Resources
Youth
Advocacy guide on how to navigate the system coming soon!
Links to resource lists from other sites
Youth
- San Francisco Youth Commission
- The Center for Young Women’s Development - Resources for girls
- San Francisco Family Support Network
- Walk Like a Warrior; a Young Man’s Survival Guide
- "Sex Ed for the Real World"
- "Becoming 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers" - Downloadable PDF
- If These Walls Could Talk - Youth testimonials to survival and strength
Families
- Powerful Families - Parenting toolkit
- Alameda County Family Justice Center - The one-stop center for families experiencing domestic violence
- "Kids and the Law" - English (PDF) - Spanish (PDF)
- Commission on the Status of Women Resource Guide
Community
- If you like would like to link to our page, please email info@yjinstitute.org
San Francisco
- The Center for Young Women’s Development
- The SAGE Project
- San Francisco Department of Public Health Behavioral Health Services
- Instituto Familiar de la Raza
- Mission Neighborhood Services’ Precita Center
- Community Assessment and Referral Center (CARC)
- CJCJ Detention Diversion and Advocacy Program (DDAP)
- Sunset Youth Services
- Community Youth Center
- First Place Funds for Youth has a transitional housing programming with wrap-around case management, life skills training and placement into independent living for former dependency system involved youth.
Alameda County
- MISSSEY
- Youth Employment Partnership (YEP) provides GED classes, job readiness training paid internship programs, and Job Placement in Alameda County
- Youth Radio has internship opportunities for young people interested in media and music production
- Beyond Emancipation services for youth coming out of the foster care system
- Next Steps Learning Center tutoring and testing services for GED