DAY  1 OCTOBER 18

8:30 - 9:00 AM Check in + light breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 AM   Welcome + Opening Remarks

9:30 - 10:30 AM   Spotlight on Sacramento

  • Shahera Hyatt, CA Homeless Youth Project

  • Bridget Alexander, Waking the Village

  • Grace Loescher, Waking the Village

  • Suzi Dotson, Wind

10:45 - 12:00 PM Research: Innovative Interventions + Subpopulations

12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch with Plates Cafe and Catering

1:00 - 2:15 PM Coordinated Entry System: Working through Challenges + Successes

  • Ely Sepulveda, Safe Place For Youth

  • Kris Nameth, Youth Center on Highland

2:15 -3:30 PM Navigating State + Federal Funding

  • Kim Lewis, California Coalition for Youth

  • Ginny Puddefoot, CA Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council

3:45 - 5:00 PM Innovations in Host Homes on the West Coast

  • Andrew Gutierrez, Safe Place for Youth

  • Nicole Wilson, University of Southern California

  • Orlando Roybal, Point Source Youth

5:30 - 7:30 PM Happy Hour at Mayahuel, 1200 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

DAY 2 OCTOBER 19

9:30 - 10:00 AM Check in + light breakfast

10:00 - 11:00 AM Why Youth Collaboration? And what are we learning?

  • Rivianna Hyatt, National Youth Forum

11:00- 1:00  PM WCC Lightning Table Talks

1:00 - 2:00  PM ONWARD!