Same Goal, Different Seats
Moderated by: Chris Nguon, Executive Director, Flourish Agenda
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We all want San Francisco's children, youth, and families to thrive. Where we differ is the seat we sit in and the constraints that come with it. Our moderator will guide this conversation and bring together four voices from across our ecosystem of care: a parent with lived experience, a City leader, a young adult working in the nonprofit sector and a philanthropic partner. Together they will speak honestly about the challenges each of them carries, the opportunities in front of us, and what it will take to move our shared priorities forward. Grounded in the summit's four focus areas this panel sets the tone for the day: everyone here is trying, and this work goes further when we do it side by side.

Nonprofit Contracting and Monitoring - City & State Perspectives
Moderated by: Madison Holland, Executive Director, Prosperity Initiative
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A focused conversation with the City Controller, City Administrator, and CalNonprofits on the state of contracting, monitoring and oversight for nonprofits. What improvements have been made and are currently underway, where the biggest pain points remain, and how state-level advocacy efforts align with local reform priorities. Attendees will have the chance to engage with the conversation and identify continued areas of growth and opportunity.

Five Years of CalAIM in San Francisco: Lessons Learned, Is It a Sustainable Funding Model?

After five years of CalAIM implementation, San Francisco has an opportunity to reflect on what has worked, what has not, and whether it is a sustainable funding model for more youth and family serving organizations. Building on findings from interviews with leaders across the healthcare, social service, community-based, philanthropic, and public sectors, this session will facilitate a candid conversation. A key thread throughout will be what needs to change to make this a model that supports our staff and clients rather than strains the workforce and community.

Family Housing Stability Is Everyone's Work
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When families have stable housing, children are healthier, safer, and able to thrive. Stable housing is one of our most powerful ways to keep families strong and together. San Francisco has committed partners in this work: HSH and other City departments, the family resource centers and neighborhood organizations families trust, and philanthropic partners. Imagine what we could do with less fragmentation and all working together to prevent family homelessness. This interactive session brings us together to discuss examples of what's working and how we can grow together. Come ready to connect, share what you are seeing, and help shape the path forward together.

Community Organizing: Nothing About Us Without Us
Moderated by: Kula Koenig, Chief Policy Officer, Safe & Sound
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This session will explore how Children, Youth and Family Voice Shapes San Francisco.  When communities organize, systems change. San Francisco's Children and Youth Fund and the 2018 early care and education measure known as "Baby Prop C" both exist because parents, youth, and advocates pushed for them. This panel brings together community members, parents, and young people who have used their own stories to drive policy change. You'll leave understanding why community voice matters and how to bring more of it into your own work.

Expanding the Community Schools Model: Meeting the Needs of Older Youth and Families
Moderated by: Chris Tsukida, Director of Community Schools, SFUSD
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Schools are where families and young people already show up every day, making them a natural gateway to deeper support. This session explores how schools can become stronger hubs connecting older youth and their families to what they need most: stable family services, workforce and career pathways, and supports that keep young people connected and out of the justice system. Because these supports are funded in silos, we will also explore how aligning funding streams could make support seamless for families and more sustainable for the providers delivering it. We'll look at promising models from here and beyond as inspiration for what's possible in SF.

Closing the Gap: Improving Nonprofit Job Quality for the Youth and Family Serving Workforce
Moderated by: Aleah Rosario, Co-CEO, Partnership for Children & Youth
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The early childhood sector has made meaningful progress on wages, career pathways, and workforce standardization. This session asks: how do we build a similar infrastructure for those serving older youth and families? The workforce delivering essential services to youth 6 and older and their families is skilled, dedicated, and essential yet too often faces low wages, limited pathways, and unsustainable working conditions. This session examines what it will take to close that gap, exploring strategies across advocacy, compensation, career pathways, education, funding, and organizing and what it will take to move from conversation to collective action.

Building Stronger Prevention through Community
Moderated by: Denard Ingram, San Francisco Prevention Plan Analyst, Human Services Agency, Family and Children Services
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What if families could get the support they need long before anyone opens a child welfare case? The most effective prevention reaches families through their community, early, and it works only when every sector that touches a family's life sees itself as part of the pathway. In this interactive session, the Family & Children Services division of the SF Human Services Agency brings together partners from across early childhood, family support, newcomer, and prenatal services to tackle a real question in the room: how do we strengthen San Francisco's community pathway so families expecting or raising children get the right support at the right moment? Come ready to share what you see on the ground; this is a working conversation, and the people in the room are part of the answer.

We're Listening: Shaping SF's Priorities for Kids & Families
Presented by: Kimberly Wicoff, Director, San Francisco's Our Children Our Families Initiative
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This working focus group puts community input at the center of SF's planning for children, youth, and families. OCOFI will share early themes from recent community listening sessions, then open the floor: Do these themes match what you're seeing on the ground? Where could city departments and the district coordinate better to meet these needs? Participant input feeds directly into DCYF's Citywide Community Needs Assessment, so what's shared in the room helps shape citywide priorities.