What is Pathways to Permanency? The Pathways to Permanency project aims to coordinate efforts between Vaya, County DSS offices, and mental health providers to ensure youth in foster care have access to high quality behavioral health services. To this end, multi-sector focus groups conducted at the onset of this project highlighted needs related to shared understanding, accessible quality behavioral health assessments and interventions, and safe and supportive homes. Workgroups of cross-system stakeholders were then developed to generate, plan, and implement solutions for each of the identified needs.