Vincianna Reed

As Program Manager at Rafiki Coalition, I lead the development and execution of community-centered
health and wellness programs that align with the organization’s mission to improve lives of marginalized communities. In this role, I oversee all aspects of event and program management, ensuring that each initiative
is grounded in a trauma-informed approach that meets the holistic needs of our participants. My responsibilities include supervising a dedicated team, managing program budgets and resources, and fostering strong relationships with community members, stakeholders, and partner organizations. I work closely with internal and external partners

to create integrated service offerings that address the social determinants of health, and I continuously seek opportunities to enhance and grow our programs based on data-driven insights and community feedback.

Responsible for engaging and assisting foster youth and other clients, family members, foster parents, and other support persons in forming a Child and Family Team (CFT). The CFT works with identified support persons from natural supports and formal system partners (child welfare, education, juvenile probation, etc.) to comprehensively address the child and family’s identified goals. Coordinates, monitors and contributes to the activities of all parties involved in the care and treatment of the child and family to support and ensure successful and enduring change consistent with the CFT Plan. Provide
a diversity of care through conducting short term needs and strengths assessments and providing stabilization support services to children and TAY in a milieu environment.

Optimal Solution Consulting specializes in day to day operations, strategic organizational planning and special project consulting to address the evolving needs of stakeholders.

Ensuring foster and probation youth persist and succeed in secondary and post-secondary education, and secure sustainable, living-wage employment. Supervising 4+ staff members, managing an annual budget of over $700,000, and overseeing all department programming. Along with overseeing the Pathways to College program, building on B:E's highly successful college support and retention program, and overseeing B:E's workforce development programming

Brought a compassionate lens to the work, supervised 7+ entry-level mental health staff in responding to foster youth experiencing varying levels of trauma while they await placement. Holding the responsibilities of development and evaluation, informed curriculum and training of Support Counselor staff, helping to grow and develop their clinical perspective to enhance client services. I also served as a liaison working with other WCC programs, Alameda County Social Services, and other external partners in coordinating client placements and monitoring continuity of client care.

As the Executive Administrative Coordinator, I provided executive-level administrative support for communications, grant making, policy advocacy, fund development, finance, board and administration.

As a resident Services Coordinator, I was responsible for assessing resident needs, developing and/ or identifying programming to meet those needs, making resource information available to residents, and providing linkages to needed services for low-income residents living in affordable housing developments.

As a Program Coordinator, I supported the TAY leadership team in developing new skills, facilitating trainings and meetings, and coordinating outreach events designed to promote wellness and leadership within the TAY community. In collaboration with other TAY-focused organizations and the Programs Manager, I was also responsible for building new and sustaining relationships to expand communities of youth and young adults to support wellness.

As a Youth Advocate, I represented the foster youth voice in Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) through participation in DCFS meetings and speaking engagements. Additionally, assisted in the training and education of new child welfare workers through completion of County-assigned projects.