YAP Board of Directors and staff participate in third Hill Day in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 25. To date, it's the agency's largest Hill Day.
Washington, D.C. – To help educate policymakers about the mission of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., its Board of Directors and leaders from across the nonprofit traveled to the nation’s Capital to participate in its largest Hill Day on Sept. 25.
Hill Day provides an opportunity for organizations like YAP® to inform and educate lawmakers about their needs and challenges. YAP® continues to seek federal investments in youth justice prevention, community-based services, greater funding flexibility, and reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
YAP® is a national nonprofit that partners with youth justice, child welfare, and other systems in communities across the U.S. to deliver family-centered, accountability-focused services as an alternative to correctional and residential care facilities. Twenty-four YAP® employees and 10 members of the Board of Directors attended the agency’s third Hill Day.
“What YAP does to support youth, families and communities matter and it is important that decision makers hear about the important work that we do,” said YAP® CEO and President Gary Ivory. “As a nonpartisan organization, YAP will continue working across the aisle with our national and local lawmakers to garner support for our evidence-based work that helps to reduce the need for young people in institutional placements.”
Former YAP® youth justice program participants Curtis Moore and Lashawn Jenkins shared their stories with legislators during Hill Day. Moore is now a YAP® Lead Director in New Jersey, and Jenkins is a YAP® Advocate in Cook County, Ill.
Moore, Jenkins, and other YAP® Advocates and staff work with young people and their families to support them with the tools they need to succeed economically, emotionally, and educationally.
YAP Chief Business Development Officer Dave Williams and Vice President of Workforce and Economic Development Patrick Young. YAP Vice President Kimberly Brandon and Board of Director member Tony Mann. YAP Vice President Jamaal Crawford and Vice President Kimberly Brandon. YAP Board of Directors member Tony Mann and Vice President Jamaal Crawford. YAP Regional Director Monique Robbins, Cook County, Ill. Advocate Lashawn Jenkins, Director Monique Crisp and Regional Director E’Ron Leveston. YAP Board of Director member Teddy Reese. YAP Regional Director Renise Harris and CEO/President Gary Ivory. VP of Workforce and Economic Development Patrick Young and YAP Regional Director Renise Harris. YAP Cook County, Ill. Advocate LaShawn Jenkins, Regional Director Renise Harris and Director Monique Crisp. YAP Board of Director Stephan Ward, CEO and President Gary Ivory, Regional Director Renise Harris and YAP COO Joanne Troutman. YAP Chief Program Office LaVeisha Cummings and Chief Business Development Office Dave Williams. YAP Vice President Jamaal Crawford and Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings. YAP Board of Directors member Teddy Reese and Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings. YAP Vice President Kimberly Brandon and Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings. YAP Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings and Chief Operating Officer Joanne Troutman. YAP Vice President of Workforce and Economic Development and Chief Program Office LaVeisha Cummings. YAP Vice President Jamaal Crawford, Regional Director E’Ron Leveston, Lead Director Curtis Moore and VP of Workforce and Economic Development Patrick Young. YAP Regional Director Renise Harris, Vice President of CQI and Operational Excellence Michelle Heim and Chief of Learning and Innovation Carla Benway. YAP Regional Director Renise Harris, Vice President of Partnerships and International Development Diana Matteson and Board of Directors member Ellana Watson. YAP Chief of Learning and Innovation Carla Benway, Board of Director members Heather Wenzel and James Gee, and Regional Director Regina Scarmack. YAP Board of Director member Tony Mann, Vice President Kimberly Brandon, Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings, Vice President of CQI and Operational Excellence Michelle Heim, General Counsel Linda Randby and Vice President Jamaal Crawford. YAP Regional Director Regina Scarmack, Board of Director members James Gee, Heather Wenzel. YAP Regional Director Regina Scarmack, Vice President Kimberly Brandon and Chief of Learning and Innovation Carla Benway. YAP Vice President Kimberly Brandon and Chief Program Officer LaVeisha Cummings. YAP Board of Directors members Husnah Khan, Ellana Watson, Heather Wenzel and Regional Director Renise Harris. YAP Chief Business Development Officer Dave Williams. YAP Vice President Kimberly Brandon and Chief of Learning and Innovation Carla Benway. YAP Chief of Learning and Innovation Carla Benway and Board of Director member Teddy Reese. YAP General Counsel Linda Randby.
