YTFG Gathers in San Diego

James Bell

The Youth Transition Funders Group meets this week in San Diego. We have a great agenda (and always great conversations). For funders who can’t attend, and for all the advocates and practitioners that would like to learn along with the YTFG, here is the agenda.

• Well-Being for All: Exploring Connections with Initiatives that Support Young Men and Boys Of Color with the keynote by James Bell, Founder, Executive Director & Board President, W. Haywood Burns Institute. 


• Election Re-Cap and Update on Federal Policy Affecting Vulnerable Youth led by Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus and Kisha Bird, Senior Policy Analyst, CLASP.


• What Funders Need To Know About Protecting Unaccompanied Minors with Wendy Cervantes, Vice President of Immigration and Children’s Rights Policy, First Focus; Angie Junck, Supervising Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center; and Yali Lincroft, Program Officer, Walter S. Johnson Foundation.


• Supporting the Well-Being of San Diego Youth Through Cross-Systems Efforts with Matt Cervantes, Senior Program Officer, Sierra Health Foundation; Mack Jenkins, Chief of San Diego Probation, Positive Youth Justice Initiative; Rebecca F. Phillpott, Program Manager, Dropout Prevention, San Diego Unified School District; and Ian Gordon, Director, San Diego Youth Development Office.