Backbone Team

CYPT Staff, also known as the Backbone Team, provide essential support for the work, co-chair CYPT groups, run events, and drive initiatives forward.  They could also be seen like “knitters” who seek out and highlight connection points to the work of the Table and to the issue of child and youth well-being.

Specifically, CYPT Staff support in the following ways to help move the work of the collaborative forward:

• Strategic direction (helping to guide the vision and direction, connecting the CYPT to other initiatives or collaboratives in the community)
• Data (supporting data collection, using data for learning and evaluation)
• Engagement (working with young people and cultivating relationships throughout the community)
• Communication (facilitating collaboration and dialogue between partners, and telling the story of who we are and what we do)
• Facilitation (specifically for Standing and Working Groups)
• Administration (addressing the logistical needs of the Table, helping to mobilize resources, etc.)