In 2019, the national Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety at WestEd (the Center) solicited ideas from state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) regarding their most urgent and important needs to successfully support whole-person development. The concept of the "whole person" refers to a comprehensive notion of human development that includes several domains, such as physiological, cognitive, social, and emotional development. SEA leaders specifically requested resources and facilitation to establish a statewide vision for serving the whole person, to inventory and map the relationships among social and emotional learning and other whole-person initiatives, to create plans for aligning initiatives, and to communicate with internal and external stakeholders about this work. In response, WestEd drafted and piloted "Serving the Whole Person: An Alignment and Coherence Guide for State Education Agencies" (ED616264). That guide outlines an adaptable process for SEA staff to review whole-person initiatives, increase alignment and coherence among them, and monitor progress over time. This current report will summarize the experience of an Ohio-based team in using the SEA guide and share key insights that may benefit other SEA leaders as they consider their own efforts to improve the alignment and coherence of their whole-person or whole-child initiatives.