Thanks to Congregation Emanu-El for hosting a Yom Kippur discussion with young people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. Guest speakers included Rabbi Jason Rodich, Director of Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Jeff Kositsky and UC Berkeley’s Dr. Colette Auerswald. Young people from Larkin Street, Zak Franet and Anubis Daugherty shared their experiences with homelessness…
Category Archives: Larkin Street News
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Congregation Emanu-El: A Conversation with Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Our City
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Mayor London Breed Announces Rising Up Campaign To House and Secure Employment For Homeless Youth
The Rising Up Campaign is a public-private partnership that aims to provide housing and jobs for young people experiencing homelessness. Larkin Street Youth Services is proud to serve as the fiscal sponsor and anchor institution for this campaign. Read more about this new campaign from San Francisco Chronicle! In partnership with a network of other youth…
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Larkin Street’s 2017-2018 Annual Report Released
Thanks to the growing support of our community, nearly 2,500 young people experiencing homelessness received help, hope and so much more! Thank you for your commitment to ensuring that every young person can reach their full potential. Read more about our results, financials, supporters, events and special guests throughout the last year in our 2017-2018…
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Salesforce.org Announces $1 Million in Grants Towards Ending Homelessness at Dreamforce ’18
Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce (CRM), today announced $18 million in grants to local school districts and organizations to address the Bay Area’s most pressing issues including public education, homelessness and cleanliness. The $18 million includes a $15.5 million grant to San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), $2…
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Where to learn more about ending youth homelessness at Dreamforce ’18
Larkin Street Youth Services is proud to be an official non-profit of Dreamforce ’18, the largest technology conference in the world. Hosted by Salesforce, the cloud computing company, Dreamforce will run September 25 through 28 and sprawl over several blocks in Downtown SF offering breakout sessions, demos, networking and special events. We’re so grateful to be…
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OPINION: Today’s Detained Children are Tomorrow’s Homeless Youth
In the midst of America’s ongoing border crisis, Larkin Street’s Director of Public Funding, Mary Kate Bacalao, shares her opinion on how family separation will lead to more homelessness. Thousands of children in detention centers today are at grave risk of an opposite and equally abhorrent fate as young adults: abandonment to the streets, where they…
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Photos From Performing Arts Night – August 1, 2018
Young people dazzled the crowd at our Art Program’s annual Performing Arts Night at Kelly Cullen Community as they showcased their talents ranging from dance, music, theater and poetry. Every performance was a testament of their resiliency, courage, creativity and we couldn’t be prouder. We would like to acknowledge the following young people for putting…
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Twitter donates their time and talents to help young people experiencing homelessness
Recently, we held a focus group inviting 15 volunteers from Twitter to talk about how to better engage the community with our work. We started the day with a tour of our space and then broke into small groups to dive into messaging and communications channels for reaching young professionals. This was a valuable opportunity…
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#TrueColorsDay #Unselfie Photobooth – April 25, 2018
About 49 percent of homeless young people in San Francisco identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning. Young people who identify as LGBTQ are 120% more likely to experience homelessness than non-LGBTQ youth. While many factors contribute to LGBTQ youth homelessness, identity-based family rejection is the most commonly cited reason. In celebration of…
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Big Wins for Homeless Youth at Local, State and Federal Levels
The last several months have brought several important new investments in services for young people experiencing homelessness from our partners in the public sphere. First, Larkin Street has endorsed the “Housing for All” ballot measure, which will provide critical funding for housing and prevention for San Franciscans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness through a 1.7%…