In this webinar, join WestEd and county behavioral health and education systems leaders as they explore how the BHSSA is helping rural California communities strengthen their school behavioral health systems. Leaders from Del Norte, Humboldt, Mono, and Siskiyou will share how their counties are leveraging school behavioral health funding, local partnerships, and community assets to improve the behavioral health and well-being of their school communities.

In this webinar, you will learn about how:

• The rural context shapes school behavioral health services and supports.
• Local partnerships build on community strengths.
• BHSSA funding has supported locally responsive systems change.

Featured Speakers

• Christine M. Gannon, LCSW, Behavioral Health System Administrator, Siskiyou County Behavioral Health
• Lisa Howard, Coordinator of Continuous Improvement and County Community School Lead, Del Norte County Office of Education
• Peter Stoll, PhD, Director of Prevention and Intervention Services, Humboldt County Office of Education
• Lauren Wu, Program Manager, Mono County Behavioral Health

Session Hosts

• Natalie Romer, Senior Program Associate and Co-Director of California’s BHSSA Evaluation, WestEd
• Nicole Tirado-Strayer, Senior Research Associate and Co-Director of California’s BHSSA Evaluation, WestEd

About the BHSSA Evaluation

The statewide BHSSA Evaluation examines how California’s investment in partnerships between county behavioral health departments and education agencies is contributing to school behavioral health systems change.

Learn more about the California BHSSA evaluation.