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3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic

Contact	Joi Jackson-Morgan (Executive Director)
Address	1728 Bancroft Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-1707
Fax	(415) 822-1723
Hours	M-F: 1pm-5pm (Clinic), M-F: 5pm-7pm (Youth Center)
Email	joi@3rdStyouth.org
Website	www.3rdstyouth.org
Target	Youth and adults ages 12-24
Additional Languages	Spanish

3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic is a community based non-profit youth organization in Bayview Hunters Point with medical and behavioral health services and programming. 3rd Street specializes in empowering youth to make decisions to support their health, safety and development. Youth ages 12-24 can utilize our youth center and FREE clinic resources Monday-Friday from 1pm-5pm. Clinic services include pregnancy testing, HIV and STD tests, birth control and physicals. We also offer paid youth programming ranging from nutrition, music production, exercise classes, support groups, health education, and outreach Monday-Friday from 5pm-7 pm.

Bayview Boom

Contact	John Weiss (Director)
Address
Phone	(415) 689-4335
Fax
Hours	Hours vary
Email	john@bayviewboom.org
Website	www.bayviewboom.org
Target	Boys and Girls, ages 10-20, approximately
Additional Languages

The Bayview BOOM is an engineering and entrepreneurship “school-of-the-streets.” Since 2011, the BOOM has provided hands-on introductory classes in hardware product design, electronics, bicycle repair, motorcycle repair, and more. Participants learn to use professional tools, techniques, and terminology to build and sell our portable boombox. Teens love our boombox project! We develop problem-solving skills, self-control, and a profound sense of accomplishment.

Bayview Clinic – Marin City Health and Wellness Center

Contact	Marlenea Watkins (Outreach Specialist) Michaela Moss (Health Educator)
Address	6301 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 339-8813
Fax	(415) 339-8814
Hours	M, Tu, F: 9am-5pm; W: 9am-3pm; Th: Closed
Email	info@marincityclinic.org mmoss@marincityclinic.org
Website	https://bayviewclinic.org/
Target	African American families, public housing residents, homeless and the general population
Additional Languages	Spanish

Come to the Bayview Clinic for all your healthcare needs! Services include primary medical, dental, behavioral and maternal healthcare, HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) education, and youth leadership programs. Our mission is to provide innovative health and wellness services to all, with the goal of African American health equity. We are located in the historic Arthur H. Coleman Medical Center, founded in 1960 by a local leader and community health pioneer. The Bayview Clinic is affiliated with Marin City Health & Wellness Center, founded in 2006 to provide care for and by African Americans.

Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement, Inc.: Youth Services Program

Contact	James McElroy (Program Director)
Address	5015 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-1585
Fax	(415) 822-6443
Hours	M-F: 10am-8pm & Bi-weekly weekends
Email	james.mcelroy@bayviewci.org
Website	www.bayviewci.org
Target	African American, Latino, & Samoan Youth and TAY – (Ages 12-25)
Additional Languages	Spanish

We are a behavioral health community based program that serves primarily African American, Latino, Samoan youth and TAY females and males. Our services are culturally rooted in the wellness of our youth and their family, social justice, youth empowerment and building young minds. Our services are provided through a continuum of care lens in the community and to Middle/High Schools of students and to families who reside in the Southeast sector and beyond. – Our service menu includes: outpatient drug & alcohol counseling, academic support, life skills, pro-social activities (curriculum based projects: Art & Culture, Sports, Health and STEM) – monthly field trips and incentive projects. For our families we offer a parent and teen-youth empowerment program, for our Girls/TAY young women we offer direct case management services and broker a wide range of life skills and community service focusing on areas like: higher education, financial literacy & entrepreneurship, job readiness, legal support, housing, healthcare etc. Our Juvenile Probation Alternative Program is designed as an alternative to incarceration or out of home placement, and we offer an anti-dropout program for young people who need incentives to stay in school. We promote Bayview Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL Zone).

BVHP YMCA

Contact
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 6am-8pm, Sat: 8am-4:30pm, Sun: 8:30am-1pm
Email
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target
Additional Languages

The Bayview Hunters Point YMCA offers a comprehensive range of programs and services to support children, youth and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. We strive to help youth and families develop positive directions in life by creating programs that increase educational achievement, sustainability, increase leadership skills, provide civic engagement opportunities, and offer recreational activities. Our area of focus includes healthy living, youth development, and social responsibility. We accomplish this through the following programs:

Bayview TLC Family Resource Center

Contact	Tami Minix
Address	1601 Lane Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4235
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F 9am-5pm, some Saturdays
Email	aminix@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Families
Additional Languages	Spanish

Family support services at the Bayview Y are designed to provide families opportunities to gain access to services and supports towards becoming self-sufficient and healthy. Services offered include case management, gender specific support groups, visitation, community events, information and resources.

Huntersview Family Service Center

Contact	Yvette Robles (Interim Sr. Director of Family Support Services)
Address	1101 Fairfax Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F 9am-3pm
Email	yrobles@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Residents of Huntersview
Additional Languages	Spanish, Samoan

Providing a continuum of holist supportive services that uhold families through challenges and growth. We offer parent support groups, early literacy, health and healing through the arts, and support housing stability and food security. Programming includes weekly Food Pantry, Qigong Movement class, Womens Healing Circle, Mindfulness Based Meditation and Housing stability.

Center For Academic Re-ENTRY and Empowerment (CARE)

Contact	Eason Lloyd Ramson (Director)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4231
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F 9am-3pm
Email	eramson@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Students between the ages of 14-19 years old
Additional Languages	Spanish

CARE is a re-engagement center for youth who are chronically or habitually truant or have dropped out of school. Students are provided advocacy and supports needed to complete high school and to transition to positive post-secondary options.

School Site Mentoring Program

Contact	Alem Ambachew (Site Coordinator)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F 9am-5pm
Email	yambachew@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Middle School and High School students
Additional Languages

SSM serves students at local schools providing students case management, advocacy and support groups. Referrals may be made by contacting us directly.

Out of School Time Programs

Beacon Program at Burton High School and MLK MS

Contact	Sarah Ballard-Hanson (Sr. Director of Beacon and Out of School Time Programs)
Address	Burton: 400 Mansell Street, San Francisco, CA 94134 MLK: 350 Girard Street, San Francisco, CA 94134
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 3pm-6pm unless noted in descriptions below
Email	sballard-hanson@ymcasf.net and tcamp@ymcasf.net
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Children, youth, adults
Additional Languages

The Bayview Beacon, a program of the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, has a hub center located at Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School and a satellite center located at MLK Jr. Academic Middle School and Willie Brown Middle School. In partnership with each school, we are implementing the community school’s model to ensure that every student graduates college ready. The Bayview Beacon gives youth the tools to thrive, while also strengthening the legs that support them: parents, family and community. All Beacon programs and services are free and are open to everyone – especially students, parents and residents of Bayview Hunters Point, the Portola District, and Visitacion Valley.

Beacon Program at Willie Brown

Contact	Maysha Bell (Sr. Director of Beacon Program)
Address	2055 Silver Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94134
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 3pm-6pm
Email	mbell@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Children, youth, and adults
Additional Languages

The Willie Brown Beacon program, is a program of the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, at Willie Brown Middle School. In partnership with each school, we are implementing the community school’s model to ensure that every student graduates college ready. The Bayview Beacon gives youth the tools to thrive, while also strengthening the legs that support them: parents, family and community. All Beacon programs and services are free and are open to everyone – especially students, parents and residents of Bayview Hunters Point, the Portola District, and Visitacion Valley. Along with out-of-school time activities for youth, there will also be services and events focused on adults and families. The Beacon’s STEAM focused programming includes: homework help/tutoring, cultural arts, cooking, employment, college/career explorations and sports.

Dr. GW Carver Elementary School

Contact	Arra Dacquel (Site Coordinator)
Address	1030 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 535-9214
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 3pm-6pm
Email	adacquel@ymcasf.net
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Children, youth, and adults
Additional Languages

The Carver After School Program, a program of the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, provides a safe space and learning opportunities after school for Carver Elementary students. The program offers a healthy snack along with comprehensive enrichment, recreation and academic programming. Throughout the program, our goal is to provide all participants with the highest-quality youth development experience. This approach builds young people’s resiliency as they face their daily challenges and supports their natural inclination to pursue their own growth into healthy, productive young adults.

Middle School Programming

Just 4 Girls/Fellas After School Program

Contact	Sarah Ballard-Hanson (Sr. Director of Beacon and Out of School Time Programs)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7769
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 3:30pm-7pm
Email	sballard-hanson@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target
Additional Languages

The Fellas/Just 4 Girls is a middle school program designed to provide a safe environment for boys/girls to learn to navigate their way through the perils of the community/school and to become involved in positive activities. We accomplish this by providing a balance of academic support (homework assistance), behavioral health, creative arts leadership, sports/recreation, community safety and advocacy. Our target population are youth in middle school who reside in district 10. Our middle school program follows the San Francisco Unified School District calendar.

Just Choizes Teen Center/Multi Media Center

Contact	Sarah Ballard-Hanson (Sr. Director of Beacon and Out of School Time Programs)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 3:30pm-7pm
Email	sballard-hanson@ymcasf.net
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	8th Grade-High School students
Additional Languages

Just Choizes, a social justice program, empowers youth to become change makers in their community. The program will focus on 2 large projects per year that aim to make significant local impact. Youth can apply for Just Choizes positions at 2 points throughout the school year. Youth will attend Just Choizes programs one day a week for 2 hours each day. Hours increase after each action project is established; youth will also attend field trips outside of weekly groups. Youth are residents of District 10.

Transitional Aged Youth Workforce Program

Contact	Demetrius Durham (Director of Workforce Development)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4240
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	Varies
Email	ddurham@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Youth and young adults ages 16-24
Additional Languages

The TAY Program provides groups, case management, leadership development and skill building for youth and young adults between the ages of 16-24 years old. Referrals can be made by contacting us directly.

Primed and Prepped

Contact	Kelly Armstrong (Director)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	Varies
Email	karmstrong@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	Students aged 14-19 years old
Additional Languages

Primed and Prepped is a culinary arts and hospitality management program for students aged 14-19 years old. Students gain real life skills that will prepare them for the workforce and other post-secondary opportunities. Additionally, students who complete the program have opportunities for employment and apprenticeships in the industry.

Sports & Recreation

Contact	Tino Ellington (Director)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4226
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	Varies
Email	cellington@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target
Additional Languages

For ten years the Bayview YMCA has provided sports offerings for children and youth in the community. Participants can expect to learn the core YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility as they also learn the fundamentals of their respective sports interests, the importance of team work, sportsmanship and commitment. Enrollment varies depending on the season.

Facility Membership

Contact	Adaysha Patton (Coordinator)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4246
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	M-F: 6am-8pm, Sat: 8am-4:30pm, Sun: 8:30am-1pm
Email	apatton@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target
Additional Languages

Facility Membership opportunities are available to all. Our membership offers opportunities for individuals and families to our wellness coaches, new fitness center, gymnasium, group exercise classes (both low and high impact classes). Some classes include: strength and conditioning, Zumba, Move to Improve, children’s ballet, wellness walks, and so much more!

African American Holistic Wellness Program

Contact	Gigi Hill-Hopkins (Sr. Director of Health & Wellness)
Address	1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-7728 ext. 4256
Fax	(415) 822-7769
Hours	Varies
Email	ghill-hopkins@ymcasf.org
Website	www.ymcasf.org/bayview
Target	African American adults
Additional Languages

The AAHW provides opportunities within the Bayview Hunters Point, Western Addition and OMIE communities in San Francisco, to provide wellness amongst the African American community. This is accomplished through social connectedness opportunities such as family events, health and wellness activities, support groups, and short-term counseling.

Comprehensive Crisis Services

Contact	Stephanie Felder
Address	3801 3rd Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 970-3800; Crisis line is (415) 970-3800/4000
Fax	(415) 970-3813
Hours	24/7
Email	stephanie.felder@sfdph.org
Website
Target
Additional Languages	Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog

Comprehensive Crisis Services is a 24-7 day/ week mobile multi-disciplinary, culturally diverse team that provides service to individuals who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and or have experienced community violence. We offer crisis intervention, 5150 assessments, up to 30-day crisis case management, debriefing, counseling and therapy services for up to 24 months. Staff is on-site Mon-Fri 8:30a-11:00p and Saturday 12:00p-8:00p. During Sundays, holidays and after hours we have an on-call team that can provide phone triage and response.

EcoCenter

Contact	Susie Wasserstrom (Manager)
Address	32 Jennings Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 839-4963
Fax
Hours	W-Sat: 9:30am-3:30pm
Email	ecocenter@bay.org
Website	www.ecocenterhhp.org
Target	K-12 youth and transitional age young adults
Additional Languages

Our mission is to protect, restore, and inspire conservation of San Francisco Bay and its watershed, from the Sierra to the sea. An environmental justice success story, the EcoCenter is a living classroom and drop-in visitor center demonstrating how we can better use Earth’s resources in order to foster healthy people, ecosystems, and economies in our local communities. Committed to community-building, we offer elementary school through college educational programming, internships for youth and young adults, tours of our off-the-grid, sustainable building, community space use, and other family-focused events.

FACES SF Bayview

Contact	Telma Alcantara
Address	100 Whitney Young Circle, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 821-7550 ext. 270 or option 2
Fax	(415) 821-0442
Hours	M-F: 7am-6pm
Email	talcantara@facessf.org
Website	www.facessf.org
Target	18 months – 12 years of age
Additional Languages	Spanish and Tagalog

We give the children developmentally appropriate activities that develop the whole child. We have an inclusion program that includes working with specialist in the arts: music, ballet, stick-dance, self-defense, P.E., gardening, and much more. We provide an emerging curriculum that helps the children develop things that interest them and help them make the connection to real life experiences.

Friends of the Children – SF Bay Area

Contact	Frederique Clermont (Program Director)
Address	111 Quint Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 400-4998
Fax
Hours	M-F: 9am-5pm (Office); Tu-Sat.: 10am-6pm (Mentors)
Email	fclermont@friendssfbayarea.org
Website	www.friendssfbayarea.org
Target	Kindergartners attending our Bayview community partner HOPE-SF Schools – Malcom X Academy, G.W. Carver ES and Hillcrest ES.
Additional Languages

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN is an innovative Professional Mentoring program that helps vulnerable children transform their lives. •Friends begins working with children in kindergarten and stays with them all the way through high school graduation –12-1/2 years, no matter what! •Friends uses full-time, salaried, Professional Mentors–not volunteers. •Each child spends four hours a week with their Professional Mentor. •Friends develops an individualized plan to help each child reach their academic and social potential.

Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco

Contact	Celina Lucero (Executive Director)
Address	440 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone	(415) 487-6700
Fax	(415) 487-6724
Hours	M-Th: 10am-7pm; F:10am-6:30pm
Email	info@horizons-sf.org
Website	www.horizons-sf.org
Target	Middle School / High School / TAY youth & their families
Additional Languages	Spanish

Horizons offers a wide array of culturally competent and innovative substance use prevention, treatment, mental, health, gender-specific and employment services and programs that promote healthy development and empower youth and families to take action in their community. Our staff family mirrors the backgrounds and life experience of those we serve, and through the provision of a variety of high appeal programs, help to transform their lives.

Hunters Point Family

Gilman Playground (Rec Connect)

Contact	Jeremy Tom
Address	1 Bill Walsh Way, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 573-8449
Fax
Hours	M-F: 10am-6pm; Saturday community events as scheduled
Email	jtom55@hotmail.com
Website	www.hunterspointfamily.org
Target	Ages 10-18
Additional Languages

Offers academic support, cultural and arts enrichment, recreational activities, community events and a comprehensive full-day summer camp program.

Girls 2000

Contact	Sherri (Program Director)
Address	788 Kirkwood Road, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 824-3225
Fax
Hours	M-F: 12pm-8pm; Sat: 10am-2pm
Email	takai@hunterspointfamily.org
Website	www.hunterspointfamily.org
Target	“In-risk” girls ages 10 – 18 living in public/subsidized housing in Bayview Hunters Point
Additional Languages

Offers case management, educational advocacy and tutoring, life-skills training, nutrition classes, community gardening, enrichment classes and recreational activities.

Peacekeepers Program & Bayview Safe Haven Program

Contact	Maurice Moret (HPF Program Director) or Aisha Robinson
Address	59 Cameron Way, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-2950
Fax
Hours	M-F: 11:30am-8pm; Sat: 10am-2pm (Garden Program)
Email	maurice_monet@yahoo.com
Website	www.hunterspointfamily.org
Target	“High risk” youth and young adults living in/near the Alice Griffith public housing community.
Additional Languages

Case management, educational advocacy and tutoring, nutrition classes, development and life-skills workshops, enrichment classes and recreational activities. Peacekeeper has a Garden Program on Saturday from10am-2pm. Bayview Safe Haven is located at 90 Northridge Road, for youth living in or near “Harbor Road” public housing community.

Somethin Fresh

Contact	Candice Pierson
Address	1800 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-8895
Fax
Hours	M-F: 10am-7pm
Email	candice@hunterspointfamily.org
Website	www.hunterspointfamily.org
Target	Youth workers: 16-25 years/customers: residents in 94124 area
Additional Languages

Provide on-the-job training and paid internships in youth-run business/provide low-cost, fresh fruit delivery to families/residents and workers in 94124 area.

Ujaama

Contact	Melody Daniel (Director)
Address	1800 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-8894
Fax
Hours
Email	melody@hunterspointfamily.org
Website	www.hunterspointfamily.org
Target	Youth and young adults ages 16-24 years
Additional Languages

Job readiness, job training, job placement, barrier removal

La Casa de las Madres

Contact	Connie Swain (Sr. Case Manager) or Traci Everitt (Case Manager)
Address	1815 Egbert Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 715-3129 or (415) 715-3225 24hr/day crisis hotline – adult: (877) 503-1850; teen: (415) 923-0700
Fax	(415) 330-3396
Hours	M-F: 8am-5pm
Email	connie@lacasa.org swainc@sfha.org traci@lacasa.org tracie@sfha.org
Website	www.lacasa.org
Target	Domestic violence survivors of all ages and backgrounds; Safe Housing Project specifically targets residents of and applicants to San Francisco Housing Authority, Section 8, and project-based vouchers.
Additional Languages	Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Samoan

The Safe Housing Project provides comprehensive domestic violence intervention and advocacy services to assist victims of domestic violence and residents/housing choice voucher recipients of the San Francisco Housing Authority. These include survivor-based support services like emergency transfer advocacy, crisis intervention, counseling, and case management as well as site-based supports like domestic violence training for staff, outreach and education for residents, and consultations. La Casa also offers drop in services, legal assistance with restraining orders, criminal justice advocacy, 24-hour multilingual crisis hotlines, short-term confidential shelter, and teen services. * Also located at 1663 Mission Street, Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Lifting and Empowering Generations of Adults, Children, and Youth (LEGACY)

Contact	Bonnie Friedman
Address	1305 Evans Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 920-7700
Fax	(415) 920-7729
Hours	M-F: 8:30am-5pm
Email	bonnie.friedman@sfdph.org
Website
Target	Parents/caregivers whose children are involved in one or more of the following systems: mental health, foster care, special education or juvenile justice. We also assist transitional aged youth (TAY) from 14-21 years of age who are or have been involved in one of the systems listed above and can benefit from mentoring and navigation services in their transition to adulthood.
Additional Languages	Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese

Assists families in navigating agencies and services such as behavioral health, foster care, juvenile justice and special education. Youth team, family/parent advocate, parenting classes, girls group, mentoring and other psycho-educational work groups.

Project Wreckless

Contact	Tori Freeman
Address	1449 Mendell Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 350-2927
Fax
Hours	Varies due to program times
Email	tori@projectwreckless.org
Website	www.projectwreckless.org
Target	14-25, will be screened
Additional Languages

Project Wreckless is a capacity development program targeting youth in our community who are more likely to drop out of school, abuse substances and/or engage in criminal activity. Project Wreckless provides tools for life through an immersive curriculum centered around the restoration of cars. We don’t just provide tools and support. We expect more of our youth so they gain the confidence to expect more of themselves.

Reading Partners, San Francisco Bay Area

Contact	Jennifer Mao
Address	474 Valencia Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone	(510) 612-5261
Fax
Hours	M-F: 8am-5pm
Email	jennifer.mao@readingpartners.org
Website	www.readingpartners.org
Target	Kindergarten through 4th grade students reading .5-2.5 years below grade level.
Additional Languages

Reading Partners is an educational nonprofit that connects passionate volunteers with struggling elementary readers, to help students build strong literacy skills, gain confidence, and discover a passion for reading. Reading Partners provides volunteers with a highly effective and easy-to-follow curriculum, along with full-time staff support, so that no experience is required to make a difference! For just one hour a week, volunteers make a huge impact: On average, students double their rate of learning while enrolled in the program. By empowering communities, Reading Partners envisions a future where all children have the reading skills they need to reach their full potential. We are currently placing volunteers at Bret Harte Elementary (1035 Gilman Avenue, 94124). Please contact if interested in volunteering.

San Francisco Adult Probation Department

Contact	Steve Adami
Address	880 Bryant Street,Room 200, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone	(415) 489-7308
Fax	(415) 241-4201
Hours	M-F: 8:30am-5pm
Email	steve.adami@sfgov.org
Website	www.sfgov.org/adultprobation
Target	Justice Involved Adults who are San Francisco Residents
Additional Languages

The CASC is a one-stop community corrections reentry center which serves justice involved adults who reside in San Francisco. A partnership between the San Francisco Adult Probation Department (APD) and Citywide/UCSF, the CASC bridges APD probation supervision services with comprehensive case management, barrier removal, and income benefits acquisition assistance. The CASC co-locates services that build self-sufficiency, including a charter high school, vocational and employment readiness training and job placement services, mental health, and substance abuse prevention services, batterers’ intervention programs, cognitive behavioral interventions, and meeting space for community partners. The goals of the CASC are to reduce recidivism, build self-sufficiency skills, and increase public safety. Citywide/UCSF is the CASC’s primary services provider and coordinates all CASC services. Other key partners include Five Keys Schools and Programs, America Works, Community Works West, Senior Ex Offender Program, OTTP, Transitions Clinic, HealthRIGHT360, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, RSN, Phatt Chance Community Services, the Department of Public Health, Human Services Agency and Department of Child Support Services.

San Francisco Brown Bombers Football & Cheer

Contact	Ranon E. Ross, Sr.
Address	509 Mendell Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone	(415) 820-1516
Fax	(925) 771-1481
Hours	T, W, F: 5pm-7pm
Email	sfbombers@hotmail.com
Website	www.sfbrownbombers.org
Target	Youth 5-15 years old
Additional Languages

We provide tackle football, cheer-leading and dance opportunities for youth ages 5 to 15 years old. We provide academic support and mentoring services to participants in need of services. We provide leadership opportunities for youth and volunteer opportunities for adults through the administration of ALL our programs. We create community partnerships to help foster community building with local businesses, government, churches, and Community Based Organizations (CBO).

San Francisco Conservation Corps

Contact	Jeff Bostic (Outreach Manager) & JoPierre Davis (Contact Recruiter)
Address	205 13th Street, Suite 2001, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone	(415) 928-7322 ext. 1001 or (415) 740-4830
Fax
Hours	7:30am-4:30pm
Email	dbarnes@sfcc.org
Website	www.sfcc.org
Target	18-25 TAY
Additional Languages

Since 1983, over 5,000 young people have taken the challenge to become Corpsmembers, working 5 million hours on hundreds of landscaping, conservation, recycling and playground renovation projects to enhance the environment and communities of San Francisco. The San Francisco Conservation Corps offers young people opportunities to develop themselves, their academic abilities and marketable job skills while addressing community needs through service work. SFCC has grown from a basic education and training program into a robust academic, job training, work readiness and life skills experience for over 100 very low-income young adults each year.

San Francisco Education Fund

Contact	Thomas Laursen
Address	2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone	(415) 695-5400 ext. 3024
Fax	(415) 695-5401
Hours	M-F: 9am-5:30pm
Email	volunteer@sfedfund.org
Website	www.sfedfund.org
Target	Students and Teachers
Additional Languages

The San Francisco Education Fund harnesses the power of the community to equip every child with the skills to succeed in college, career and civic responsibility. Volunteers work in many capacities within San Francisco’s public schools: as one-on-one tutors, as classroom assistants and as non-academic mentors. From math and English, to music and art, to technology, as library assistants and college and career counselors, our volunteers are there to give students that little bit of extra help they may need to reach their full potential.

San Francisco Housing Development Corporation

Contact	Jacklyn LaQuindanum
Address	4439 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-1022
Fax	(866) 652-4077
Hours	M-F: 9am-5pm
Email	fecstaff@sfhdc.org
Website	www.sfhdc.org
Target	Life skill development training
Additional Languages

I provide Life Skill Development Workshops for community. And offer Supportive Services Referrals to the community. Most of my responsibilities are with the Bayview Commons Apartments, which are dual-diagnosed families who I provide supportive service needs.

San Francisco Suicide Prevention

Contact	Courtney Brown
Address	PO Box 191350, San Francisco, CA 94119
Phone	(415) 984-1900
Fax	(415) 227-0247
Hours	24/7
Email	info@sfsuicide.org
Website	www.sfsuicide.org
Target	All ages/populations
Additional Languages	Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Samoan

San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s 24-hour Crisis Line provides immediate crisis intervention and emotional support. Since 1962, we have been answering the telephone around the clock, and have been able to maintain this service for nearly fifty years through the wonderful dedication of our volunteers. All volunteers are trained and supervised by a professional staff, and all receive ongoing training to hone their skills with the newest developments in the field of suicide prevention. The crisis line number is 415-781-0500.

Young Community Developers, Inc.

Contact	Lindsey Lopez
Address	1715 Yosemite Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone	(415) 822-3491
Fax	(415) 822-1196
Hours	M, W, Th, F: 8am-5pm; Tu: 8am-8pm
Email	llopez@ycdjobs.org
Website	www.ycdjobs.org
Target
Additional Languages

The Mission of Young Community Developers, Inc. is to empower and inspire Southeast Sector Residents to engage in employment and educational opportunities, by applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to be creative and achieve personal success; through comprehensive preparation techniques that result in barrier remediation and develop disenfranchised residents into creative problem solvers and responsible contributors to their families and the economic development of Southeast Sector neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Young Women’s Freedom Center

Contact	Julia Arroyo (ProgramDirector)
Address	832 Folsom Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone	(415) 703-8800 ext 211
Fax
Hours	M & Th: 9am-7pm / T, W, F: 9am-5pm
Email	julia@cywd.org
Website	www.youngwomenfree.org
Target	cis-gender, transgender, queer
Additional Languages	Spanish

*Formerly known as The Center for Young Women’s Development

Sister circle every Thursday 4:00-6:00, 9 month paid internship opportunity, care management, courtroom advocacy, Rap session every Friday 3:30-4:30 in SF Juvenile Justice. We use education as a practice of freedom.