YAP is honored to be one of the presenters at the National Summit on Annual Youth Engagement.

YAP's presentation on "Authentic Engagement with High and Complex Need Youth" is led by National Policy Director Shaena Fazal and members of our Chicago Team, including Regional Director Dave Williams, Director Steve Gates, and two YAP alumni Cortez Wraggs and Eugene Marshall.

Sponsored by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunity Initiative and Chapin Hall on August 5th and 6th in Chicago, the summit boasts 450 of the nation’s leading policy makers, youth advocates, researchers, grant makers and practitioners across a variety of disciplines including education, employment, finance, housing, health, child welfare and other cornerstones of adulthood join to discuss authentic youth engagement.