Destination Future is a youth leadership conference aimed at achieving two primary goals.

Goal 1: To increase the civic engagement capacity of young people in care through training and development leadership skills.

Goal 2: To provide a mechanism for youth in care or recently emancipated from care to inform service providers and policy makers on the issues that impact children and youth in out-of-home care.

Through the small group discussion model youth and adults will engage in dialogue to address issues such as involving youth in Child and Family Services Reviews, National Youth in Transition Database, case plans, stakeholder meetings, workforce preparation, and collaboration with state agencies. Youth learn and practice leadership skills, and become advocates for themselves and others. Youth who attend this conference not only make the system better for themselves, but they also pave the way for those to follow. Read the report from the last conference that was held in 2006.