On September 30, 2019, 111 city leaders, staff and administrators from local public schools, school-based clinicians and representatives from various community-based organizations convened at the National Press Club to launch the DC School Behavioral Health Community of Practice (CoP). In the opening remarks, Dr. Bazron, the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health, spoke about the community role in supporting the city-wide behavioral health expansion initiative and the urgency of this work.  Dr.