Cross-Systems Convening & Action

We are focused on concrete action to urgently address the unacceptable fact that children and youth are boarding in hospitals, languishing on waitlists, sitting in detention, and entering the child welfare system due to a lack of access to the right care at the right time. The dearth of meaningful and available services in Monroe County and across the region for youth with complex intellectual, behavioral, and/or mental health needs presents significant challenges to safe placement, effective education, skills development, and family support. Join your fellow lawmakers, agency leaders, service providers, advocates, parents, and other community partners from across the Western Region and Albany in this sprint to solutions as we learn from other state examples, assess the issues, commit to shared next steps, and begin to transform the policy and practice infrastructure to improve the experiences and outcomes for youth and families with unmet complex needs.

Materials & Resources

Almost 100 participants from across New York state attended the September 2024 Cross Sector Convening. Several individuals volunteered to join a newly formed Cross Systems Action Team to continue work on the identified consensus themes and recommendations. Click below to view related resources (this page will be updated periodically).

Videos

• Action Team Quarterly Mtg. Guest - OhioRise 06-24-25
• Supporting Youth & Families with Unmet Complex Needs: A National Perspective
• Serving Youth with Unmet Complex Needs
• ACRC Webinar: Responding to the Youth Mental Health Crisis: Short-Term Stabilization and Hospital Diversion Programs (11/6/23)
• Keynote: Elevating Work Works: How to Accelerate our Success in Improving Youth Mental Well-Being
• Workshop A: #ShowMeSolutions: How Missouri is Dealing with the Capacity Crisis
• The Wait to Nowhere: When a Crisis Goes Untreated