HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC

Huckleberry youth health center - huckleberry youth health center is the first full-time, community-based health center dedicated exclusively to teens and young adults in san francisco. It is also the primary provider of health education workshops in san francisco's schools and after-school sites. Medical services, including primary and reproductive health care, are provided by caring peers and adults.

Huckleberry ace academy - huckleberry access to college equity ("ace") academy is a marin county community-based initiative that prepares under-performing youth for college and careers in health care. The program recruited 156 high- potential, under-performing, low-income youth. Most will be the first in their families to go to college. The huckleberry ace academy provides academic assistance (including sat/act preparation), health education training, college counseling, and wraparound support services. One hundred percent of senior participants graduated from high school and one hundred percent of graduating participants are expected to enroll in a post-secondary institution.

Project ready huckleberry's project ready (reconnecting, educating, and achieving dreams for youth) ensures middle schoolers with behavioral or truancy issues successfully transition to high school and avoid contact with the juvenile justice system. Academic support and intensive one-on-one case management, combined with parental support and education, can reduce rates of school failure and arrest among youth with multiple risk factors. To achieve the goal of transitioning youth to high school while avoiding contact with the juvenile justice system, the program worked with 39 youths from the summer before they entered 8th grade through the first semester of 9th grade, with the most intensive services offered during 8th grade.

Huckleberry teen health program - huckleberry teen health program ("hthp") is the primary provider of health access, youth development, and other support services for youth in marin county. Services include weekly teen clinics in san rafael, health workshops offered in schools and community sites, individual and family counseling, and case management. Huckleberry was selected by marin county to provide prevention counseling to youth referred by the marin county juvenile drug court. Many of hthp's 1,867 clients served annually are from the canal district of san rafael. The primary ethnic group in the canal district is latino, including recent immigrants from mexico and central america. The program is located across the street from san rafael high school.

Huckleberry advocacy and response team - huckleberry's advocacy and response team ("hart") strives to create a safe space where youth are provided options in a nonjudgmental way in the hopes that they can lead the lives they desire and heal in the ways they define for themselves. Hart views human trafficking as a symptom of larger vulnerabilities and other systemic root causes and works to address how these dynamics play out in young people's lives. Hart provides advocacy and direct practice services to youth ages 11-24 who are vulnerable to or experiencing commercial sexual exploitation, involved in sex trafficking, or engaging in survival sex. Using a relationship-driven, empowerment, and client-centered approach, hart engaged 48 youth most disconnected from systems with the goal of re-engaging them with providers and connecting them to their community.