CONGRATULATIONS to Huckleberry's incredible Marin County health education team on being selected to present at the National School-Based Health Conference hosted by the School-Based Health Alliance in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Their workshop, "Fostering Inclusive Care: Centering Queer Youth in Sexual & Reproductive Health," was attended by more than 50 participants including program administrators, healthcare professionals, policy leaders, and youth leaders. With a focus on addressing the unique needs of queer youth within healthcare settings, the workshop provides crucial insights and practical strategies for health educators, clinic staff, and healthcare practitioners. The team applied to participate and their workshop was selected under the "Innovations" category, highlighting its forward-thinking approach to enhancing healthcare accessibility and quality for queer youth. Huckleberry is so proud of this team and their contribution to the conference's mission of advancing health equity and fostering partnerships across diverse communities. Read more about their presentation in D.C. and the amazing work they're doing in Marin County here: https://lnkd.in/gZk68WTb #healtheducation #adolescenthealtheducation #inclusivecare #inclusivehealthcare #marincountyyouth
Huckleberry Youth Programs
Individual and Family Services
San Francisco, CA 1,183 followers
Safety. Health. Justice. Education.
About us
Huckleberry Youth Programs works in solidarity with young people and their families to advance their personal growth and social equity. For more than 50 years, we have partnered with teens and families to overcome adversity. Huckleberry strengthens families and empowers young people with services that promote safety in times of crisis, physical and emotional health and well-being, social justice in communities facing inequality, and educational success. When all youth succeed, the entire community is stronger. We seek to empower young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships as well as promote their talents, ideas, leadership and health; to assist youth and their families in overcoming the obstacles they may encounter, which can include family concerns, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health challenges, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, social and economic inequities, and physical and sexual abuse; and to assist clients in navigating complex social welfare, educational and juvenile justice systems. Our San Francisco programs include: Huckleberry House - Crisis Shelter - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education Counseling Services San Francisco Community Assessment & Referral Center (SFCARC) - Juvenile Justice Diversion Our Marin programs include: Huckleberry ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education All of Huckleberry's services for youth and their families are provided free of charge.
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http://www.huckleberryyouth.org
External link for Huckleberry Youth Programs
- Industry
- Individual and Family Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1967
- Specialties
- Youth Development, Health Education and Access to Medical Services, Delinquency Prevention, and Shelter, Counseling, Health Career Training
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3310 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94118, US
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The Huckleberry ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy recently celebrated their Class of 2024 with a moving graduation party at Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael, highlighting the students' incredible academic achievements and journey to post-secondary education. Approximately 70 guests were in attendance including ACE students, their friends and families, and Huckleberry ACE staff who have supported the grads through high school and on to becoming among the first in their families to attend college this fall! We wish you all the best of luck as you start your next chapter. Our ACE Class of 2024 students have been accepted to the following colleges: 💜 UC Riverside 💜 SF State 💜 UC Santa Cruz 💜 Dominican University 💜 Santa Rosa Junior College 💜 College of Marin 💜 Sonoma State 💜 Sacramento State 💜 UC Berkeley 💜 UC Merced 💜 Cal Poly Pomona 💜 CSU Monterey Bay 💜 UCLA #ucriverside #sfstate #ucsantacruz #dominicanuniversity #santarosajuniorcollege #collegeofmarin #sonomastate #sacramentostate #ucberkeley #ucmerced #calpolypomona #csumontereybay #ucla #classof2024
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Huckleberry Youth Programs is excited to announce that we are participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for Huckleberry and help direct Target’s giving to benefit our programs. For full details and restrictions visit Target Circle: target.com/circle Thank you for voting!
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“Huckleberry is really important in our community because we create safe and confidential environments for young people to access services that are normally inaccessible,” shares Jackie Miller, Program Coordinator for the Huckleberry Youth Health Center in SF. Consider a gift to Huckleberry before July 1 so that youth can continue to access the essential services at our health center that Jackie describes in the video below. Gifts made by July 1 will be matched up to $50,000 by the Carolyn and Peter Friedman Foundation and Redwood Credit Union. Visit www.huckleberryyouth.org to give today! #huckleberryyouthprograms #safety #health #justice #education #whyhuckleberry #matchinggifts
Jackie Miller, Program Coordinator at the Huckleberry Youth Health Center
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More than 5,000 youth received essential services from Huckleberry last year, providing them with SAFETY, HEALTH, JUSTICE & EDUCATION. Help Huckleberry Youth Programs continue to create a diverse, vibrant, and caring community where youth and families from all backgrounds and experiences are able to thrive. Our fiscal year ends on June 30. Gifts made on or before that date will be MATCHED UP TO $50,000 by the Carolyn & Peter Friedman Foundation and Redwood Credit Union. www.huckleberryyouth.org THANK YOU!! #safety #health #justice #education #bayareayouth #adolescenthealthcare #mentalhealthservices #mentalhealthforyouth
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"Huckleberry is unique and special because we appreciate, learn from, and value the diversity we have and share," says Jessica Li, Huckleberry's Project READY Academic Specialist from Americorps. Project READY ensures that middle schoolers from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School and Willie L. Brown, Jr. Middle School successfully transition to high school and avoid contact with the juvenile justice system. Next week is the last week of Huckleberry's fiscal year! Please consider a donation to support youth in our Project READY program. Donations made before July 1 will be matched up to $50,000 by the Carolyn and Peter Friedman Foundation. Give today at www.huckleberryyouth.org.
Huckleberry's Jessica Li, Academic Specialist, Project READY
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Our fiscal year 2023 Annual Report is here! Last fiscal year, Huckleberry's programs positively impacted the lives of more than 5,000 Bay Area youth and families. We are also thrilled to share our new mission statement with you, a result of our current strategic planning process. This multi-year process has allowed us to evaluate our current position and develop a formal plan to guide Huckleberry and our programs into a strong future. Huckleberry's new mission statement: Huckleberry Youth Programs works in solidarity with young people and their families to advance their personal growth and social equity. View our fiscal year 2023 Annual Report here: https://lnkd.in/g56ejECs #safety #health #justice #education
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Join us in congratulating Taylor Rudman, who is stepping into the role of Coordinator for Huckleberry's NEW Create 2 Activate (C2A) program. Taylor was previously in the role of San Francisco Community Health Educator. C2A is a collaborative peer-to-peer program designed to empower youth through artistic expression with an emphasis on creating Zines. C2A Zines will include evidence-based harm reduction strategies for substance use prevention, and the prevention of overdose deaths among youth in San Francisco. Taylor will lead youth in the 8-week program as they channel their passion for art while receiving 1-on-1 mentorship and training to develop harm reduction skills. Youth in the program will receive up to $1,000 in stipends upon program completion. C2A is funded through a $600,000 grant over three years from Elevate Youth California, a program of the California Department of Health Care Services. #overdoseprevention #bayareayouth #safety #health #justice #education #adolescenthealth #harmreductionservices
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