Enrique Montiel

Director of Foster Youth Services @Orangewood Foundation

Santa Ana, CA, US

Directs all aspects of the Youth Connected Program including the foster family agency, onsite dormitory and supportive services on the school campus. Responsible for implementation of trauma informed service coordination. Ensure collaboration with government agencies and community partners. Serves as an important member of the Leadership Team focusing on the furthering Orangewood Foundation’s mission and strategic goals.Develop relationships and communicate with community partners to maintain and expand referral and resource base. Report out regularly to funders on contracted program outcomes and deliverables.Collaborate to recruit, hire and retain a team of staff who are knowledgeable of issues affecting youth in foster care and can support youth who have experienced homelessness, mental health, exploitation, trafficking or are at-risk of being exploited.Adheres to all areas of government contract compliance for the services rendered.Responsible to utilize youth input in program practices and to maintain services that are current, relevant and consistent with the needs of the target population.Provide supervision, guidance, coaching, and training to program supervisors of direct care staff.Ensure program meets operational and performance benchmarks and data accuracy is in adherence to guidelines for reporting.Direct the implementation and evaluation of relevant initiatives, current and future programming.Lead effective program meetings and weekly individual/group supervisions.Provide crisis intervention, as needed, to support the operations of the Program.Provide after hours on-call response to emergency situations.Develop, update and implement Program policies and procedure, ensuring all Program staff are knowledgeable of processes and expectations and the fidelity of organizational policies across all program sites.

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Bachelor of Arts - BA

California Coast University

Master’s of Science