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Youth Leadership Institute builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive community change. For over 20 years, we have sparked change through our California community-based programs--in San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Fresno Counties--and our national Training and Consulting Services. The Youth Leadership Institute leads the way in engaging youth in several key areas of community change, including food access, youth philanthropy, educational equity, civic engagement, and prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. YLI is committed to engaging and developing young people of color, low-income youth, and other non-traditional leaders as agents for social justice.

Founded in 1983, Sierra Forever Families mission is to transform the lives of children in foster care by building and nurturing permanent families. In 2009, Sierra adopted the Wonder Mentoring Program which provides one-to-one mentoring for children and youth in foster care. Since the agency's founding, more than 3,500 children and youth have successfully found a FOREVER FAMILY. The agency provides adoption and post-adoption services to area families and individuals at virtually no cost. The agency relies on funding from the federal, state and local governments, foundations, corporations and the community at large to ensure that the valuable services are available to children and families throughout Northern California. Sierra Forever Families is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). To learn more about COA, please visit www.COAnet.org. For more information on Sierra Forever Families, The Wonder Mentoring Program and Ways To Give, please visit: www.sierraff.org

YDI is a New York-based capacity-building organization that supports the positive development of young people. We work with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to ensure that programs serving young people and the policies that affect them are aligned with best practices in positive youth development. Our goal is to support the nonprofit sector in delivering strong outcomes for young people. Our core services include general and customized training, coaching and organizational consultation, planning and program design, and facilitation of networks and learning communities.