Catherine Bracaliello Hagey, PhD, is a Program Manager at the Innovations Institute at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and serves as an NTTAC Technical Assistance Lead and Subject Matter Expert. She brings more than a decade of experience leading systems of care transformation at the state and local levels to better meet the needs of youth and families across home, school, and community settings. Her work focuses on expanding children’s community-based service arrays through evidence-based practices, strengthening system design, and building internal capacity to support effective implementation. This includes workforce development, fidelity monitoring, and aligning policy and financing strategies to sustain long-term change. As a child psychologist, Catherine provides subject matter expertise in youth and family behavioral health from a population health perspective, along with systems-level technical assistance to support the design, readiness, and implementation of cross-system reforms. She works across agency, provider, and frontline service delivery levels to strengthen coordinated systems of care. Through a partnership-driven approach, Catherine leads strategic planning efforts that engage a wide range of stakeholders, including youth and families. Her work emphasizes building consensus, strengthening cross-system collaboration, and coordinating comprehensive training, workforce development, and implementation strategies with providers, trainers, and technical assistance partners. Catherine has extensive experience as a Children’s Mental Health Initiative Project Director, leading four federal system of care (SOC) grants between 2014 and 2025. She has also served as a SAMHSA site visit consultant and provided technical assistance to system leaders and family and youth leaders across multiple states and municipalities. Her subject matter expertise includes: 1) System Design and SOC implementation, 2) Tiered Care Coordination Utilizing Fidelity Wraparound, 3) Model Installation and Expansion of Evidence-Based Community Services, 4) System Collaboration for Family/Youth Leadership, Infrastructure, Organizational Development, 5) Comprehensive Community Partnership Related to Family Behavioral Health and Wellness.