2024
Serving Students with Disabilities in Juvenile Justice Facilities: The View from Los Angeles - A dive into the educational and juvenile justice systems in Los Angeles, written by Breaking Barriers Integrated Care Symposium presenter and Student Commissioner for the California Advisory Commission on Special Education (ACSE), Saran Tugsjargal.
2023
Working Paper on California’s Children & Youth Behavioral Health Ecosystem - Breaking Barriers California and a multidisciplinary team supported by BCG collaborated to create a blueprint for a better future. Check out the CYBHI working paper that includes more than 100 voices coming together to create a roadmap for change.
Youth at the Center: Calls-to-action for a reimagined behavioral health ecosystem from children, youth, and families across California - This report is a summary of the vision of a system of care designed with youth at the center. When looked at collectively, 12 calls-to-action emerged from these conversations with youth, families, and communities that describe how all of us – regardless of role – can transform systems, reimagine services, and shift thinking. It is a critical resource, intended to guide our work, as we begin the process of healing by building a new behavioral health ecosystem together.
2022
Supporting California’s Children Through a Whole Child Approach: A Field Guide for Creating Integrated, School-Based Systems of Care - This guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving experts to further California’s current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system.
2020
Practical Guide for Financing Social, Emotional, and Mental Health in Schools: A guide for school district leaders interested in exploring partnerships and accessing Medi-Cal to meet the social, emotional, and mental health needs of students in schools - by California Children’s Trust and Breaking Barriers California
California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California - This report details the current special education funding system in California, its history, and the role of the state and intermediaries in the distribution and use of those resources - by WestEd
Realizing One Integrated System of Care for Children - PACE publication by Ron Powell, Elizabeth Estes, and Alex Briscoe
New Challenges and Opportunities - The EDge Summer 2020 Newsletter, with featured article by Elizabeth Estes
Social-emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health: Integrating Systems - The EDge Spring 2020 Newsletter special insert
Multi Media Voice Submissions from the 2nd Youth Innovation Lab - MHSOAC Youth Innovation Committee
2019
Early Childhood Education:
When a Child’s Issues Are Bigger Than Just One Agency - OpEd by Hon. Patrick J. Mahoney (Ret.)
California’s Surgeon General Readies Statewide Screening for Child Trauma - Q & A with California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris
Why We Need a New System of Care for California’s Youngest Children and Their Families - Q & A with California Children's Trust Principal Alex Briscoe
The Fight Against Preschool Pushout - Feature Article by Sara Tiano and Jeremy Loudenback
How One County is Working Together to Address Young People at Risk of Suicide - OpEd by CEO of the California Association of Health and Education Linked Professions, Joint Powers Authority Jenae Holtz
Three Bright Spots in California’s Fitful and Failing Implementation of a Federal Law Aimed at Lifting Foster Students’ Academic Horizons - Feature Article by Susan Abram
Other
Learning soft skills to prevent problems in the future
Mental Health Facts: By the Numbers
A parent's guide to teen depression and other resources for teens.