Strengthening Cross-System Collaboration to Improve Coordinated Service Delivery:Recommendations from Third Sector's Work with Sutter Yuba Behavioral Health Conservatorship-Focused FSP
In complex public systems such as behavioral health, client outcomes often depend on seamless coordination among agencies and departments. Navigating siloed systems poses a significant risk of crisis for the most vulnerable individuals, where a lack of intentional cross-system collaboration often leads to people falling through the cracks. As public systems evolve toward more integrated models of care, the need for seamless coordination is growing.
Exploring Innovative Early Programs: Four Takeaways for States to Shift Child Care Funding Toward Outcomes
Over the past four years, Third Sector has supported OEC in strategically allocating and managing federal relief funds to meet the needs of providers and families and, this past year, in preparing for the upcoming decline in federal stabilization funding.
The COVID-19 pandemic strained an already fragile child care system, worsening the impact of low wages on early childhood educators and high child care costs on families. To stabilize the child care sector, the federal government invested stabilization dollars in states through the CARES Act, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Act