Bringing Health & Education Together

Innovation requires movement.
That’s what we’re building…a movement.

At Innovative Strategies Group, we’re building a movement to bring health care and education together. Combining decades of expert cross-sector experience, Innovative Strategies Group works directly with schools, districts, clinics, and community partners to provide fully integrated and accessible mental health services to students in their learning environment. A world where every student has mental health support in the classroom is the world we all want and need.

This we includes you.

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What We Believe

When it comes to mental health, we’re failing our kids. Anxiety, depression, and suicidality are all on the rise in young people. 1 in 5 school-age kids has a diagnosable mental health disorder yet fewer than 1 in 20 get the help they need. We need to do something different. The time to act is now.

It’s time to change the formula to better serve students and families.

Transforming Schools Into

Centers Of Wellness

How We Do This Work

Innovative Strategies Group works with schools, districts, health care clinics, and local governments to bring accessible mental health services into schools and classrooms. We provide strategic consulting and subject matter expertise in bringing the healthcare and education systems together.

We will be your partner and guide every step of the way, helping build trust with stakeholders and advocates, forging new relationships between clinicians and educators, and guiding programmatic implementation to create new systems of care.

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Partnership
Building

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Assembling the Team

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Leadership Consulting

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Pro Formas & Financial

Projects

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Our Team

We are every parent, educator, and clinician who has thought there might be a better way to address our young people’s mental health concerns. We are strategic innovators, inspired experimenters, decorated professionals, and compassionate caregivers.

ISG was co-founded by Dr. Chris Williams, MSW, and Jaspreet Sodhi, MPH. Together, these leaders bring decades of health care expertise in educational, nonprofit, and clinical settings.

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Dr. Chris Williams

Founder & CEO
Education Lead
Innovative Strategies Group

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Jaspreet Sodhi, MPH


Healthcare Lead
Innovative Strategies Group

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Reach Out

Send us a note, we’d love to set up a time to connect further about your work. Let’s build a movement to create Schools As Centers of Wellness.