California is building something bold — and your voice is essential to making it real. As part of the design process for California’s Expanded Learning Ecosystem Plan, we’re collecting Sound Waves: community insights that ripple through the Strategic Design planning process and help shape a bold, healing-centered strategy for youth well-being across the state.

May 2026 Sound Wave Focus: Thriving Workforce and Conditions for Care

Complete the Sound Wave and make your voice heard today!

• When you think about the people who care for and support youth in your community, what conditions are most needed for them to feel healthy, supported, valued, and able to sustainably do this work?
• What barriers, systems, experiences, or conditions make it difficult for the workforce in your community to experience care, stability, or well-being?
• What support, resource, partnership, or policy change should be prioritized in the next 1-3 years to strengthen conditions for the workforce caring for youth and communities?
• Click here for the Sound Wave/Google Form

 Tell us what you think — every response matters.

• Share this with your colleagues, partners, and communities — the more voices we gather, the stronger the Ecosystem Plan will be!

Learn More About our Ecosystem Sound Waves

• Your ideas, questions, and concerns aren’t just welcome — they’re needed. This is your opportunity to directly influence the Strategic Plan for California’s Expanded Learning Ecosystem.
• Each month, the Sound Wave will focus on a specific emerging Strategic Priority area. Stay tuned for next month!