Larkin Street Youth Services

Housing Services: last fiscal year, Larkin Street served more than 1,700 homeless and runaway Youth, ages 12-24, in san francisco and the east bay through our direct Services. Larkin Street's housing Services help Youth move from crisis to stability. As the bay area's largest nonprofit housing provider exclusively serving Youth experiencing homelessness, Larkin Street offers well over 445 beds of transitional, supportive, and subsidized housing for two years or more. More than just safe places to sleep, housing programs are integrated with education, employment, and wellness supports to help Youth achieve independence. Consistently, three out of four Youth who complete our long-term housing programs exit homelessness. Larkin Street is also the lead managing partner (cont. Schedule o)and fiscal agent for rising up (www.risingupsf.org), a public and private citywide partnership with the san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing (hsh) and five other nonprofit organizations. A combination of public and private funds totaling $50m have been raised over the past four years to support this effort, approximately 80% of which will be regranted out to our partner organizations. The majority of Larkin Street's restricted dollars have been set aside to fulfill the financial obligations of the rising up campaign.

Education and employment Services: after we have helped Youth resolve immediate crises, our goal is to help them achieve self-sufficiency. Through our Larkin Street academy, we provide comprehensive education and employment Services that prepare young people to pursue post-secondary education and obtain career-track, living-wage employment. Last fiscal year, Larkin Street served more than 450 Youth through ged tutoring, college success Services, and employment programs ranging from basic job-readiness classes to semester-long learning centers that provide training in specific career tracks.

Engagement and health and wellness Services: our engagement Services, which include Street outreach, two drop-in centers, and two emergency shelters, are the first step in ensuring that Youth are safe and that their basic needs are met. Larkin Street also supports Youth in making long-term investments in their physical and emotional well-being through our health and wellness Services. In partnership with the san francisco department of public health, we offer a medical clinic that provides primary care, specialized hiv Services, and rapid testing for hiv and hepatitis c. Larkin Street also provides comprehensive behavioral health Services, including clinical mental health Services, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, substance use supports, and restorative practices.