Family Youth System Partner Round Table (FYSPRT)

What do FYSPRTs do?

FYSPRTs serve as an integral part of the Child, Youth and Family Behavioral Health Governance Structure that was adopted within the T.R. et al. v. Strange and Birch (originally Dreyfus and Porter) Settlement Agreement and informs and provides oversight for policy-making, program planning, decision-making for behavioral health services, including Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) quality and service delivery.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

• FYSPRT FAQ

How do FYSPRTs work?

Through respectful partnerships, families, youth, systems, and communities collaborate, influence, and provide leadership to address challenges and barriers by promoting cohesive behavioral health services for children, youth and families in Washington State.

Statewide FYSPRT

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.

Needs identified by the Statewide FYSPRT

The Statewide FYSPRT works to address recuring 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).

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) | October 2023

In October 2023, this topic was dialogued about at the Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup after coming forward from the Statewide FYSPRT. Customer service concerns around scheduling and transportation for youth/families continue to arise. This topic originally came to the Statewide FYSPRT in late 2021 and in 2022 a request was sent by the Statewide FYSPRT Tri-leads to Regional FYSPRTs and state system partners to gather info from their regions/systems to identify any themes around strengths or concerns related to NEMT. Information received was compiled and shared at the March 2022 Statewide FYSPRT with NEMT representatives present. NEMT also received detailed responses received from Regional FYSPRTs and system partners. NEMT encouraged transportation contractors to connect with Regional FYSPRTs about any concerns. How to Find Your Regional FYSPRT information was shared with NEMT to assist with connecting transportation brokers/contractors with Regional FYSPRTs. Although some progress was made addressing this need, the challenge came forward to the Statewide FYSPRT again in 2023. The Statewide FYSPRT Tri-leads requested updated information from the Regional FYSPRTs and state system partners around any recurring needs related to NEMT since the prior information request in 2022. NEMT representatives attended the August 2023 Statewide FYSPRT to present updated information and dialogue about concerns, identifying that they had submitted a funding request to help address some of the recurring customer service concerns. The Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup sent this topic and information about the funding request forward to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG) who approved a statement of support for the funding request (see page 14 of the 2024 report to view the statement of support). $7 million in funding was awarded as part of the 2024 legislative process. Transportation brokers received an increase in their administrative payment starting July 2024 and have been able to staff up their call centers. This has resulted in improved call center performance. Starting July 1, 2025, a call center disincentive will assess monetary fines if brokers fall below 80% of calls being answered within five minutes. Brokers are periodically attending FYSPRT meetings to provide direct assistance and make immediate connections so concerns can be quickly addressed. In addition, as part of the 2024 legislative process, Second Substitute Senate Bill 6228 was passed directing HCA to complete a gaps analysis of non-emergency transportation benefits provided to Medicaid enrollees in Washington, Oregon, and other comparison states (as selected by the Health Care Authority) including the option of an enhanced non-emergency transportation benefit for people being discharged from behavioral health emergency services. It also states that HCA shall evaluate the possibility of creating a network of peer-led, trauma informed transportation providers that could provide non-emergency transportation to youth and adult medical assistance patients traveling to receive behavioral health services. This gaps analysis/report has been posted to the HCA Legislative Reports page and is titled Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT): Overview and gap analysis.

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, which were partially due to the low rate of Medicaid reimbursement. Experts from Seattle Children’s and Molina attended the YYACC meeting to dialogue about the topic. An update was provided at the January 2022 Statewide FYSPRT meeting identifying that the YYACC will resume work on this after the 2022 legislative session ends. In 2022, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG) recommended a 7% rate increase in Medicaid reimbursement for community behavioral health providers contracted through managed care organizations (MCOs), retroactive to January 1, 2022 (see page 3 of the 2022 report). In 2023, additional funds to implement a 15% increase to Medicaid reimbursement for community behavioral health providers contracted through managed care organizations (MCOs) was approved with an effective date of January 1, 2024 (see page 3 of the 2023 report). HCA is currently working to identify if neuropsychological evaluations are included in the rate increases.

Behavioral health respite for youth and families | August 2020

Respite briefing paper with information gathered from the Statewide FYSPRT was presented to Youth and Young Adult Continuum of Care (YYACC) subgroup in August 2020. YYACC Subgroup recommended to the larger Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG), a legislative group, to direct the Health Care Authority (HCA) to explore Medicaid waiver options for respite care for youth with behavioral health needs, without adversely impacting the Developmental Disabilities Administration and Department of Children, Youth and Families respite waivers. In 2021, the HCA was directed by the legislature to contract for a report which would review the options for providing behavioral health respite in Washington. This report was completed in June 2022 and is titled Behavioral Health Respite Implementation – Authority Options. As an alternate, there is also a one-page summary available titled Status update: Behavioral Health respite options. HCA reviewed the options which included the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP) which is Washington’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver between HCA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). MTP allows HCA to create and continue to develop projects, activities and services that improve Washington’s health care system for those enrolled in Apple Health/Medicaid. HCA included caregiver respite in the MTP waiver application to CMS. In 2024, the 1115 Medicaid Transformation waiver application was partially approved. A representative from the MTP project attended and provided an update at the December 2024 Statewide FYSPRT meeting. For more information, see the December 10, 2024 Statewide FYSPRT meeting notes.

Charter

View the statewide FYSPRT charter.

2025 meetings

Statewide FYSPRT meetings occur every other month and are open to the public. Representation from the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG) will be invited to attend each meeting.

The 2025 meeting schedule will be updated if meeting logistics change or if meetings are cancelled due to weather or other circumstances.

Past meetings

2025

Date	Materials
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)

Regional FYSPRTs

The following provides information about regional FYSPRTs.

• Regional FYSPRT manual (effective 07/01/2024, updated with new form 2/4/2025)
• Regional FYSPRT map (effective 01/01/2019)
• How to find your regional FYSPRT
• Regional FYSPRT tri-lead contact list

For regional FYSPRT websites, contact information, meeting dates, and times:

Find your regional FYSPRT

Region	Regional FYSPRT Name	Coordinator	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	Val Jones 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	Dona Allison 360-605-8329	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.

Infrastructure resources

• Community mapping in Washington
• Recruitment and Retention of Youth Leaders
• Gauging Intentional Youth – Adult Partnerships
• Foundations of youth engagement
• Virtual youth engagement
• FYSPRT recruitment template
• Agenda elements
• Recurring gaps and needs form, previously the Challenge and Solution Submission Form
• FYSPRT evaluation tool
• FYSPRT evaluation: Narrative team effectiveness questionnaire