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24 Well Being Trust | Annual Report | Looking Ahead LOOKING AHEAD: A SHARED AGENDA FOR WELL-BEING IN THE NATION With our partners, Well Being Trust is committed to advancing clinical, community and cultural change that transforms our nation's health and well-being. Together, we are advancing a powerful movement that benefits individuals, families and communities across the nation. In the years ahead, we will: Accelerate clinical care transformation and integration across the spectrum of care. This evolution is occurring within our investor- partner health systems, and within their relative span of control, to ensure effective integration of mental health and substance use services that support whole-person care. We will raise up these transformative successes and engage other health systems to adapt and innovate. Do together what none of us can do alone. Advance the national conversation that normalizes addressing mental health and substance misuse and supports social engagement with youth at the point of their lives where there is the greatest opportunity for impact. This work will engage millions of voices through social media dialogue, media partnerships and networks that engage youth as peer advocates to help them turn to one another and drive public policy. Change the conversation. Increase the impact of our advocacy work to advance transformative policies. We will engage governmental structures at all levels by leveraging partnering health systems' relationships and advocacy capacity and working with leaders across the country in the development of a shared agenda through the Well Being Legacy initiative to provide leadership for promoting well-being in the nation. Increase support for a well-being agenda by engaging thought leaders at conferences, in publications and at gatherings of key influencers across the country. To do this, we are partnering with the Bipartisan Policy Center, Kennedy Forum, United States of Care, Academy Health, Alliance for Health Policy, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Prevention Institute, Cities Thrive and more. Partner! Invest in and share tools and resources to amplify effective practices, policies and approaches for impact at scale. We will package and disseminate what we learn from our investment portfolio in ways that can readily be used by health systems and communities nationwide. We'll convert our learning into comprehensive change packages with adaptive advising and replicable programs that can be scaled and spread. Make doing the right thing easy! We recognize that this work cannot have the needed impact if it is driven by any one organization. It needs to be co-owned by all of us and informed by the wisdom of people, organizations and communities who are producing results that benefit us all. While we are committed to changing health care and the systems providing that care, we are simultaneously codifying and amplifying what the nation's communities are saying about what works for their health. Before us is the potential for a convergence on mental health— a transformative national, state and local commitment to implementing effective solutions for care and community while creating a culture of well-being. By focusing on what works, this convergence can accelerate organizational change, even as it transcends partisan and other divides. By leading from where you serve, please join us in advancing a shared mission for well-being in the nation!