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Work group breakout reports flag workforce, hospital representation and tribal consultation as top implementation issues

Children Youth Behavioral Health Work Group · March 31, 2026 · Compliments of TVW.org
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Summary

Breakout-room report-outs from the Children Youth Behavioral Health Work Group emphasized workforce burnout, need for hospital and prevention representation, stronger tribal consultation and clearer links between the work group and the new leadership council as top priorities for the implementation year.

At its April meeting, the Children Youth Behavioral Health Work Group used breakout rooms to identify near-term priorities for implementing the Washington Thriving strategic plan.

Tisha Kirschbaum, co-chair and director of the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, summarized one group’s top concerns: "a potential discussion topic we'd like to learn more about is the workforce, and I think specifically identifying how are we doing with workforce burnout," she said. Other report-outs echoed…

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