Family Youth System Partner Round Table (FYSPRT)

What Regional FYSPRTs do

Regional FYSPRTs bring youth, families, and youth serving system and community partners together to identify recurring behavioral health service gaps or needs in their regions, and work to address those needs. The goal of this collaboration is to create behavioral health services and supports that work for youth and families, including but not limited to Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe). Regional FYSPRTs are also part of the Child, Youth and Family Behavioral Health Governance Structure, which connects recurring needs identified and unresolved by the community, to legislative groups to help address those needs.

Regional FYSPRT information

Find your regional FYSPRTs and learn how to get involved:

• Regional FYSPRT boundaries
• Find your regional FYSPRT
• Regional FYSPRT tri-lead contact list
• Regional FYSPRT manual (effective 07/01/2024, updated with new form 2/4/2025)
• Recurring gaps and needs form – Formerly the Challenge and Solution Submission Form, identifying recurring needs or gaps in services, used by the Regional FYSPRTs to share an unresolved recurring need or gap with the Statewide FYSPRT.

For regional FYSPRT websites, contact details, meeting schedules, check the following resources.

Find your regional FYSPRT

Region	Regional FYSPRT Name	Coordinator(s)	Meeting day and time	Location
Great Rivers	Great Rivers Regional FYSPRT	Ray Gregson 833-339-7778	Second Monday 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.	Online**
Greater Columbia	Southeast FYSPRT	Salomon Carrasco 509-737-2457	First Thursday 3:30 to 5 p.m.	Online**
King	King County Community Collaborative - KC3	LaTonya Rogers 206-263-8934	Fourth Tuesday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.	Online**
North Central	North Central Washington FYSPRT	Brian Rebar 509-885-6870	Second Monday 5:30 to 7 p.m.	Online, in person option quarterly**
North Sound	North Sound Youth and Family Coalition	Becky George Brandon Foister 360-416-7013	Second Monday 3 to 5 p.m.	Online, some in person**
Pierce	HI-FYVE (Pierce FYSPRT)	Sienna Eckstrom 253-370-7757	Fourth Monday 4 to 5:30 p.m.	Tacoma and online**
Salish	Salish FYSPRT	Jessie Parsons 360-271-3472	Last Monday 3 to 5 p.m.	Online**
Southwest WA	Southwest FYSPRT	Kacey Bellamy 509-864-7994	Third Monday 4 to 6 p.m.	Online and in Vancouver on even months**
Spokane	Northeast FYSPRT	Becky Hammill 509-892-9241	Third Thursday 3 to 4:30 p.m.	Online**
Thurston Mason	System of Care Partnership	Donna Obermeyer 360-790-7505	Fourth Friday - except November and December 10 a.m. to noon	Online, call in and in person in Olympia*

**For additional information about regional FYSPRT meetings (date, time, in person or online participation information), please contact the regional FYSPRT coordinator for your region or visit the Regional FYSPRT website.

What is the difference between Regional FYSPRTs and the Statewide FYSPRT?

Ten Regional FYSPRTs work within their regions in Washington to complete a needs assessment. Each Regional FYSPRT also develops a work plan for addressing needs identified by their community and strategies for outreach and engagement of families and youth with lived experience, to be part of identifying and addressing needs. If a need keeps coming up in the needs assessment, meetings and/or while implementing the work plan and the Regional FYSPRT is not able to address it through their work plan, meetings or other strategies, then the Regional FYSPRT can move this need forward to the Statewide FYSPRT using the Recurring Gaps and Needs Form.

The Statewide FYSPRT receives Recurring Gaps and Needs Forms. Statewide FYSPRT members include Tri-leads from each Regional FYSPRT and state level system partners from different child serving systems who work together to gather information and brainstorm to address the recurring gap or need.

All Statewide FYSPRT meetings are led by Tri-leads that include a Family Tri-lead, a Youth Tri-lead and a System Partner Tri-lead.

FYSPRTs connection to legislative groups

When a Recurring Gaps and Needs Form is submitted by a Regional FYSPRT to the Statewide FYSPRT and the need is not able to be resolved by the Statewide FYSPRT then the issue is elevated to the legislative group known as the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care Subgroup (YYACC). All YYACC meetings are led by a team that include a Family Tri-lead, a Youth Tri-lead and two WA State Legislative Representatives. The YYACC is a subgroup of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group.

View the communication diagram for more information.

Statewide FYSPRT information

Vision

We envision a future where WA state youth, young adults, families, and community partners work together to ensure behavioral health programs and services successfully support all youth and families to thrive.

Mission

The Statewide FYSPRT represents all voices and strives to support the work of the regional FYSPRTs and resolve identified challenges from the regional FYSPRTs or advance them to a legislative group. We inspire hope, connection, provide education and resources for children's behavioral health.

Charter

View the Statewide FYSPRT charter.

Member list

FYSPRT members are active in communities across the state. Curious who's involved? Check out the member list.

Needs identified by the Statewide FYSPRT

The Statewide FYSPRT works to address recurring needs brought forward from a Regional FYSPRT through dialogue, presentations, and information gathering from other Regional FYSPRTs and state partners. If the Statewide FYSPRT is not able to resolve the recurring need, it can be moved forward to a legislative work group, specifically the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC).

Inpatient mental health for youth | July 2025

At the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) meetings in July and August 2025, members discussed information gathered through the Statewide FYSPRT about inpatient mental health needs for youth in Washington. Based on those conversations, a briefing paper was submitted to Washington Thriving to make sure the needs identified by the Statewide FYSPRT were included in the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan.

This work is now part of one of the plan's first initiatives: Treatment Services Expansion. This initiative works with state partners and efforts connected to House Bill 1477 and House Bill 1580 to build behavioral health treatment capacity in three areas:

• Expanding crisis and stabilization services for young people and families across the state.
• Developing specialized capacity for high-need populations, including young people with complex needs or those transitioning from foster care, juvenile justice, or facility-based behavioral health treatment.
• Expanding middle-intensity services to reach more young people in distress before they need higher-intensity, higher-cost care.

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) | October 2023

In October 2023, this topic was discussed at the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup after being elevated by the Statewide FYSPRT. Customer service concerns related to scheduling and transportation for youth and families continue to surface.

This issue was originally brought to the Statewide FYSPRT in late 2021. In 2022, the Statewide FYSPRT Tri-leads requested input from Regional FYSPRTs and state system partners to identify themes around strengths and concerns related to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT). The information collected was compiled and shared at the March 2022 Statewide FYSPRT meeting, where NEMT representatives were present. NEMT also received detailed responses from Regional FYSPRTs and system partners.

At that time, NEMT encouraged transportation contractors to connect directly with Regional FYSPRTs to address concerns. Information on how to find Regional FYSPRTs was shared to support these connections. While some progress was made, the concerns resurfaced and were brought forward again to the Statewide FYSPRT in 2023.

In response, the Statewide FYSPRT Tri-leads requested updated information from Regional FYSPRTs and state system partners to better understand ongoing or recurring needs. NEMT representatives attended the August 2023 Statewide FYSPRT meeting to provide updates and engage in discussion. They shared that a funding request had been submitted to address ongoing customer service concerns.

The YYACC subgroup elevated this topic, along with information about the funding request, to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG). The CYBHWG approved a statement of support for the request (see page 14 of the 2024 report for details). As part of the 2024 legislative process, $7 million in funding was awarded.

Following this investment, transportation brokers received an increase in administrative payments beginning in July 2024, allowing them to expand call center staffing. This has led to improvements in call center performance. Beginning July 1, 2025, a call center disincentive will be implemented, with monetary fines applied if brokers fail to answer at least 80% of calls within five minutes.

Transportation brokers are also periodically attending FYSPRT meetings to provide direct assistance and build connections, helping to address concerns more quickly.

Additionally, Second Substitute Senate Bill 6228, passed during the 2024 legislative session, directs the Health Care Authority (HCA) to conduct a gaps analysis of non-emergency transportation benefits for Medicaid enrollees in Washington, Oregon, and other comparison states. This includes evaluating options for enhanced transportation support for individuals being discharged from behavioral health emergency services.

The legislation also requires HCA to assess the feasibility of developing a network of peer-led, trauma-informed transportation providers to serve youth and adults accessing behavioral health services. The resulting gaps analysis report, titled Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT): Overview and gap analysis, is available on the HCA Legislative Reports webpage.

Neuropsychological evaluation wait times | November 2021

In November 2021, information from the Statewide FYSPRT was presented to the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup regarding neuropsychological evaluation wait times. These delays were partly attributed to low Medicaid reimbursement rates. Experts from Seattle Children’s and Molina participated in the YYACC meeting to discuss the issue.

An update was shared at the January 2022 Statewide FYSPRT meeting, noting that the YYACC would resume work on this topic following the conclusion of the 2022 legislative session.

In 2022, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG) recommended a 7% increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for community behavioral health providers contracted through managed care organizations (MCOs), retroactive to January 1, 2022.

In 2023, additional funding was approved to implement a 15% increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for these providers, with an effective date of January 1, 2024 (see page 3 of the 2023 report). As a result, payment for neuropsychological testing and evaluation services increased from $75.96 in 2021 to $91.23 in 2024.

For more information, refer to HCA’s Provider billing guides and fee schedules.

Behavioral health respite for youth and families | August 2020

A respite briefing paper, developed using information gathered from the Statewide FYSPRT, was presented to the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup in August 2020.

The YYACC subgroup recommended to the larger Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG), a legislative group, that the Health Care Authority (HCA) explore Medicaid waiver options for respite care for youth with behavioral health needs. This recommendation emphasized ensuring that any new approach would not adversely impact existing respite waivers through the Developmental Disabilities Administration and the Department of Children, Youth and Families.

In 2021, the legislature directed HCA to contract for a report examining options for providing behavioral health respite in Washington. This report was completed in June 2022 and is titled Behavioral Health Respite Implementation – Authority Options. A one-page summary is also available, titled Status update: Behavioral Health respite options.

HCA reviewed several options outlined in the report, including the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP), Washington’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The MTP allows HCA to develop and implement projects, activities, and services that improve the health care system for individuals enrolled in Apple Health (Medicaid). As part of this process, HCA included caregiver respite in its MTP waiver application to CMS.

In 2024, the Section 1115 Medicaid Transformation waiver application was partially approved. A representative from the MTP project provided an update at the December 10, 2024 Statewide FYSPRT meeting.

Updates were also shared at the following Statewide FYSPRT meetings. You can review the meeting notes for more details:

• October 7, 2025
• February 3, 2026
• April 7, 2026
• June 2, 2026

Statewide FYSPRT meetings

The Statewide FYSPRT meets every other month. Meetings are open to the public and representatives from legislative groups, specifically the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care and Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG) are invited to attend.

The 2026 meeting schedule will be updated if meeting details change or if a meeting is canceled due to weather or other circumstances.

Past meetings

2025

Date	Materials
Tuesday, December 2, 2025	Meeting notes (12/2/2025)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025	Meeting notes (10/7/2025)
Tuesday, August 5, 2025	Meeting notes (8/5/2025)
Tuesday, June 3, 2025	Meeting notes (6/3/2025)
Tuesday, April 1, 2025	Meeting notes (4/1/2025)
Tuesday, February 4, 2025	Meeting notes (2/4/2025)

2024

Date	Materials
Tuesday, December 10, 2024	Meeting notes (12/10/2024)
Thursday, September 26, 2024	Meeting notes (9/26/2024)
Thursday, July 25, 2024	Meeting notes (7/25/2024)
Thursday, May 23, 2024	Meeting notes (5/23/2024)
Thursday, March 28, 2024	Meeting notes (3/28/2024)
Thursday, January 25, 2024	Meeting notes (1/25/2024)

2023

Date	Materials
Thursday, October 26	Meeting notes (10/26/2023)
Thursday, August 31	Meeting notes (08/31/2023)
Thursday, June 22	Meeting notes (06/22/2023)
Thursday, April 27	Meeting notes (04/27/2023)
Thursday, February 23	Meeting notes (02/23/2023)

Related resources and support

Webinars

Hosted by Youth MOVE National.

• Community mapping in Washington – Identify local resources and connections.
• Recruitment and Retention of Youth Leaders – Strategies to engage and support youth leaders.
• Gauging Intentional Youth – Adult Partnerships – ways to measure youth engagement and the importance of partnership between young people and adult supporters.
• Foundations of youth engagement – Key principles for meaningful youth involvement.
• Virtual youth engagement – creating empowering virtual environments for youth and young adults.

Tools to strengthen FYSPRTs and youth engagement

• FYSPRT recruitment template – A guide to growing your team.
• FYSPRT evaluation tool – Measure the impact and effectiveness of your FYSPRT meetings.
• FYSPRT team effectiveness questionnaire – Identify meeting strengths and areas for growth.

(Updated July 15, 2026)