Catalight Foundation (ESBA)

1.Catalight has been investing in a research and clinical excellence team that is shaping new standards of care with person-centered treatment options that meet families where they are. Backed by more than a decade of experience and a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, we are reimagining the way people with developmental disabilities and their families experience healthcare utilizing real-world data. In 2023, the Catalight Research Institute published two groundbreaking studies. Our first publication unequivocally proved that success in applied behavior analysis (ABA) need not be measured in hours, but rather in meaningful clinical outcomes. The second demonstrated that parent-mediated ABA-an approach where clinical experts teach caregivers ABA techniques so they can support their child in real-time-is not only clinically effective, but it also helps parents feel more competent, therefore reducing stress and improving the overall wellbeing of the family so they can navigate the day-to-day a little bit easier. 2.Catalight continues to evolve its services, allowing individuals to choose their path regarding their care. In 2023, we introduced two new care modalities: a.Compass Behavioral is a self-guided coaching program for youth and adults who wish to focus on areas of growth such as executive functioning, social relationships, or emotional regulation. Compass Behavioral is designed to promote self-determination and wellbeing. b.Research Units in Behavioral Intervention (RUBI) are designed to reduce disruptive behaviors before they become dangerous. RUBI is a parent-mediated outpatient program packaged by Oxford Press and delivered by experts in the field of autism, including Catalight. A therapist spends one hour per week teaching caregivers how to implement a range of behavioral strategies based on applied behavioral analysis - increasing self-efficacy and giving parents a better understanding of how to intervene whenever their child is in need. Strategies are tailored for each child and seek to identify what drives behaviors instead of the behavior itself. 3.As part of our advocacy efforts, Catalight was recently named a Healthy People 2030 Champion by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) for our bold vision for the future. This designation is pivotal as we seek to address the social determinants that drive people's ability to access and navigate our complex healthcare system to pursue more significant health and wellbeing at the micro and macro levels. 4.In August of 2023, Catalight-as well as its colleagues and donors within its family of companies and Easterseals, Inc.-rallied together to support the creation of a Relief Fund to support the staff and participants affected by the wildfires on Maui. In total, employees raised over $25k and Catalight matched $25k in monetary donations and donated 1444 sick or wellness hours to help offer respite to other employees as they navigated through damage and loss.

Catalight formed and oversees Catalight care services (ccs). As one of the largest behavioral health networks in the u.s., ccs manages approximately 120 provider organizations with more than 5,000 practitioners supporting 12,000+ individuals and families with 3m behavioral health care hours annually. Ccs provides diagnostic evaluations to help our largest funding partner ensure timely access to care, meeting strict regulatory requirements and member expectations. Ccs has been able to expand in these ways as we invested in a research and clinical excellence team that is shaping new standards of care with person-centered treatment options that meet families where they are, serve more diverse diagnoses as parity laws came into effect and drive greater affordability. Ccs was also awarded a continuation of carf accreditation for network management.