of children, youth, families, education, health, social service, juvenile justice and other child-serving partners working together in shared structures to realize more transparent, accessible, comprehensive, equitable and effective services and supports for all children and youth. By aligning initiatives under a shared vision, counties can: • Break down silos between agencies and programs. • Maximize the impact of available resources. • Ensure that children and families experience holistic, whole-child and whole-family support. Only by integrating these efforts can California realize the full promise of each initiative and achieve lasting transformation across systems.
comprehensive system of supports. In practice, this means building the
structures and relationships that turn broad goals into concrete, cross-system change. Through this work, T2 helps counties build a whole-child ecosystem of care by uniting education, health, social services, and other child-serving organizations into a coordinated network. By complementing other state initiatives, T2 ensures that counties maximize resources and create conditions where children and families’ social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs are fully met. Funded by California’s Children and Youth Why Integration Matters California is already investing in powerful initiatives — Community Schools, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), and the System of Care framework, among others. Each is designed to expand opportunities and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. But if pursued in isolation, even the strongest initiatives risk becoming siloed, duplicative, or limited in impact. Transforming Together (T2) unites these efforts into one coordinated ecosystem.
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