8:30am – 9:00am

Continental Breakfast and Networking

 

9:00am – 9:10am

Welcome

• Kayleigh Zaloga, President & CEO, NYS Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health

• Maria Cristalli, CEO, Hillside & Chair, Board of Directors, NYS Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health

 

9:10am – 10:15am

Getting Started with AI: Safely and Ethically Using New Tools to Drive Mission

• Rich Leimsider, Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Fund for the City of New York

 

Rich is the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Fund for the City of New York where he focuses on bringing safe, cheap, and helpful AI to everyday nonprofit workers. His latest article on nonprofits and AI was published with NYN Media, and he has hosted both in-person and virtual AI events for 600+ participants.

 

As an advocate for ethical, equitable and incremental uses of AI in the social sector, Rich has spent more than 200+ hours using modern AI tools, been certified by Vanderbilt University after taking a 30 hour course on Prompt Engineering and completed Vilas Dhar’s class on Ethics in the Age of Generative AI. He has also counseled a diverse set of nonprofit leaders on AI in the context of a unique nonprofit AI baseline survey.

 

In 2022 Rich founded and ran the PSLF.nyc Campaign - helping 70,000 New Yorkers access $4.6 billion in federal student debt relief. Earlier, he was Executive Director of Safe Passage Project, a nonprofit organization that provides free lawyers to child refugees. During his tenure, Safe Passage quadrupled in size to serve 1,500 children with 40 staff, 400+ pro bono attorneys, and a $5 million budget. Rich also grew programs at Echoing Green and the Aspen Institute. His path was shaped as a social worker in Texas and as a New York City Urban Fellow at the Department of Homeless Services. He is a graduate of NYC public schools, Williams College, Harvard Business School, and has most of an MSW from the University of Texas. 

 

10:15am – 10:30am

Break

 

10:30am – 11:45am

Transforming Systems to Meet the Needs of Youth and Families: The New Jersey Story 

• Joseph E. Ribsam Jr., Director, Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Policy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Liz Manley, Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy, Innovations Institute, UConn School of Social Work

• De Lacy D. Davis, Ed.D., Executive Director, FSO of Union Co.

 

Comprehensive Systems of Care capable of meeting the needs of youth and families, while greatly reducing the need for out-of-home interventions, child welfare involvement, and justice system involvement have been built and sustained. In this session, we will hear how it was done in a neighboring state. 

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11:45am – 12:45pm

New York State’s Lens: Transforming Systems to Meet the Needs of Children and Families

• Commissioner Ann Sullivan, MD, NYS OMH

• Commissioner Dr. DaMia Harris-Madden, MBA, M.S., NYS OCFS

• Jill Pettinger, Deputy Commissioner of Statewide Services, NYS OPWDD

• Others Speakers TBA

 

Hear from NYS policy leaders on cross-system and innovative initiatives to further integrate care and meet the complex needs of children and families in New York State. 

 

12:45noon – 1:30pm

Lunch

 

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Aligning the Behavioral Health System of Care: Effectively and Efficiently Meeting the Clinical Needs of Children and Families

• Facilitator: Matthew Perkins, MD, Medical Director, Office of Prevention and Health Initiatives, NYS OMH

• Victoria Aufiero, Esq., Vice President, Insurance, Managed Care and Behavioral Health, Healthcare Association of NYS

• Dr. Vanessa Bobb, MD, PhD, FAPA, Vice President, Behavioral Health and Medical Integration, CDPHP

• Qortni Lang, MD, Director, Bellevue Hospital Children's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (C-CPEP)

• Trish Luchnick, Director of Family Driven Care, Astor Services 

• John H. Lynch, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Hillside Family of Agencies

• Michael Orth, Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health

• Kathy Preston, Executive Vice President, The New York Health Plan Association

 

The panel discussion will share their perspectives, data and experiences to adequately best meet the acute care and clinical needs of children and families. Hear about challenges, promising practices and what changes to the overall system of care are needed to reduce wait times, ER visits, and timely/appropriate transitions to community services and home.

 

3:00pm

Closing Remarks & Adjournment

• Kayleigh Zaloga, President & CEO, NYS Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health