2020 ACA San Diego Program Book_Winter Conference

journaling curriculum, stipends paid for attendance/participation and mentee/mentor one on one meetings. Learning Objectives: • Participants will be able to describe Resilience Mentoring Program and how it has positively impacted our youth. • Participants will be provided information on how to implement a similar program. • Participants will learn how cross system collaboration is critical to client success. Moderator: Jimmy Figueroa , Program Manager, Resilience Mentoring Program, Vista, California Speakers: Kimberly Walsh , Supervising Probation Officer, San Diego County Probation Department, San Diego, California; Alejandro Zermeno , Division Chief, San Diego County Probation Department, San Diego, California

B-4K Working Positively with Community Mentorship Programs, Resilience Mentoring

Program Room 11B

Probation developed a Comprehensive Credible Messenger Mentoring Program called Resilience, modeled on New York City’s successful Arches Program which employs people formerly or currently in the justice system to mentor youth and young adult offenders to assist in their rehabilitation and in reduction of recidivism. The program focuses on mentors and mentees from similar backgrounds. Mentees include youth/ young adults currently on Juvenile Probation, including those supervised by a gang or Youthful Offender Unit (YOU) officer. Resilience is a six-month program that includes bi-weekly group meetings with an evidence-based

Workshops Sunday, Jan. 12 t 2:30–4 p.m.

Photo courtesy San Diego Convention Center

San Diego’s beaches offer picturesque views of the San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

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