Transforming Together: Implementation Guide
Moving from Siloed to Strategic Meeting today’s challenges requires attention to the whole child—the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs that are inseparable in a young person’s life. At the same time, it is important to recognize the value of specialization: education, health, social services, justice, and other child-serving systems each bring essential expertise. A school counselor, a pediatrician, or a probation officer must focus on their primary role, just as an oncologist’s priority is to deliver the right chemotherapy. The challenge arises when these systems operate in isolation. When agencies focus only on their piece without coordination, families experience disconnected or even contradictory services. The opportunity is to preserve the
strengths of each field while weaving them together into an ecosystem where strategies are coordinated, data is shared, and funding is aligned. In such an approach, families encounter supports that feel seamless. Educators can address the root causes of absenteeism with help from health and social services. Mental health providers can anticipate and respond to needs earlier. Agency leaders can fill critical workforce gaps together. And most importantly, children and youth can access care and opportunities that reflect their full humanity rather than fragmented parts of their identity. Below is a graphic which illustrates the vision, structure and function T2 is working to realize in an ecosystem of care across every California county and community.
Moving From Siloed to Strategic
Structure, organization and resources
Vision, mindset and culture
Function, process and outcomes
● Clear shared vision by, for and with children and families ● Communities and families empowered as partners to elevate their interests
● Integrated approach to child wellbeing and alignment across the ecosystem
● Community-defined shared outcomes, accountability and continuous improvement
● Capacity building technical support, and research agenda for initiating and building local ecosystems of care ● Larger, culturally responsive and congruent behaviorial health workforce
● Data and info sharing processes and tools
● Commitment to address root issues of structural inequity
● Effective approaches to integrated funding to maximize impact ● Coordinated care navigation for youth, students and families
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