JSN Network Building 

Instructions: The JSN recognizes that everyone has gifts and needs. In your own words, you've identified your gifts and needs. Scroll down, find your organization and identify two orgs that you feel comfortable supporting and two orgs you think could help you. We encourage you to reach out to them directly and ask for support. When orgs have agreed to work with each other, both orgs should fill out this survey to be compensated.

Cohort 1

Name of Organization

What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Sister Warriors
Relational, facilitation, in-person spaces, conflict resolution.
 Operational, data collection, systems, implementation, and building the practice of using systems. Cross-functional
project management.

 
Homeboy Industries
Community of Kinship, Relational, connecting people to people
(Stronger) Data, KPI, Reports and support & Managing different projects

MILPA
Relational and cultural teachings, compliance, budgeting, onboarding, facilitating trainings, storytelling
Relational and cultural teachings, compliance, budgeting, onboarding, facilitating trainings, storytelling
Communication practices, silo mindsets, data collection


Underground Grit
We are gifted through
our relationships with our members, the community and our supporters

We would like more peer support for mentorship
Through email and social media
Project Aware
Onboarding, Budgeting, Storytelling, Facilitating Effective Meetings/Trainings, and Social Media
Grant Writing, Managing People/Projects, and Data Analysis
Eden Youth
Compliance: Data collection from the community (youth and adults), Budgeting,  Managing People and Projects, Storytelling
Capacity building, Conflict Resolution
Promesa Behavioral Health
Serving justice involved youth;
Grantwriting;
Data management;
Advocacy for youth; trauma informed care

Our youth respond well to peer support; we have 1 staff trained in peer services
Two Feathers
Storytelling, collaborating, Billing SMHS, community outreach, social media
Data Collection (large events/group attendance tracking)
Young Visionaries
Community outreaching, canvassing and collaborating with other organizations.
Data collection 
Shakoya Henderson
3rd Street
Grant Writing, Budgeting, Org Chart, Relationship building, 
Data Collection
Beyond Measure
Data collection 🙂
Data analysis
Data visualization
Sensemaking
Theory of change

Community outreach

Cohort 2

Name of Organization

What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Hoops 4 Justice
Direct Services 
 Fundraising

&

Data Systems 
Youth Empowerment
Credible Messengers
Lived experience
Mentorship
Community Engagement 

Introductions to Individual donors/sponsors who support Lived Experienced Orgs.
Focus Forward
Budgeting
Mentoring Program
Volunteer Engagement

Training staff on data collection
Garden Pathways
Case Management
Mentoring
Fund Raising

Developing a cost allocation process
Group Facilitation Techniques and Best Practices
Planned Giving

Nested Integral Coaching Constellation
Grant Writing, research, planning, organization, community building 
Learning new things together related to Medi-Cal (things I’m learning now if anyone would like to join me: funding resources, budgeting, certifying CHW/ECMs, TA marketplace, CITED); storytelling
The Exception
Mentorship,
Hearing others,
Network (so many partners across the state)

Internal strengthening (Processes,
Admin support/capacity for operational support) (for example, help with group learning and questions about subcontracting)

The Mentoring Center
We work really well with youth who have a lot of challenges.
We are also good at program design and implementation and policy.

We need support in communications and telling our story (whether it be in marketing materials or social media). Admin support that will expand our capacity. Data collection.
Integral Community Solutions
Our team of mental health therapists thrives in a collaborative environment that fosters open-mindedness and continuous self-reflection for personal and professional growth. We are committed to establishing clear systems, procedures, and protocols that enhance structure and effectiveness in our work.
We would greatly benefit from guidance in creating systems for Quality assurance, billing and strategies to keep long-term continued motivation from the team.
Foster Hope
Responsiveness in needs,
Leveraging personal networks for support
Understanding system harms and how to redirect


Administrative support, systems and files for program and fiscal billing & invoicing
Net Diminishing-Mental Health First (focus on no LE)


California Support Services
Budgeting
Outreach

Expanding
Fundraising

Cohort 1

Name of Organization

Two Feathers
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Storytelling, collaborating, Billing SMHS, community outreach, social media
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Data Collection (large events/group attendance tracking)
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Young Visionaries
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Community outreaching, canvassing and collaborating with other organizations.
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Data collection
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Shakoya Henderson

Name of Organization

3rd Street
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Grant Writing, Budgeting, Org Chart, Relationship building,
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Data collection
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Beyond Measure
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Data collection 🙂
Data analysis
Data visualization
Sensemaking
Theory of change

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Community outreach
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Sister Warriors
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Relational, facilitation, in-person spaces, conflict resolution.
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Operational, data collection, systems, implementation, and building the practice of using systems. Cross-functional
project management

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Homeboy Industries
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Community of Kinship, Relational, connecting people to people
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
(Stronger) Data, KPI, Reports and support & Managing different projects
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

MILPA
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Relational and cultural teachings, compliance, budgeting, onboarding, facilitating trainings, storytelling
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Communication practices, silo mindsets, data collection
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Underground Grit
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
We are gifted through
our relationships with our members, the community and our supporters

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
We would like more peer support for mentorship
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Project Aware
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Onboarding, Budgeting, Storytelling, Facilitating Effective Meetings/Trainings, and Social Media
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Grant Writing, Managing People/Projects, and Data Analysis
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Eden Youth
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Compliance: Data collection from the community (youth and adults), Budgeting,  Managing People and Projects, Storytelling
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Capacity building, Conflict Resolution
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Promesa Behavioral Health
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Serving justice involved youth;
Grantwriting;
Data management;
Advocacy for youth; trauma informed care


What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Our youth respond well to peer support; we have 1 staff trained in peer services
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Cohort 2

Name of Organization

Hoops 4 Justice
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Direct Services
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Fundraising & Data Systems
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Youth Empowerment
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Credible Messengers
Lived experience
Mentorship
Community Engagement 

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Introductions to Individual donors/ sponsors who support Lived Experienced Orgs. 
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Focus Forward
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Budgeting
Mentoring Program
Volunteer Engagement

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Training staff on data collection
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

California Support Services
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Budgeting
Outreach


What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Expanding
Fundraising

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Garden Pathways
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Case Management
Mentoring
Fund Raising

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Developing a cost allocation process
Group Facilitation Techniques and Best Practices
Planned Giving

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Nested Integral Coaching Constellation
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Grant Writing
Research
Planning
Organization
Community building

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Learning new things together related to Medi-Cal (things I’m learning now if anyone would like to join me: funding resources, budgeting, certifying CHW/ECMs, TA marketplace, CITED); storytelling
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

The Exception
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Mentorship / hearing others
Networking (so many partners across the state)


What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Internal strengthening (Processes,
Admin support/capacity for operational support: for example, help with group learning and questions about subcontracting)

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

The Mentoring Center
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
We work really well with youth who have a lot of challenges.
We are also good at program design and implementation and policy.

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
We need support in communications and telling our story (whether it be in marketing materials or social media). Admin support that will expand our capacity. Data collection.
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Integral Community Solutions
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Our team of mental health therapists thrives in a collaborative environment that fosters open-mindedness and continuous self-reflection for personal and professional growth. We are committed to establishing clear systems, procedures, and protocols that enhance structure and effectiveness in our work.
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
We would greatly benefit from guidance in creating systems for Quality assurance, billing and strategies to keep long-term continued motivation from the team.
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Foster Hope
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Responsiveness in needs
Leveraging personal networks for support
Understanding system harms and how to redirect

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Administrative support
Systems and files for program and fiscal billing & invoicing
Net Diminishing-Mental Health First (focus on no LE)

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

TYJ Cohoort

Name of Organization

Restore 180
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Implementing transformative mentorship in practice connect with young people with healing in these times. (I need to speak with someone about this question). 
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Translating healing centered engagement into billable language.
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
General Information Inbox - info@restore180.org (Sharieta Thomas or Misty L. Franklin).

Name of Organization

Asian Pacific Islander RISE
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Culturally sensitive Asian and Pacific Islander reentry services. We accompany everyone, even if we have an emphasis on API's.  We do solidarity work with other marginalized communities and are expanding to youth prevention and diversion programming. 
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Immigration and criminal attorney representation and guidance. 
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Bright Futures for Youth (BFFY)
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
(BFFY)
1.    Deliver quality programs
2.    Engage, communicate with our community, donors, and stakeholders well
3.    Connect with our young people on an ongoing basis and authentically engage them in programming decisions
4.    Evaluating and pursuing opportunities presented to us by community members and partners when it meets our mission
5.    We are strong partners that are sought out by other nonprofits, government entities, businesses and individuals
6.    Positive reputation in the community
7.    We are strong advocates for youth to ensure they are always considered in community-wide decision-making
8.    Strong culture of teamwork and focusing on individual staff strengths
9.    Strong donor base through years of relationship building and cultivating donors
10.    Strong philanthropic expertise on staff

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
1.    Raising enough funding to meet the need in our community
2.    How to evaluate diverse programs and their impact in a meaningful way
3.    Raising enough funding to build a strong infrastructure that provides core mission support (grants and donors typically don’t want to support infrastructure costs)
4.    How to evaluate or restructure staffing priorities in a time of funding uncertainty
5.    How to get local government to provide ongoing, consistent funding for our programs as one of the only youth providers in County (i.e., bonds, special taxes, etc.)

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Dena Malakian, Associate Director

denam@bffyouth.org

Name of Organization

Kindful Restoration
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Our organization, Kindful Restoration (KR), brings a unique and multifaceted set of strengths to this initiative. We are particularly gifted in the following areas:


Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Services

Holistic Reentry and Diversion Programming

Peer Mentorship and Youth Leadership Development

Evidence-Based Curriculum Implementation

Inclusive and Community-Rooted Approach

Robust Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity

Established Correctional and Community-Based Presence

These capabilities uniquely position Kindful Restoration to expand and sustain impactful programming for justice-involved youth and their families. 

What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
While Kindful Restoration has demonstrated success in delivering impactful programs, we recognize several key areas where support is needed to strengthen our organizational capacity and long-term sustainability:


Financial Infrastructure and Grants Management

Strategic Fund Development

Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

Staff Training and Development

Technology and Data Management

Strategic Planning and Organizational Growth

Public Sector Partnership Building

How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Ernesto Rodriguez
951-934-8183

Name of Organization

Three Sisters
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Our commitment to supporting the youth, community engagement, and grant writing.
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Building out our youth support referral network and best practices for case management. 
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?

Name of Organization

Operation New Hope
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Case Mangement, meeting our students where they are, group counseling, relationship building, fostering meaningful collaborations, innovation, change
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Program Management, Youth Advisory Board, Advocacy, Fundraising
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Russell Degnan

russell@onhcares.com

Name of Organization

Ujima
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
We have been established in community for 25 plus years and have the ability to create spaces and experiences that are healing and transformative
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Administrative / Operations Support
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Sizwe Andrews - Abakah

Spearitwurx@gmail.com

Name of Organization

Amelia Ann Adams
What is (1) area in which your org is gifted?
Passion, out of the box thinking, trusted, and abiity to build rapport 
What is (1) area in which your org could use peer support?
Safety planning and safety policies 
How can orgs contact your org to exchange support?
Christina Peoples

aaawlc@aaawlc.org

 Questions?
Contact us at jsn@publicworksalliance.org 
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