San Diego Youth Coalition in downtown San Diego operates under the California Youth Coalition umbrella, running youth diversion and mentorship programs designed to redirect at-risk adolescents away from the juvenile justice system. The organization's programming includes the Myself Project for identity development, Unity Labs for collaborative skill-building, and Rebel Kids for creative expression—a youth empowerment model that parallels the first-generation college preparation work at Reality Changers nearby downtown. Diversion services connect youth ages 12 to 18 with restorative justice conferencing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and prosocial skill-building as alternatives to formal prosecution under San Diego County's pre-filing diversion framework. Case management extends to housing referrals, educational re-enrollment, and family stabilization support, coordinating with street-level outreach organizations like Urban Street Angels that engage the same transitional-age population. The coalition's highest-impact interventions involve multi-month individualized diversion plans combining court advocacy, mental health services, and vocational mentoring to keep youth out of the formal juvenile justice system entirely.