2009 Annual Report

Putting Youth at the Center of Everything

We Do

2010 Overview

SAF

SKILL - BUILDING

ETY

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

2009/2010 Board of Directors

Camille Benvenuti

Marty Cavanaugh*

Susan Frazier

Daniel Hahn

Jeffrey Jensen**

Vincene Jones

Sotiris Kolokotronis

Suzanne Mayes-Linville

Brent McClure

Dorothy Meehan

Kim Mohler

Barbara O’Connor

Lilly Rankins

Simone Rathe

Sandra Vargas

Jolene Wachowicz

Jacques Whitfield

Ryan Wood

* 2009 Board of Directors Only

** 2010 Board of Directors Only

Sandra Vargas

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Public Affairs &

Advocacy

Sandra Vargas

President

2009-10 Youth

Development Network

Board of Directors

I have had the privilege of serving as Board

President for the Youth Development Network

(YDN) and have been extremely fortunate to work

alongside a gifted group of individuals on our board.

Our YDN Board has much to be proud of this year.

One of our most thrilling accomplishments this year

was the launching of our first annual “Ettore’s Coffee

Break” event which helped raise considerable

funds aimed towards helping young people thrive

and succeed in our communities. The Board’s

individual hard work and determination has allowed

us to spread our passion for youth everywhere we

go. The Board’s collective talents and strengths

have proved to be invaluable towards creating the

influential building blocks necessary in order to

affect positive change in our local schools, in our

own neighborhoods, in our greater communities,

and beyond.

In these most economically challenging times,

our board fully recognizes the power and benefit of

both fundraising and friend-raising opportunities.

We’ve solidified key partnerships throughout the

region and strengthened our ability to connect with

community leaders and organizations.

Our unwavering commitment to our youth

continues to motivate us to further expand our

networks and work collaboratively to find innovative

ways to help inspire and truly empower and engage

the young people in our communities.

On behalf of our entire YDN Board, we would like

to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation

to all of our partners, for continuing to share our

vision and helping us further our mission to serve

our young people in remarkable ways. We look

forward to an even more prosperous year in 2011,

one filled with hope and overflowing with progress.

We must continue to join forces and work together

for a brighter future – one that continues to put

youth at the center of everything that we do.

Sandra Vargas

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

On the wall in my home office I have a wonderful

quote by Fred Rogers written with blue ink on

a yellow post-it. The quote reads: “In every

neighborhood, all across the country, there are good

people insisting on a good start for the young, and

doing something about it.” If only Mr. Rogers could

see the wonderful work that Sacramento’s youth,

adults, neighborhoods, and large communities are

doing to ensure that all youth get a good start on their

journey towards adulthood.

In the following pages we will share with you some

of the amazing experiences YDN and our partners

created or took part in, in order to better the lives of

our youth. Through images, testimony, and stories,

we hope to have gathered the essence of who we are

as an organization and what this region is doing to

develop our youth into strong, happy, productive,

citizens. We are greatly humbled by the fact that the

youth development cause is alive in the Sacramento

region and that so many look to the YDN for

partnership and support to ensure that the youth they

serve have an optimal climate to participate in.

As a network we are so fortunate to be part of such

a talented group of youth systems and services. The

amount of expertise that the Sacramento region has

related to youth development is impressive to say the

least. While YDN brings its own talents and expertise

to the network we also have found it a true blessing

to partner with those who have complementary

talents and expertise, thus avoiding any competition

for services. It is truly remarkable to see how

laced together we all are within this vast network

of youth-serving organizations. By all of us sharing

our knowledge more freely within the network it

has become clear that we are truly more intelligent

together than apart.

Finally, I want to thank the amazing YDN Board,

staff, consultants, and volunteers for their creativity,

passion, intelligence, and belief in our core values

these past two years. They, along with many of you,

are the reason why everything inside this annual

report is possible. Seldom have I had the honor

to work with such a great tribe of people. We

look forward to many more years of taking youth

development to the next level, together.

In community,

Adrian Ruiz

Message From the Executive Director’s Desk

Adrian Ruiz

Executive Director

Youth Development

Network

2009 Annual Report Highlights

•HeldfirstYDIatPioneerHighSchoolwith follow-up coaching.•YDNbecamecertifiedExternalEvaluatorsontheYPQA Assessment as well as certified to deliver the supplemental trainings that go with them.•Co-assessedBOMUSD’sfirstself-ledYDIfacilitatedwithout YDN staff as trainers.•Producedfirsttwocopiesof“Connections”,YDN’s bi-annual newsletter. The two central topics were “21st Century Skills” and “Community.”•WorkedontheREACHCampPlanningStaff.

2010 Overview•Providedtechnicalassisstancesupporttothenine REACHCoalitionsintheareaofYouthEngagement including facilitating a YDI as part of this work.•DevelopedaYouth-FriendlyOrganizingManualfor Area Congregations Together as part of their youth engagement technical assistance. •FacilitatedYDI’sinGaltandYubaCityaspartofour Region 3 technical assistance work. •Developeda4-hourOverviewofYouthDevelopment trainingandfacilitateditinElDoradoHillsandVacaville.•RevisedtheentireYDITrainingManual.•Producedtwo“Connections”newslettersonthecentral topics of “Service Learning” and “Impact.”•FacilitatedaTribesTrailWorkshopforSJUSD•FacilitatedtwoworkshopsattheStepUpAfterschool Summit in San Diego: “Youth Voice & Choice” and “Teaching to All Learning Styles.”•Facilitated“FoundationsforaHealthyYouthMinistry” workshop for the Search Institute’s Big Tent Conference in Houston,TX.Thiswasaworkshopaboutfaith-based youth development.

Vantage PointsIn fall 2009 YDN debuted its first 2-day training with a focus on

diversity and awareness. Vantage Points: Diversity and Awareness from

a New Perspective focuses on creating cultural safety in youth-serving

organizations. Cultural safety is an integral part of the foundational

layeroftheYouthDevelopmentSupportsandOpportunities.Upuntil

fall 2009, cultural safety had not been highlighted in the large safety

framework in an in-depth way. Participants in Vantage Points spend

much of the first day gaining awareness of their own biases and hearing

the cultural stories and perspectives of fellow participants. The second

day is largely focused on identifying how personal bias plays into societal

prejudices and how those biases affect our ability to provide all youth

with the Youth Development Supports and Opportunities regardless of

how like or unlike they are to their adult service providers.

YDNwascontractedbySierraNevadaJourneysinMarch2010to

provide a condensed 12-hour version of Vantage Points to their team

of40environmentaleducatorsattheiroutdoorschoolatGrizzlyCreek

Ranch in Portola, CA. In October of 2010 YDN provided another Vantage

Points community-wide training attended by direct service workers,

administrators, and youth from as far away as Fresno. The impact

of this training and research around cultural safety has also added a

layer of knowledge to the YDI by drawing attention to the concept of

and the need for culturally safe environments for young people. The

training provides access for educators and administrators to gain skills

to address some of the most pressing social issues around class and

sexual and gender identity. In a society that is increasingly polarized by

a cultural divide, this training seeks to help educators and those who

work with youth build the skills to address what we understand are some

of the underlying key causes behind campus conflicts and cyberbullying.

YDN feels this mission falls within our core value of Social Responsibility

and, with the proper exposure and funding, we hope to provide much

more of this training in the future.

THE 5 SUPPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES

SAFETY

“Meeting new people and getting a glimpse of others’

work in society.”v

“Fun and informative.”v

“It definitely helps your organization with youth.”

v“Very deep, thoughtful,

well put-together, thought-provoking.”

v“The activities help to learn

from one another.”

HPHS Mentoring ProgramWithYDNsupport,HPHSchargedintotwoyearsofbuildingapeer

mentoringprogram.Twodedicatedstaff,PatBohmanandJennifer

Clemens took on the herculean task of corralling and supporting the

young leaders who applied to be mentors. YDN provided mentor

training for the students, as well as coaching and support in the design

and implementation of the mentoring program. So far, each year the

PEEPS program--as it is known on campus—has grown in numbers,

with more and more students wanting to step up and give a little back

by mentoring an incoming 9th grader with the critical transition from

middle school to high school.

e:mergee:merge, a regional collaborative supported by YDN, continued to

promote the community compact for children and youth. Over 300

organizations have signed the compact including 7 cities and school

districts. In 2010, e:merge coordinated an application for a 100 Best

Communities award from America’s Promise. Sacramento received

the award in October 2010. Also, in 2010, e:merge joined YDN’s Youth

Action Team project and created an e:merge Youth Action Team. These

students are working on creating policy changes around improving

the quality and quantity of safe places for youth. The team has been

researching where safe places are, what youth want to see in these

places, and how to address transportation barriers in accessing safe

places. The e:merge Coalition also held its second annual Pillars

of Promise awards ceremony and was joined by America’s Promise

staff to receive the 100 Best Communities award. In addition, 12

groups received recognition for excellent services in promoting the 5

“promises” in our region.

These groups were:• ExcellenceintheCommitment--CaringAdults

1. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Sacramento

2. Sacramento Asian American Minority Inc.

• ExcellenceintheCommitment–ProvidingaHealthyStart

1.TheGreenHouseCenter

2.Dr.LizMiller,UCDavisMedicalCenter—MarginalizedYouthCoalition

• ExcellenceintheCommitment–ProvidingEffectiveEducation

1.SacramentoCharterHighSchool

2.ElkGroveUSDSchoolCommunityViolencePreventionProgram

3.AssemblyMemberAlysonHuber–Chair,LoweringStudent

Drop Out for State of CA

• ExcellenceintheCommitment–ProvidingSafePlaces

1. Cosumnes Community Service District—Wackford Center

(Patrick Larkin)

2. The Refuge

• ExcellenceintheCommitment–SupportingCommunity

Involvement

1.TheCaliforniaEndowment–BuildingHealthyCommunitiesProject

2. Area Congregations Together (ACT)

• ExcellenceintheCommitment–

OverallPillarsofPromise:DestinyRanch—PhillipGoudeaux

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Heart of StoneIn2010,YDNhostedascreeningof“HeartofStone,”amoviethat

showcases how one school successfully confronted gangs and achieved

greater student success by creating caring relationships between students

and adults, as well as demonstrating how conflict mediation can be a

powerful tool to reduce conflict between gang members in a school

setting. The Director presented her movie to a group of 35 educators in

the morning on October 27th and then that evening to 170 community

residentsincludingyouth,attheGuildTheaterinOakPark.The

evening showing was followed by a facilitated discussion with a panel of

community leaders including:

• MaryStruhs,HealthyStartDirector,HiramJohnsonHighSchool

• DanielHahn,Captain,CityofSacramentoPoliceDepartment

• LeoraMatranga,GrantHighSchoolAlumni

• DamionOsborne,Student,JuvenilesatRiskforSuccessHighSchool

• Dr. Maya Leggett, Trauma Surgeon, Kaiser Permenante

Eventsponsorsincluded:SierraHealthFoundation,KaiserPermanente,

Nehemiah,TheCaliforniaEndowment,TheJewishCommunityRelations

Council, The Police Foundation. Other supporters included: Asian

Resources, Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce, e:merge Coalition,

HmongWomen’sHeritageAssociation,ObserverNewspaper,Power-

Forward, Sacramento Area Congregations Together, the Institute for

AdvancingUnity,SupervisorRogerDickinson,SacramentoCityUnified

School District, Council member Sandy Sheedy, Paradise Missionary

Baptist Church.

YDN is using the movie to promote the importance of creating a

caring school climate, community partnerships with Alumni groups

and schools, and conflict mediation skill-building for students as key

strategies to address gang violence reduction and improved academic

success. The video is available from YDN for local groups who wish to

share it with their own community.

“I thought the movie was very inspirational and

moving. It prompted me to action.”

Sacramento Youth Leadership Program2009-2010Camp is youth development in a vacuum. The impact of working with

young people in an environment that clears away the distractions and

stresses of their everyday lives cannot be overstated. We see the impact

on young people through:

• Confidence built

• Healthyrisk-taking

• Identification of core beliefs

• Self-advocacy

• Stronger connection to their communities

In 2009 the Sacramento Youth Leadership Program brought 35 youth up

toGrizzlyCreekRanchattheendofJuly.Itwasthe7thyearforSYLP.

The theme of the camp was “The World is Ours.” Youth from all over the

region had the opportunity to explore their personal leadership qualities

and build community. In 2010 SYLP was integrated into the Youth Action

Teams project and served as a launch pad for the upcoming year. By

“I learned that there’s something special about me.”

v“I become a better person

from learning from others.”

comingtocamp,36youthfromUbuntuGreen,GerberHighSchool,

e:merge,Greenhouse,VIBE,andPowerForwardwereabletobeginto

create a network of similarly-minded peers and develop a platform for

the advocacy agenda they want to undertake in their communities.

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

Youth InternsIn 2009 and 2010, YDN hosted youth interns as part of SETA’s summer

internship program. Both summers, YDN worked hard to support youth

in our workplace, providing them with helpful feedback and advice, as

well as engaging them in interesting work that went beyond the clerical

and mundane.

Area Congregations TogetherIn 2009 and 2010, YDN worked with Area Congregations Together, a

local organizing organization, to increase youth engagement in their

work. YDN provided technical assistance in the areas of strengthening

youth engagement in ACT’s local organizing committees (or LOCs). YDN

also worked with ACT organizers to develop a youth-friendly organizing

manual. YDN provided training to ACT’s staff around facilitation skills as

well as provided a training for ACT’s Board of Directors around bringing

youth onto their governing board.

Not Just a VoteA new community-wide training developed by YDN is focused on

supporting organizations who want to see young people in more

positions of responsibility and official decision-making such as advisory

boardsorschoolboards.Thistraining,called“It’sNotJustAVote,”

wasfacilitatedin2009and2010foratotalof40participantsfroma

wide range of community-based organizations and schools. Topics

covered included: determining your organizational readiness for youth

in positions of power and responsibility, creating youth-friendly agendas,

and youth-adult partnerships. Delivering this training twice speaks to the

growing need in the Sacramento region for this kind of support, thanks

to the many youth-focused organizations that are stretching and growing

to try and make this happen for their young people.

“It will guide my work for the rest of my life.”

v“This was probably the most fun I ever had at a training.”

REACH In 2010, YDN’s technical support continued by helping the seven

coalitions of the 1st cohort finish their projects and then working with

cohort 2 to help their coalitions move toward their identified projects.

In March of 2010, YDN facilitated a Youth Development Institute for the

Rancho Cordova, Vacaville and Yuba-Sutter Coalitions. This training

included 32 adults and youth who were directly related to the coalition’s

work. Another highlight of this project was an Effective Parenting

workshop that YDN facilitated in 2010 for the South Sacramento

Coalitionthatwasdeliveredinfourdifferentlanguages(Hmong,

Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish). This two-evening training was

attended by 30 participants.

Service Learning YDN is the Co-Lead for Region 3 Service Learning technical support.

As part of this ongoing partnership with Deb Bruns (Yolo County Office

of Education), YDN facilitated Service Learning 101, a one-day service

learning training, for various organizations and school staff throughout

greater Sacramento as a community-wide offering. In addition, the

TwinRiversUnifiedSchoolDistrict(arecipientofaCalServeGrant)

contracted with YDN and Yolo County Office of Education to provide two

one-day Service Learning trainings for a total of 70 staff. These trainings

provided a solid foundation for teachers from this district who, thanks

to CalServe funds, have small mini-grants available to them through

their district to implement service learning projects in their classrooms

and schools. YDN was also able to bring a two-day Service Learning

trainingtoteachersintheBlackOakMineUnifiedSchoolDistrictonthe

GeorgetownDivide.

Also in 2010, Deb Bruns and YDN developed an Advanced Service

Learning training to meet the growing needs of teachers and staff from

community-based organizations who have begun implementing Service

Learning and wanted additional training and support. This training was

facilitated for a group of 23 participants in February 2010.

Connections Newsletter In 2009, YDN launched its bi-annual newsletter called “Connections”.

The goal of Connections is to provide friends and alumni of YDN with

updates on our work around a particular topic as well as give useful

educational material on that topic as well. Since its launch in the spring

of 2009, YDN has produced four newsletters. The topics covered were:

• Community (Spring 2009)

• 21st Century Skills (Fall 2009)

• Service Learning (Spring 2010)

• Impact (Fall 2010)

(If you missed any of these, we encourage you to go to our website and

check out the archived versions. Many of our partners have commented

on how useful they are and full of practical ideas and resources.)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

“Thank you so much for being so open and

transparent and enthusiastic about this process, it really helped engage me from the onset. Great training, thank

you!”v

“Helpful in bettering myself, my own work and preparing

to be a mentor.”

RELATIONSHIPSRegion 3 Youth Development Institute GenerouslyfundedbyWalterSJohnson,PackardFoundation,and

SCOE, this project spanned two years and focused on bringing youth

development training to Region 3 afterschool programs by means of

three4-daytraininginstitutes:TheYouthDevelopmentInstitute(YDI),

the YDI Managers’ Training, and The YDI Train-the Trainer. The

overall goal was to fully integrate youth development practices into

many sites across the greater Sacramento region. We were proud to

haverepresentationfromfarandwideforthistraining:GrassValley

UnifiedSchoolDistrict,Rise,Inc.(Esparto),YubaCityUnifiedSchool

District,MarysvilleJointUnifiedSchoolDistrict,SanJuanUnifiedSchool

District,SacramentoParksandRecreation,andGalt(HighSchooland

Elementary) School Districts.

GallupIn2010,YDNaskedGalluptocometoSacramentotodelivera

day of workshops around being strength-focused, putting together

greatteams,andalsotosharetheirtakeoneducation.(Gallupisa

national consulting agency with schools and businesses. Their book:

StrengthsFinder2.0isaYDNpick!)OneofthekeyspeakerswasGary

Gordon,authorofBuildingEngagedSchools,whospokeaboutwhat

engagement really looks like and how to help schools (and teachers and

students) be more engaged in school and learning.

Youth Development Institute (YDI)Training Manual RevisionIn 2010, staff from the YDN embarked on a project to do major revisions

to the YDI training binder that each participant of the training receives.

This project included, making an electronic version of each document,

updating materials and resources and organizing it in a user-friendly way.

The new and updated manual is expected to be unveiled in the early part

of 2011. YDN’s summer youth interns played a key role in helping to

electronically capture and design the pages of this manual.

Youth Development OverviewIn 2010, YDN developed and rolled out a new half-day workshop

called,“OverviewofYouthDevelopment”.This3-4hourworkshop

was designed to give a high-level overview of the Youth Development

approach. The workshop briefly explores today’s youth culture, the

research behind youth development and the Youth Development

Framework. Participants walk away with a better understanding of

today’s youth and are introduced to a research-based approach to

helping youth thrive and succeed. The workshop was delivered to the

VisionCoalitioninElDoradoHillsandtheVacavilleReachCoalition.

Both workshops were well-attended and received high compliments.

Youth Development 101In 2009 and 2010, YDN continued to provide Youth Development 101,

a 2-day training that provides a basic overview to youth development,

and makes a short stopover on each Support and Opportunity, providing

participants with some understanding of the key concepts as well as a

few tools to take back and get started with.

SKILL BUILDING

CORE VALUES

“I really loved the agreement activity and how it was facilitated. I will most

certainly try using this as it keeps youth 100% engaged

in the process.”

ConferencesIn an effort to increase YDN’s reach at a statewide and national level, our

trainers reached out to provide workshops at many youth development

conferences in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, YDN’s entire training team

participatedintheCaliforniaAfterschoolNetwork’sStepUpConference

inSanDiego.In2010,YDNwasapartoftheStepUpConference

again with two workshops: Youth Voice and Choice (facilitated by Scott

Mautte) and Teaching to All Learning Styles (facilitated by Andy Paul). In

addition, Scott and Adrian represented YDN at the Search Institute’s Big

TentConferenceinHouston,Texas,wheretheyintroducedaworkshop

called,“FoundationsofaHealthYouthMinistry”whichexploredthe

supports and opportunities from the Youth Development Framework

in the context of a faith-based setting to help young people flourish in

their faith. The expanded version of this workshop is available to begin

bringing to the greater Sacramento faith community for 2011.

YDI Train the Trainer (TtT)This training was designed for the afterschool programs who wanted

to make the implementation of youth development at their programs

more sustainable by creating a team of trainers on their staff who

could train other staff in youth development, via their own in-house

YDIs. This training spent an intense two days sharpening up the critical

facilitator skills required to deliver a dynamic and rewarding YDI. Then

participants had a week off during which they prepared various pieces of

the YDI curriculum to bring back the following week to present for their

peers and receive detailed feedback. After this training, each agency

promised to deliver their own YDI in their respective regions within

the next year. Five agencies have since gone on to provide their own

YDIs, with YDN support, thus bringing YDI training to an additional 150

people.

YDI Manager’s TrainingThis training engaged manager-level staff from the various programs

to reflect on their own strengths and explore how they could manage

or supervise with an eye towards being a coach and creating a positive

environment for their staff. In addition, the program staff went deep with

examining the kinds of policies, procedures, and programs that would

implement sustainable youth development within their districts or regions.

YDIThis training brought together afterschool providers from eight different

parts of the region to reflect on their own practices and strategize on

how to be more intentional on implementing quality youth development

practices in their afterschool programs. Each program left with an

action plan that captured the organizational changes they wanted to

implement as a result of their experience with YDI.

These program teams received coaching from the technical assistance

team (made up of YDN and SCOE staff) around their action plan and

assisted these teams in making a lot of their changes happen.

“A different way of looking at leadership activities

with youth, involvement with youth”

“We got a chance to think critically about power and

voice in our program.”

Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA)In 2009, YDN became certified External Evaluators on the Youth Program

QualityAssessment(YPQA)toolaswellascertifiedtrainersforthe

supplementalworkshopsassociatedwithYPQAtool.Thisassessmenttool

matches nicely with the youth development supports and opportunities

and is excellent at measuring the quality of a youth program. Through this

amazing partnership, YDN has been able to provide program evaluation

assessmentsforHealthProfessionsHighSchool,Skylab,BoysandGirls

ClubinPlacerville,aswellassomeoftheREACHCoalitions.

Pioneer High School YDI and Train-the-TrainerPioneerHighSchoolinWoodlandrequestedtwoYDIsaspartoftheir

goal of training all of their staff in youth development. In August of 2009

YDNfacilitatedtheirfirstYDIatPioneerHighSchoolwithfollow-up

coaching. The training team included YDN staff, plus a community

trainerfromtheYEOPProgramatUCDavisaswellasayouthfacilitator

fromBlackOakMineUnifiedSchoolDistrict.Severalstudentsattended

this YDI, and had opportunities to share their opinions with their

teachers about issues of school climate and engaging teaching. These

youth were also part of the implementation of the action plan on their

school campus. The action plans wanted to improve emotionally and

physically safe environments on campus for both staff and students.

As examples of this, the principal established agreements among the

teachers at all staff meetings and many of the teachers who attended the

training went back and began the year by developing agreements in their

classrooms and facilitated teambuilding activities during the first week of

school to help students build relationships in their classes.

TheculminationofourcoachingwithPioneerHighSchool’sfirstcohort

of YDI participants was an Overview of Youth Development workshop

where the entire school staff was present. In 2010, we held another YDI

for Pioneer where half of the participants were students from the school.

These trainings led to many programmatic changes and even a culture

shift at this school towards much greater authentic youth involvement in

decision-making.

SpurredonbytheirsuccesswiththeYDItraining,PioneerHigh

School’s Principal, Kerry Callahan, requested the YDN to provide a

Train-the-Trainer experience for a select group of staff, to ensure that

overtime,allstaffwouldbetrainedinyouthdevelopment.Having

teachers who are certified YDI trainers would also ensure that in the

future,whentheneedarises,PioneerHighSchoolcouldfacilitatetheir

own YDI for new staff to maintain the highest quality youth development

practices. This is a very exciting self-sustaining model for a high

school that couldn’t have happened without tremendous support from

the administrators on-site and some very dedicated teachers who

volunteered a lot of the required time to make this happen. In addition,

in the spirit of collaboration, Pioneer opened some spots in this training

for another group of “wanna be” trainers from the Placer County youth

System of Care so that they, too, could take part in becoming official YDI

trainers (See “Placer County TtT”).

CHANGE

“YDN always provides great training.”

“YDI showed that it is possible for changes at this

school to happen.”

Summer of ServiceYDNpartneredwithSacramentoCityUnifiedSchoolDistrictandother

community partners on their Summer of Service project over the

summer of 2010. YDN’s role was to provide leadership training to

the high school youth who would be serving as Student Ambassadors

for the project. This two-day training equipped young people with

facilitation skills, leadership skills and a host of other things that were

designed to prepare them to lead other youth and function as part of

a combined leadership team of youth and adults. Feedback from the

youth participants was exceptional with many stating that, as a result of

these trainings, they felt better prepared for life outside of the Summer of

Service project.

Placer Train-the-TrainerThe Placer County group of staff received federal funding to provide

more training for staff throughout the Placer County System of Care

(adult and youth systems). To do this, they decided to bring the YDI to

Placer County. They formed a partnership of staff from various programs

that serve Placer and attended the YDI Train-the-Trainer in Woodland

(withPioneerHighSchoolstaff).Fromthere,theybegantheirprepand

coachingsessionswithYDNstaffwiththegoalofproviding2-4YDIsin

2011 in their spheres of influence in Placer County. It is their hope that

they can spread youth development throughout the Placer County System

of care so that all young people, and young adults (including transitional

age youth) receive the supports and opportunities that increase their

chances of succeeding as adults.

YDI AlumniIn 2009 and 2010, YDN worked hard on connecting (and reconnecting)

with our alumni in various ways. We were able to hold two events during

this time specifically focused on connecting our alumni with each other

and re-activating the YDI learning community. The first event took place

in November 2009 and focused on 21st Century Skills with the second

event taking place in September 2010 and focusing on the impact that we

have on the lives of others.

Health Professions High School Orientation CampIn 2009 and 2010, YDN had the pleasure of being involved with an

amazingmodelofayouth-ledcamp.HealthProfessionsHighSchool

contracted with YDN to train youth leaders on campus so that they could

facilitate a 3-day Orientation camp for incoming ninth graders. Supported

by the administration and some very dedicated teachers, the camp was a

smashing success. The Orientation featured lots of teambuilding as well

as short interactive activities designed to teach incoming 9th graders about

the culture and climate of this unique small high school. The evaluation

data captured from this orientation was powerful. Ninth graders reported

feeling safer and more comfortable after experiencing this Orientation.

They also felt more connected to the school and said that they now knew

some people they could go to with questions or concerns. Clearly the new

HPHSstudentsgotthemessagethattheirnewschoolisonewhereyouth

are important and can do great things.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

FUN

“I learned a lot, I like the impact part because it just got me thinking about the

things I do and things that I can improve on”

YDN EXPANDS YOUR INVESTMENTTHROUGH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

YDN continues to diversify their funding

streams in order to maximize their impact on

youth development.

2009 EVENTSTrainingYouth Development 101(2)

Region 3 YDI

BOMUSDYDI

Service Learning for SCOE (2)

UsingYPQADataforProgramImprovement

Youth in Art

Service Learning 101

Region 3 YDI Refresher

NotJustAVote:YouthonBoards

Region 3 YDI Managers Training

SYLP Camp Orientation

PioneerHighSchool(Woodland)YDI

STEM Training

SYLP Camp

HPHSOrientationCamp

BOMUSDServiceLearning

Region 3 YDI Train-the-Trainer

SYLPCampGraduation

Vantage Points

Youth Activism

ConveningsConnecting Youth to the Outdoors (3)

Youth Leadership Network

HumanServicesWorkforce(2)

Youth Summit

YDN Reunion Mixer

Southeast Asian Community

Network of Networks (2)

YDIAlumniGathering

Fall Reception

Service Learning Network

YDI Alumni Lunch

YDN Dog-A-Thon

Region 3 YDI Year-End Celebration

Youth Action TeamsRecruitment Meeting

e:mergeCoalition at Large (2)

Outreach Training

Conferences and CoachingBlackOakMineUnifiedSchoolDistrict(March)

REACHCampPlanningMeeting(June)

StepUp(highschoolafterschool)-presenters

2010 EVENTSTrainingMarysville Afterschool YDI

Advocates

Project Citizen SCOE

Service Learning 101

Service Learning 202

Twin Rivers Service Learning 101 (2)

YDI Train-the-Trainer Refresher

REACHYDI

YPQAAssessors

Yuba City Afterschool YDI

Esparto YDI

GoldenSierraCollaborativeYouthDevelopment

REACHCoalition(ElDorado)

SierraNevadaJourneysVantagePoints

STEM Sacramento State

SETA Youth-Friendly Business

PioneerHighSchoolYDI(2)

REACHElDoradoHillsVisionCoalition

Summer of Service

PioneerHighSchoolTrain-the-Trainer

NotJustAVote:YouthonBoards

SYLP Camp

PioneerHighSchoolYDI

GaltYDI(2)

HealthProfessionsHighSchoolMentoring

SJUSDTribesTrail

Sierra Mentoring Cultural Competency

SYLPGraduation

FresnoBuildingHealthyCommunities

VacavilleREACH

Vantage Points

SETA Service Learning 101

Change the World

ConveningsGO(GetOutdoors)Network(3)

World Café

Ettore’s

Gallup(StrengthsandEducation)

SLRiverCatsGame

Power of Networks

YDIAlumniHomecoming

YDN Dog-A-Thon

HeartofStoneMovie

Foundation Youth Ministry

Conferences and Coaching

El Dorado Coalition

HealthProfessionsHighSchool

StepUpConference(presenters)

BigTentHouston(presenters)

Youth Action TeamYAT Kickoff

YAT Meetings

YAT Final Celebration

YAT Coordinator Meetings

e:mergeEnsuring Academic Success

Summer Summit

Pillars of Promise

Video Conference

2009 Collaborative PartnersAT&T

BlackOakMineUnifiedSchoolDistrict

CaliforniaHealthIncentivesImprovementProject

Crocker Art Museum

GoldenSierraJobAgency

GrantUnionHighSchool—GEOGardenProject

HealthProfessionsHighSchool

Region 3 Afterschool Technical Assistance

Regional Transit

Sacramento ACT

Sacramento County Office of Education

Sacramento Region Community Foundation

SETA

SierraHealthFoundation

Valley Vision

WoodlandJointUnifiedSchoolDistrict

Yolo County Office of Education

Corporate DonorsKLS Air Express Inc

Pacific Coast Producers

Piano Disc

Ed Staub & Sons

Individual DonorsAnn Bancroft

JenniferBassett

Steve and Lyn Belzer

Camille Benvenuti

Terri Smyth Canillo

Pat Carpenter

Marty Cavanaugh

JennaChan

Laurie Clothier

Edith Crawford

Cathy Din

Carl and Karen Eilers

Ana Estrada

JamesFerguson

JudithNunnFong

TerriGaines

GailHalverson

CarolHinzman

MaryHinzman

FrancesHopkins

EileenJacobowitz

MaryandDenverJones

Irwin Karp

Terry and Penny Kastanis

2010 EVENTS(Continued)

Vicki Stockbridge

Denise and Tim Stuart

Cathy Swagart

Summer Thommen

JuliaTurrini

Sandra Vargas

Elisa Villarreal

J.NakashimaWang

Christine Welsch

Ryan Wood

AlanandHelenYee

HelenYee

Michael Yee

Nancy Yee

Sacramento Youth Leadership Program (SYLP)Arata Bros. Trust

Doni Blumenstock

CC Myers, Inc

Bonnie Ferreira

LawrenceGarcia

JerryGreenwell

ClaudiaGamarHeinlein

KaiserFoundationHealthPlan,Inc

Lefkovitz Foundation

Betty Masuoka

Samuel Miller

Nehemiah Corporation of America

Senator Darrell Steinberg

JimSweeneyScholarshipFund

Steven Weiss

2009 Individual Donors - continued ToddandJenniferKaufman

Steve and Barbara Kronick

Bina Lefkovitz

JuneLefkovitz

Melissa Yee Littau

Monica Marie Llano

Susan Magill

Scott Mautte

Suzanne Linville Mayes

Brent McClure

MarilynMcGinnis

Dorothy Meehan

JohnMinkler

Kim Mohler

Floyd Moore

Cynthia Myers

Christina Nicholson

Barbara O’Connor

Councilwoman Bonnie Pannell

Renato Parenti

Andy Paul

Lilly Rankins

Lea Rathbun

Adrian Ruiz

Dr. Randall Sarte

Elaine Schenirer

Cheri Simmons

JuneSpringstead

Lani Steers

Vern and Eleanor Stockbridge

We extend our thanks to all of our funders, collaborative partners, individual donors and board members for their long-standing support and vision for youth development in our region.

THANK YOU!

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 269003Sacramento, CA 95826-9003

Office Address10530 Mather Blvd.Mather, CA 95655

Phone: (916) 228-2227Fax: (916) 228-2356www.ydnetwork.org

Youth Development Network’s

Core Values:

RELATIONSHIPS

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

CHANGE

FUN

Youth Development Network

is dedicated to creating

life-changing experiences for

youth to thrive

and succeed.

Special Thank You toEagle Press

Sacramento, CA 95824