Foster Youth
Click organization name to link to home website or zip code for neighborhood list. Not an exhaustive list.
• Alternative Family Services • 94621 (Oakland), 94588 (Pleasanton), 94901 (San Rafael), 94591 (Vallejo), 94134 (San Francisco), 95403 (Santa Rosa)
• California College Pathways • 94104
• Children's Village of Sonoma County • 95403 (Santa Rosa)
• City Youth Now • 94127
• EMQ Families First Contra Costa • 94520 (Concord)
• First Place for Youth • 94103
• Forget Me Not Farms Children's Services • 95407 (Santa Rosa)
• Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, Santa Rosa Junior College • 95403 (Santa Rosa)
• Larkin Street Youth Services • 94109
• Northern California Family Center • 94553 (Martinez), 94596 (Walnut Creek)
• Parents Place Family Resource Center • Multiple locations throughout Bay Area
• Redwood Empire Foster Parent Association • 95402 (Santa Rosa)
• Seneca Family of Agencies (24th St. Location) • 94110
• Transitional Age Youth San Francisco (TAYSF ... • 94102
• Valley of the Moon Children's Home, County of Sonoma Human Services • 95406
• V.O.I.C.E.S • 95401 (Santa Rosa)
• Youth Chance High School • 94105
• California College Pathways • 94104
• Children's Village of Sonoma County • 95403 (Santa Rosa)
• City Youth Now • 94127
• EMQ Families First Contra Costa • 94520 (Concord)
• First Place for Youth • 94103
• Forget Me Not Farms Children's Services • 95407 (Santa Rosa)
• Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, Santa Rosa Junior College • 95403 (Santa Rosa)
• Larkin Street Youth Services • 94109
• Northern California Family Center • 94553 (Martinez), 94596 (Walnut Creek)
• Parents Place Family Resource Center • Multiple locations throughout Bay Area
• Redwood Empire Foster Parent Association • 95402 (Santa Rosa)
• Seneca Family of Agencies (24th St. Location) • 94110
• Transitional Age Youth San Francisco (TAYSF ... • 94102
• Valley of the Moon Children's Home, County of Sonoma Human Services • 95406
• V.O.I.C.E.S • 95401 (Santa Rosa)
• Youth Chance High School • 94105
Alternative Family Services "They say, "It takes a village to raise a child." AFS is that village for hundreds of Northern California foster children and their families. AFS is a foster, adoptions, and mental health agency that has been creating safe, permanent connections for foster children and youth in the Bay Area since 1978."
"The Mission of Alternative Family Services is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and wellbeing in communites."
Contact:
Oakland, Santa Rosa, Vallejo, San Francisco, San Rafael, Pleasanton and Sacramento
See Website for specific contact information per location. Alternative Family Services
"The Mission of Alternative Family Services is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and wellbeing in communites."
Contact:
Oakland, Santa Rosa, Vallejo, San Francisco, San Rafael, Pleasanton and Sacramento
See Website for specific contact information per location. Alternative Family Services
California College Pathways "By engaging institutions to work together, sharing best practices, and advocating for policies that support foster youth in higher education, California College Pathways is helping foster youth across the state achieve their higher education goals and move on to fulfilling careers. "
"California College Pathways:
-Supports campus networks of programs for foster youth
-Provides training and technical assistance for emerging and established campus programs
-Advocates for policies and regulations to improve higher education outcomes for foster youth
-Collaborates to create a more seamless pipeline to college for K-12 foster youth"
Contact
John Burton Foundation
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1142 S
an Francisco, CA 94104
phone: 415.348.0011
Fax: 415.348.0099
[email protected]
"California College Pathways:
-Supports campus networks of programs for foster youth
-Provides training and technical assistance for emerging and established campus programs
-Advocates for policies and regulations to improve higher education outcomes for foster youth
-Collaborates to create a more seamless pipeline to college for K-12 foster youth"
Contact
John Burton Foundation
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1142 S
an Francisco, CA 94104
phone: 415.348.0011
Fax: 415.348.0099
[email protected]
Children's Village of Sonoma County " The mission of Sonoma County Children's Village is tto provide nurturing, stable family homes in a multi-generational, enriched environment for children and their siblings in foster care.
Sonoma County Children's Village is a unique, non-profit organization providing nurturing, family-style homes for children and siblings in foster care. Opened in August 2006, The Village currently consists of four large houses serving 24 children, and four apaartments for seniors who act as surrogate grandparents. "Village Parents" staff the homes and care of the children; "Village Grandparents" spend volunteer time with the children. The Village is' located on a 2.2 acre site at 1321 Lia Lane in Santa Rosa (in the 1300 block of Kawana Terrace).
Anchoring The Village is the G.K. Hardt Village Community Center, built with a generous donation from the GK Hardt Estate. The Center is a spacious, welcoming facility used for Village activities, and includes a library, computer area, tutoring space, and art rooms for the children. A playground and basketball court flank the Community Center. When fully, built, The Village will consist of six children's homes, four Grandparent apartments, and will serve 48 children and siblings."
Contact:
Call (707)566-7044
email [email protected]
Mailing Address:
1321 Lia Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Sonoma County Children's Village is a unique, non-profit organization providing nurturing, family-style homes for children and siblings in foster care. Opened in August 2006, The Village currently consists of four large houses serving 24 children, and four apaartments for seniors who act as surrogate grandparents. "Village Parents" staff the homes and care of the children; "Village Grandparents" spend volunteer time with the children. The Village is' located on a 2.2 acre site at 1321 Lia Lane in Santa Rosa (in the 1300 block of Kawana Terrace).
Anchoring The Village is the G.K. Hardt Village Community Center, built with a generous donation from the GK Hardt Estate. The Center is a spacious, welcoming facility used for Village activities, and includes a library, computer area, tutoring space, and art rooms for the children. A playground and basketball court flank the Community Center. When fully, built, The Village will consist of six children's homes, four Grandparent apartments, and will serve 48 children and siblings."
Contact:
Call (707)566-7044
email [email protected]
Mailing Address:
1321 Lia Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
City Youth Now "For over half a century, our mission has remained constant—City Youth Now supports youth in the San Francisco foster care and juvenile justice systems by providing funds for services and programs that promote stability and personal growth.
City Youth Now, originally founded in 1950, is the first non-profit organization of its kind in the history of the United States' juvenile court system. City Youth Now diligently works behind the scenes to address the unique needs of children and youth under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Juvenile Court System. Probation officers, social workers, attorneys, and others come to us daily with requests for youth under their supervision.
City Youth Now works to ensure that youth in the juvenile court system have the same positive youth development opportunities as other children to grow into mature and successful adults.
The realities youth in the system face intensify every decade. The youth we serve come from low-income families, often with histories of child abuse and neglect, gun violence, incarceration, and/or substance abuse. The children come from all over San Francisco. They range in age from newborn to 18 years old, sometimes older for those youth who have recently emancipated from foster care. While they come from different communities around the city, the one thing they have in common is that they have each endured more than their share of trauma and hardship. Our hope is that by providing them with opportunities they might not otherwise have, they will have a better chance of breaking out of the cycle of violence and addiction that entraps so many of their peers and adult community members."
City Youth Now Currently Provides:
Contact
City Youth Now
375 Woodside Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
Ananda Joy Hart, Esq.
Managing Director
415-753-7576
[email protected]
City Youth Now, originally founded in 1950, is the first non-profit organization of its kind in the history of the United States' juvenile court system. City Youth Now diligently works behind the scenes to address the unique needs of children and youth under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Juvenile Court System. Probation officers, social workers, attorneys, and others come to us daily with requests for youth under their supervision.
City Youth Now works to ensure that youth in the juvenile court system have the same positive youth development opportunities as other children to grow into mature and successful adults.
The realities youth in the system face intensify every decade. The youth we serve come from low-income families, often with histories of child abuse and neglect, gun violence, incarceration, and/or substance abuse. The children come from all over San Francisco. They range in age from newborn to 18 years old, sometimes older for those youth who have recently emancipated from foster care. While they come from different communities around the city, the one thing they have in common is that they have each endured more than their share of trauma and hardship. Our hope is that by providing them with opportunities they might not otherwise have, they will have a better chance of breaking out of the cycle of violence and addiction that entraps so many of their peers and adult community members."
City Youth Now Currently Provides:
- Education funding and tutorial services to hundreds of children annually
- Stipends and job training skills for youth on probation
- Funding to assist teens' transition to independent living
- Funds for emergency clothing, eyeglasses, dental care, and music and art lessons
- Graduation expenses
- Scholarships for camp
- Books and programming for the libraries at Juvenile Hall and Log Cabin Ranch
- Visual arts and special programs such as yoga, book clubs, visits by the San Francisco Opera and Zoo mobile, and special lecture series at Juvenile Hall to engage and expose these youth to pathways to a better future
- Emergency essentials kit for every child who is taken into foster care in San Francisco
- Holiday Gifts for over 3,500 children annually
- GED and academic tutoring for youth at the Juvenile Justice Center
Contact
City Youth Now
375 Woodside Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
Ananda Joy Hart, Esq.
Managing Director
415-753-7576
[email protected]
"EMQ Families First is a statewide nonprofit that helps children and families. The agency is one of the largest, most comprehensive mental health treatment programs in California. EMQ FamiliesFirst takes a state-of-the-art approach to children and adolescents with complex behavioral health challenges and helps them recover from trauma such as abuse, severe neglect, addiction and poverty. Our results for youth are on average 10 percentage points higher than state or national averages on metrics such as living at home, staying in school and remaining out of trouble."
Services provided in CCC include: Community Based Family Visitation Center, Differential Response, Enhanced Classroom, Family Finding, Foster Care and Adoption Services, Intensive Family Preservation. Intensive Treatment Foster Care, Kinship Support, and Transitional Housing.
Contact:
2380 Salvio St., Suite 200
Concord, CA 94520
PHONE: (925) 602-1750
FAX: (925) 602-1754
Services provided in CCC include: Community Based Family Visitation Center, Differential Response, Enhanced Classroom, Family Finding, Foster Care and Adoption Services, Intensive Family Preservation. Intensive Treatment Foster Care, Kinship Support, and Transitional Housing.
Contact:
2380 Salvio St., Suite 200
Concord, CA 94520
PHONE: (925) 602-1750
FAX: (925) 602-1754
First Place for Youth "First Place for Youth helps foster youth build the skills they need to make successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood. First Place for Youth offers the San Francisco County Independent Living Skills Program to current and former foster youth, Kin-GAP youth, and probation youth from age 16 until their 21st birthday." Calendar
Who is Eligible?
"Youth between the ages of 16 and 20 who are currently in an out-of-home placement or who were in an out-of-home placement sometime after their 16th birthday are eligible for ILSP services until their 21st birthday."
Can a youth receive ILSP services if his or her case is terminated?
"Yes, as long as a youth was in out-of-home placement for any period after his or her 16th birthday, even if the case was later terminated."
How are youth referred?
"Youth are referred to ILSP by their child welfare workers, probation officers, community partners or may self refer."
Contact
30 Harriet Street
San Francisco CA 94103
(800) 818-2989 - Phone
(415) 230-3980 - Phone
(415) 230-3981 - Fax
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Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Who is Eligible?
"Youth between the ages of 16 and 20 who are currently in an out-of-home placement or who were in an out-of-home placement sometime after their 16th birthday are eligible for ILSP services until their 21st birthday."
Can a youth receive ILSP services if his or her case is terminated?
"Yes, as long as a youth was in out-of-home placement for any period after his or her 16th birthday, even if the case was later terminated."
How are youth referred?
"Youth are referred to ILSP by their child welfare workers, probation officers, community partners or may self refer."
Contact
30 Harriet Street
San Francisco CA 94103
(800) 818-2989 - Phone
(415) 230-3980 - Phone
(415) 230-3981 - Fax
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Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Forget Me Not Farms Children's Services " Forget Me Not Children’s Services offers a work-related Mentoring program for foster youth 14 – 17 years old who have been enrolled in the Forget Me Not Farm program. In the Mentoring Program, teens are given the opportunity to learn real-life skills they can carry on and apply as they enter the workforce. After completing a brief course in animal welfare and shelter operations, teens are paired one-on-one with a volunteer mentor and an individualized program is designed to best fit the student’s talent and needs. Opportunities include but are not limited to Animal Care Technician, Dog Trainer, Dog Groomer, Veterinary Assistant, and Customer Service Clerk."
Contact:
5345 Highway 12, West
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 542-0882
[email protected]
Contact:
5345 Highway 12, West
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 542-0882
[email protected]
Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, Santa Rosa Junior College "PRIDE Foster Parent Training: The Foster & Kinship Care Education Program (FKCE) has been a part of SRJC since 1985. We offer training and educational resources at no cost to future and current foster parents, foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and foster youth."
"We offer Partnership in Parenting (PIP) classes for those interested in becoming licensed foster or adoptive parents. We also provide ongoing educational support groups and conferences to assist those families that are caring for foster children and relatives."
Contact:
For more information about this program, contact Nick Lawrence, MA, Program Coordinator at [email protected] or by phone at (707) 535-3752 or FAX (707) 535-3753. We are located in the hallway just past EOPS, second floor Bertolini. Nick Lawrence is in 4721 and our staff are in 4723 and 4724.
"We offer Partnership in Parenting (PIP) classes for those interested in becoming licensed foster or adoptive parents. We also provide ongoing educational support groups and conferences to assist those families that are caring for foster children and relatives."
Contact:
For more information about this program, contact Nick Lawrence, MA, Program Coordinator at [email protected] or by phone at (707) 535-3752 or FAX (707) 535-3753. We are located in the hallway just past EOPS, second floor Bertolini. Nick Lawrence is in 4721 and our staff are in 4723 and 4724.
Larkin Street Youth Services "The mission of Larkin Street Youth Services is to create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street. We will nurture potential, promote dignity, and support bold steps by all." Programs, Locations, and Hours / Additional Resources for Youth
Who does Larkin Street serve?
Larkin Street serves youth, ages 12 to 24, who are homeless, runaway, or at risk of becoming homeless.
Do clients pay for services?
No. Youth are not expected to pay for any of the services they receive from Larkin Street.
Need help now? Call (800) 669.6196 (24hr)
Drop-In Center
Ages 20 and under
1142 Sutter Street (between Larkin and Polk)
(800) 669-6196 or (415) 673-0911 ext. 5
Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–6pm; Sat & Sun 8am–4pm
Ages 24 and under every Thurs from 2pm–6pm
Meals, showers, clothing, laundry, case management
Contact
Administration
701 Sutter Street Suite 2
San Francisco CA 94109
(415) 673-0911 - Phone
(415) 749-3838 - Fax
Who does Larkin Street serve?
Larkin Street serves youth, ages 12 to 24, who are homeless, runaway, or at risk of becoming homeless.
Do clients pay for services?
No. Youth are not expected to pay for any of the services they receive from Larkin Street.
Need help now? Call (800) 669.6196 (24hr)
- Emergency Services
- Community Based Housing
- Transitional Housing
- Medical Services
- Education and Employment Services
- Referral Guide
Drop-In Center
Ages 20 and under
1142 Sutter Street (between Larkin and Polk)
(800) 669-6196 or (415) 673-0911 ext. 5
Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–6pm; Sat & Sun 8am–4pm
Ages 24 and under every Thurs from 2pm–6pm
Meals, showers, clothing, laundry, case management
Contact
Administration
701 Sutter Street Suite 2
San Francisco CA 94109
(415) 673-0911 - Phone
(415) 749-3838 - Fax
"Northern California Family Center provides five services: (1) Youth Outreach services for run aways, primarily through the Safe Place Program in Contra Costa and Solano Counties, including an emergency telephone hotline;(2) 24-hour accessible short-term shelter for runaway and home¬less youth;(3) Crisis counseling and family mediation with runaway and home¬less youth; (4) Psychotherapy with families and children;(5) Long-term foster care for children aged 1 through 17 years, who may be referred by Child Protective Services."
Contact:
Main Office Adress:
2244 Pacheco Blvd.
Martinez, CA 94553
Walnut Creek Adress:
1621 North Broadway.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
PHONE: (925) 370-1990
FAX: (925) 370-1993
[email protected]
Contact:
Main Office Adress:
2244 Pacheco Blvd.
Martinez, CA 94553
Walnut Creek Adress:
1621 North Broadway.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
PHONE: (925) 370-1990
FAX: (925) 370-1993
[email protected]
Parents Place Family Resource Center • Multiple locations throughout Bay Area
" Strengthening individuals. strengthening families. Strengthening community. That's what Jewish Family and Children's Services is all about."
"We exist to provide professional and volunteer services for the purpose of developing, restoring, and maintaining the competency of families and individuals of all ages."
"Traditionally, Jewish Family and Children's agencies carry a special responsibility within the Jewish community to reaching out to children, the aged, those with special needs, the alienated and the dependent, and for the resettlement and acculturation of refugees and immigrants."
"As part of the network of Jewish community services, our agency helps promote Jewish continuity through the provision of preventive, educational, therapeutic, and supportive services,, within the context of historic Jewish values, emphasizing inter-generational ties and community responsibility."
"We serve people of all faiths and backgrounds in the West San Francisco Bay Area stretching from Sonoma County to Santa Clara County."
Contact:
Parents Place
San Francisco
Koret Family Resource Center
1710 Scott Street
PO Box 159004
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-359-2454
Fax 415-359-2464
Email [email protected]
Marin
Dr. George Sugarman Swift Building
600 Fifth Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-491-7959
Fax 415-491-7957
Email [email protected]
Mid/North Peninsula (San Mateo)
Eleanor Haas Koshland Center
2001 Winward Way, Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94404
650-931-1840
Fax 650-931-1845
South Peninsula (Palo Alto)
Koret Family Resource Center
200 Channing Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-688-3040|
Fax 650-330-0866
Email [email protected]
Sonoma
1360 N. Dutton Avenue, Suite C
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
707-571-2048
Fax 707-571-8195
" Strengthening individuals. strengthening families. Strengthening community. That's what Jewish Family and Children's Services is all about."
"We exist to provide professional and volunteer services for the purpose of developing, restoring, and maintaining the competency of families and individuals of all ages."
"Traditionally, Jewish Family and Children's agencies carry a special responsibility within the Jewish community to reaching out to children, the aged, those with special needs, the alienated and the dependent, and for the resettlement and acculturation of refugees and immigrants."
"As part of the network of Jewish community services, our agency helps promote Jewish continuity through the provision of preventive, educational, therapeutic, and supportive services,, within the context of historic Jewish values, emphasizing inter-generational ties and community responsibility."
"We serve people of all faiths and backgrounds in the West San Francisco Bay Area stretching from Sonoma County to Santa Clara County."
Contact:
Parents Place
San Francisco
Koret Family Resource Center
1710 Scott Street
PO Box 159004
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-359-2454
Fax 415-359-2464
Email [email protected]
Marin
Dr. George Sugarman Swift Building
600 Fifth Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-491-7959
Fax 415-491-7957
Email [email protected]
Mid/North Peninsula (San Mateo)
Eleanor Haas Koshland Center
2001 Winward Way, Suite 200
San Mateo, CA 94404
650-931-1840
Fax 650-931-1845
South Peninsula (Palo Alto)
Koret Family Resource Center
200 Channing Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-688-3040|
Fax 650-330-0866
Email [email protected]
Sonoma
1360 N. Dutton Avenue, Suite C
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
707-571-2048
Fax 707-571-8195
Redwood Empire Foster Parent Association “Our mission is to support the Sonoma County foster care community and the children they serve.”"The Redwood Empire Foster Parent Association (REFPA) is a non-profit organization consisting of foster parents, adoptive parents, community members, and Sonoma County social workers. We strengthen the foster parent community by:
* Assisting Foster parents by offering resources, advocacy and emotional support
*Assisting Foster parents and their foster children by providing social and enrichment opportunities
* Sponsoring fundraising projects to support our programs"
Contact
[email protected]
Address: P.O. Box 1084
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
* Assisting Foster parents by offering resources, advocacy and emotional support
*Assisting Foster parents and their foster children by providing social and enrichment opportunities
* Sponsoring fundraising projects to support our programs"
Contact
[email protected]
Address: P.O. Box 1084
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Seneca Family of Agencies (24th St. Location) "Seneca Center sustains children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Seneca’s continuum of care now includes in-home wraparound services; foster family-based treatment; mobile crisis response services; integrated day treatment and special education services; after-school therapeutic recreation services; public school-based mental health services, and residential treatment."
Contact
2513 24th Street
San Francisco CA 94110
(415) 642-5968 - San Francisco County
[email protected]
Contact
2513 24th Street
San Francisco CA 94110
(415) 642-5968 - San Francisco County
[email protected]
Transitional Age Youth San Francisco (TAYSF ... "TAYSF is collaborative network of city departments, service providers, and young people who are committed to improving outcomes for transitional age young people in San Francisco."
"Designed by and for young adults as a response to the ongoing need for better and more accessible information on existing programs and services for transitional age youth, sf4tay.org includes comprehensive and up-to-date listings of all programs and services available to disconnected 16-24 year olds on one central site"
Resources for:
Housing
Employment
Education
Health and Wellness
Just4Me
Contact
Transitional Age Youth San Francisco (TAYSF)
1390 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94102
"Designed by and for young adults as a response to the ongoing need for better and more accessible information on existing programs and services for transitional age youth, sf4tay.org includes comprehensive and up-to-date listings of all programs and services available to disconnected 16-24 year olds on one central site"
Resources for:
Housing
Employment
Education
Health and Wellness
Just4Me
Contact
Transitional Age Youth San Francisco (TAYSF)
1390 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94102
Valley of the Moon Children's Home, County of Sonoma Human Services "The Valley of the Moon Children's Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization established to provide supportive and educational services for the abandoned, neglected and abused children of Sonoma County."
"The Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation’s unwavering goal is to provide ongoing support to the Valley of the Moon Children’s Home, which is Sonoma County’s only 24-hour emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children."
Contact
Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation
Courtney Souza Executive Administrative Assistant [email protected]
P.O. Box 11671
Santa Rosa CA 95406
Voice: (707) 565-8380
Fax: (707) 565-8382
E-mail: [email protected]
Other Contact Information
Valley of the Moon Children's Home (707) 565 6350
Family Youth and Children's (707) 565-4300
Child Protective Services (707) 565-4303
"The Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation’s unwavering goal is to provide ongoing support to the Valley of the Moon Children’s Home, which is Sonoma County’s only 24-hour emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children."
Contact
Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation
Courtney Souza Executive Administrative Assistant [email protected]
P.O. Box 11671
Santa Rosa CA 95406
Voice: (707) 565-8380
Fax: (707) 565-8382
E-mail: [email protected]
Other Contact Information
Valley of the Moon Children's Home (707) 565 6350
Family Youth and Children's (707) 565-4300
Child Protective Services (707) 565-4303
V.O.I.C.E.S • Voice Our Independent Choice of Emancipation Support
"VOICES brings together more than 40 partnering agencies to provide housing, education, employment and wellness services to transitioning youth, ages 16-24. Created and run by former foster youth, VOICES is the first organization of its kind in the nation."
"Health & Wellness
VOICES promotes the overall wellness of youth by increasing their access to health- related resources. Wellness services include 1:1 counseling and support, food and nutrition classes, physical and mental health education, and assistance with applications for all health-related services.
Employment & Education
VOICES supports youth to develop a personal plan for success in education, employment and career development. Youth have access to 1:1 coaching, tutoring, GED preparation, pre- employment skill building, assistance with jobs and internships.
Independent Living Program:
The Independent Living Program provides training to help youth develop the skills needed for becoming independent adults. ILP includes individualized coaching, life conferences, life-skills workshops, leadership opportunities, social gatherings and outings.
Housing Assistance:
VOICES provides referrals and application assistance to youth who need emergency, transitional, and long-term housing."
Contact
714 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95401 [Map]
Phone: (707) 579-4327
Fax: (707) 579-4323
"VOICES brings together more than 40 partnering agencies to provide housing, education, employment and wellness services to transitioning youth, ages 16-24. Created and run by former foster youth, VOICES is the first organization of its kind in the nation."
"Health & Wellness
VOICES promotes the overall wellness of youth by increasing their access to health- related resources. Wellness services include 1:1 counseling and support, food and nutrition classes, physical and mental health education, and assistance with applications for all health-related services.
Employment & Education
VOICES supports youth to develop a personal plan for success in education, employment and career development. Youth have access to 1:1 coaching, tutoring, GED preparation, pre- employment skill building, assistance with jobs and internships.
Independent Living Program:
The Independent Living Program provides training to help youth develop the skills needed for becoming independent adults. ILP includes individualized coaching, life conferences, life-skills workshops, leadership opportunities, social gatherings and outings.
Housing Assistance:
VOICES provides referrals and application assistance to youth who need emergency, transitional, and long-term housing."
Contact
714 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95401 [Map]
Phone: (707) 579-4327
Fax: (707) 579-4323
Youth Chance High School "Youth Chance offers a healthy and supportive learning environment where students that have not succeeded in traditional schools, can reach their full potential."
"Each year, principals, parole officers, counselors, teachers, parents and program alumni refer students who need a fresh start to the safe, supportive environment at Youth Chance High School. The students come from very low-income families and more than half have been in the juvenile justice system and/or foster care system. At Youth Chance, these high-risk inner-city youth earn a diploma while gaining academic, vocational and life skills necessary to become self-sufficient, socially responsible young adults. Given the multiple challenges these students face, earning a high school diploma is a monumental achievement."
"Serves: San Francisco teens, ages 25-40 students
Hours: Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm
Demographics: 35% Hispanic, 30% African American, 20% Asian & Pacific Islander, 7% Caucasian, 5% Native American, 3% other. 95% are very low income, 50% of the female students have been or are pregnant."
Contact
169 Steuart Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 957-9622- Phone
"Each year, principals, parole officers, counselors, teachers, parents and program alumni refer students who need a fresh start to the safe, supportive environment at Youth Chance High School. The students come from very low-income families and more than half have been in the juvenile justice system and/or foster care system. At Youth Chance, these high-risk inner-city youth earn a diploma while gaining academic, vocational and life skills necessary to become self-sufficient, socially responsible young adults. Given the multiple challenges these students face, earning a high school diploma is a monumental achievement."
"Serves: San Francisco teens, ages 25-40 students
Hours: Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm
Demographics: 35% Hispanic, 30% African American, 20% Asian & Pacific Islander, 7% Caucasian, 5% Native American, 3% other. 95% are very low income, 50% of the female students have been or are pregnant."
Contact
169 Steuart Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 957-9622- Phone