Nghia Do

Experience

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  YouthMindsAlliance Coalition

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2022

  Founder

  YouthMindsAlliance (YMA) is a national youth-led mental health organization with the goal of educating, advocating, and influencing policymakers and the public on youth mental health needs and reforms for adequate funding for programs that best serve youth and young people.→ 70+ members nationwide ranging from East to West coast→ Suicide Intervention & Prevention Campaign was recognized by U.S. Congress Representatives and California State Senate→ Work with the CA Children's Trust to make peer-to-peer mental health support programs 1 in 14 allowable expenses under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) of $4.4 billion→ Educate and provide recommendations to the CA Department of Health Care Services & other state leaders to advance youth mental health initiatives→ Influence and fought Anaheim Union High School District to hire 13 new social workers and pilot 2 community schools→ Fought for $10 million of funding in the Governor's 2022 Budget dedicated to peer-to-peer youth mental health programs in CA schoolsWith mentorship, guidance, and support of...-Alex Briscoe - Principal @ CA Children's Trust -Jevon Wilkes - Exec Director of CA Coalition for Youth & CA Youth Crisis Line-Ken Berrick - Founder and CEO Emeritus of Seneca Family of Agencies-Chris Stoner-Mertz - CEO @ California Alliance of Child & Family Services Show less

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  California Children's Trust

  Feb 2021 - now

  Board Member

  The California Children’s Trust (The Trust) is a statewide initiative to reinvent our state’s approach to children’s social, emotional, and developmental health. We work to transform the administration, delivery, and financing of child-serving systems to ensure that they are equity-driven and accountable for improved outcomes. The Trust regularly presents its Framework for Solutions and policy recommendations in statewide and national forums.At the Trust, I lead youth engagement and advocacy to voice the demands and needs of CA youth through multiple state conferences and webinars to advance the mental health advocacy objectives. I've written an issue brief to emphasize the need for peer-to-peer mental health support programs to strengthen access to care for youth post-COVID 19, helping to build a stronger social health workforce to address CA's provider shortages, & break down how the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) of $4.4 billion can fund peer-to-peer programs in schools. In the meantime, I continue to provide recommendations to the state to advance peer-to-peer support initiatives for all high school students in CA through my involvement in the CYBHI Think Tank. Show less

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  California Coalition for Youth

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2022

  Co-Chair on Youth Advocacy Board

  The CA Coalition for Youth (CCY) is a statewide, grassroots nonprofit organization that serves disconnected youth ages 12-24 throughout the state through public policies, programs, and services that empower and protect the rights of all youth.As a board member, I brought more mental-health policy focus to CCY post-COVID19 with the advocacy of bill SB 387 (behavioral health coaches in schools) & bill AB 2324 (develop peer to peer mental health support for all high school students in CA.) Show less

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  CA Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  Board Member, Co-chair of Community Affairs Committee

  California Mental Health Advocacy for Children and Youth (CMHACY) is a diverse association of passionate stakeholders who promote high-quality behavioral health services for children, youth, and families with the annual statewide conference, one of the largest in CA. Since 1980 this conference has offered a forum for policy development, spawned collaboration and partnerships among counties and providers, incubated state-wide parent and youth organizations, hosted nationally & globally recognized speakers, and showcased cutting-edge programs and clinical advances. With more than 40+ years of operation, CMHACY is one of the oldest, most prestigious boards for mental health advocacy in CA & nationwide.→ The youngest CMHACY board member → Influenced & advocated for a more action-based theme, leading to the creation of the 2022's Conference Theme -- Not Business As Usual: From Conversation to Action → Presented with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation Executive Director, Maya Smith, at CMHACY 2022 Conference in front of 450+ attendees Show less

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  California Department of Health Care Services

  May 2022 - Jan 2023

  Focus Group Consultant

  - Advised joint effort between the Department of Health Care Services and McKinsey & Company to build the Behavioral Health Virtual Services Platform under the $4.4 billion Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative. - Engaged in focus group discussions on features, accessibility, etc and evaluated existing vendors.- Platform is set to release January 2024.