We convened workgroups focused on the following areas:

• Access and the continuum of care

• Workforce

• Family and community assets

Featured Speakers:

• Senator Chris Murphy spoke about legislative efforts to improve behavioral health for children and families.

• Jay Williams from the Hartford Foundation spoke about unacceptable levels of inequity in access to treatment.

• Ross Tine, a Connecticut Children’s patient spoke movingly about the services that saved his life when he was in crisis.

Major themes that emerged from the discussion included:

• The need for a public health approach focused on prevention

• A consensus that we cannot treat our way out of the current crisis

• The need to disrupt silos and fragmented payment systems to create change

• An increased focus on early childhood and support for families