Elyse Tascione, MA, is a research associate and administrator for the MINDS Hub at the Center of Community Health in UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is currently the Project Manager for SB-82/833, a formative evaluation project examining the implementation of several Child/Youth and School-County Collaborative crisis triage programs across California. In collaboration with UC Davis, who leads the formative evaluation of Adult/TAY crisis triage programs, and through mixed methods, this evaluation provides lessons learned and evidence-based recommendations for future program implementation. When she is not at her desk, Elyse enjoys dancing, cooking, hiking, and spending time with her family.