#westcoastconvening
Day 1
April 6, 2017
2731 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95134
8:30 - 9:00 AM Check in and light breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Eric Rice, PHD, USC School of Social Work
Robin Petering, MSW, USC School of Social Work
10:00 - 11:00 AM Youth with foster care history and legal ‘ updates’
Erin Palacios, Esq, Bay Area Legal Aid
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30 Innovative housing and working with housing developers
Sparky Harlan, CEO Bill Wilson Center
Kevin Zwick, Executive Director, Housing Trust
Andrea Osgood, Director of Real Estate Development, Eden Housing
12:30- 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 2:45 Homelessness and higher education
Shahera Hyatt, MSW, Director California Homeless Youth Project
Ronald Hallett, PhD, Associate Professor Bernard School of Education
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:15 San Jose and Santa Clara County feature - “counting” homeless youth
Sparky Harlan, CEO Bill WIlson Center
4:30 - 5:15 Bill Wilson Center Drop-In Center Tour
5:30 pm til TBD
No-host Happy Hour
Day 2
April 7, 2017
2731 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95134
9:00 - 9:30 AM Check in and light breakfast
9:30 - 10:45 CSEC Workshop
Leslie Briner, MSW, Training and Policy Coordinator, YouthCare
10:45 - 12:15 WCC Outcomes Group – Input Gathering
Dina Wilderson, PhD, Learning and Impact Officer, YouthCare
12:15 - 1:15 BROWN BAG LUNCH BREAK POLICY WORKSHOP
Jack Lahey and Laura Onasch-Vera, USC
1:15 - 2:30 Anticipated impacts and strategies for going forward under the new administration
Megan Gibbard, MSW, Director, A Way Home America
Dennis Lundberg, Program Director, Janus Youth Programs
2:30 - 3:30 ONWARD!