YouthWell • Partner Collaborative & Staff

YOUTHWELL TEAM

Rachael Steidl

Executive Director
& Founder

Elise Fields

Community Liaison & Resource Navigator

Dee Dee Conrad

Marketing & Social Media Specialist

YouthWell in action • 2021 slide presentation

YOUTHWELL ADVISORY BOARD

Provide oversight, build infrastructure, capacity, and pursue initial implementation. Facilitate better communication, collaboration, and transparency. Responsible for the oversight and management of the coalition including but not limited to community engagement, fiscal decision-making, strategy development and implementation.
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David Selberg,
CEO, Hospice of Santa Barbara
Geoff Green,
CEO, SBCC Foundation
Katy Bazylewicz,
VP Marketing & Population Health, Cottage Health

Megan Riker-Rheinschild,
Director, SB DA Victim Witness Assistance
Rachael Steidl,
Executive Director, YouthWell
Susan Salcido,
Superintendent, SB County Education Office

YOUTHWELL PARTNERS

YouthWell Community Collaborative

This group convenes quarterly to work towards systemic change with 45+ engaged community partners including school districts, organizations, healthcare, providers, law enforcement, juvenile probation, and faith communities. We prioritize education, prevention, and early intervention with the goal of connecting youth through age 25 and families in Santa Barbara County to mental health resources before the crisis. We continue to work together to eliminate stigma, fill the gaps, and remove barriers to services so that all youth and their families can access the care they need in a timely manner through a warm handoff.

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Email Info@youthwell.org if you are interested in joining the YouthWell Collaborative.

Behavioral Health Linkages Team [BHLT] convenes monthly to educate the 40+ resource navigators, local crisis lines, and school counselors throughout the county so that they are better equipped to support families. They work to improve mental health referral process in order to foster “warm handoffs” and close the loop to ensure that youth and caregivers are accessing the services they need in SB County. We are also working together to increase responsible outreach to the most marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Email education@youthwell.org if you are interested in joining the BHLT.

CADA
CALM
Carpinteria Children's Project
Carpinteria Union School District
Casa Pacifica, SAFTY
CenCal
CommUnify-211
Cottage Health, Pediatric Hematology
Evolve Treatment Centers
Fighting Back Santa Maria
FSA
Goleta Union School District
Hospice of SB - Mi Vida Mi Voz
IV Youth Projects

SB County Behavioral Wellness - CARES
SB County Juvenile Probation
SBCEO - CFRS - Promotores & Resource Navigators
SB Neighborhood Clinics
SB Response Network
SBUSD
Santa Maria Bonita School District
SYV Union High School District
SYV People Helping People
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
Transitions Mental Health Assoc. - Central Coast Hotline
YouthWell

ALLCOVE COMMITTEE

Work with Stanford (Dr. Steve Adelsheim) and Santa Clara County to evaluate local viability of an integrated health care space for youth in Santa Barbara modeled after the Headspace and Foundry models... Mental Wellness Center - SB Neighborhood Clinics - SBCC The Well - YouthWell - Zev Nathan - SB County Behavioral Health