Julia Arroyo, executive director of the Young Women's Freedom Center (YWFC), and youth organizer Eva Berrios described a peer-led model that the organization said has produced steep reductions in recidivism and sustained employment and education outcomes for program completers.

Arroyo said YWFC's mission is to empower young women, girls and gender-expansive people affected by juvenile or criminal-justice involvement through leadership development, system-change work and community-based research. The organization's programming includes weekly "emerging leaders in detention" workshops, 12-week freedom circles, paid internships, leader fellowships and participatory defense hubs that engage families and communities.

Arroyo told the board the organization tracks outcomes and presented statewide figures: a 79–85% reduction in recidivism for program completers and up to 90% maintaining employment or education after program completion. She also cited cumulative delivery hours (15,780 hours in leadership and programming) and specified that YWFC delivered roughly 257 hours of youth development programming inside juvenile detention, and 1,695 hours of court-based and systems advocacy support.

Board members welcomed the presentation and asked for San Francisco-specific metrics; Arroyo said the numbers presented were statewide and offered to provide a local community impact report and share presentation materials with the board by email.

At the end of the presentation members highlighted the group's strong peer-based approach and discussed potential opportunities for collaboration on reentry, housing and services for people with histories of exploitation, trafficking or gender-based violence. YWFC told the board it has worked with counties and system partners to adapt its model, citing a Santa Clara County partnership that sought to reduce incarceration of girls.