Young Women's Freedom Center
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Peer-based Outreach, Advocacy and Crisis Intervention
Peer advocates have been the most successful at finding and engaging the young people in YWFC programming through peer-to-peer referrals, community and street outreach. Once engaged, with rare exception, crisis response and stabilization support is the priority, including addressing immediate safety needs, safety planning, referrals and accompaniment to emergency services, and temporary safe housing. Our crisis intervention includes picking them up any time of night when asked.
Fiscal Sponsorship and Support
Freedom Center, a Division of Young Women's Freedom Center provides fiscal sponsorship and operational support to projects that are in alignment with the values of Freedom Center and working towards the larger goals of the Freedom Charter.
Beloved Youth Community Housing
Beloved Youth Community Housing provides alternatives to incarceration and congregate care by providing direct support and a continuum of care to juvenile justice involved youth and their families.
Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition
Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition is a fiscally sponsored project and is a membership base of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, girls, and transgender people working to shift the policies, laws and systems that keep them stuck in cycles of violence, poverty, and incarceration.
Young Women's Freedom Centers Core Programs
The Young Women's Freedom Center works to advance the leadership of young women and trans youth of all genders that have experienced life on the streets, foster care, and incarceration. YWFC's programs are designed to meet young people where they are at on the streets and in detention centers and work with them overtime to support them in transforming their own lives and becoming active agents of change in their communities. Program strategies include; street based and community outreach, in-reach to juvenile detention centers, 1-1 individualized planning and support, civic engagement training, research, employment readiness training, youth employment, youth organizing, entrepreneurship training, support for young moms and parents, systems based navigation and advocacy, and goal setting and support. The YWFC is also grounded in healing and provides access and opportunities for young people to heal from trauma and build support systems.
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Young Women's Freedom Center
Board of directorsas of 05/26/2023
Julie Posadas-Guzman
Santa Clara Probation Department
Term: 2021 - 2024
Nila Gonzales
Transbay Joint Powers Authority
Julie Posadas Guzman
Santa Clara County Probation Department, Evidence-Based Practices
Talia Fujita
Eventbrite
Adejire Bademosi
Discord
Jean Melesaine
Filmmaker & Photographer
Shimica Gaskins
Grace, Inc.
Pamela Shifman
Democracy Alliance
Alejandra Gutierrez
National Center for Youth Law