Huge thanks to KQED News for their coverage of our new housing for transgender young people experiencing homelessness. The piece tackled the struggles that transgender youth reported which motivated Larkin Street to open this new housing as well as past and present experiences of young people currently living there. “It’s nice being surrounded by other…
Category Archives: Recent Press
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Inside San Francisco’s first-of-its-kind shelter for transgender youth – KQED News
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A National First: SF Opens Safe House For Embattled Transgender Youths – San Francisco Chronicle
Huge thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for highlighting our new transitional housing program specifically for transgender young people experiencing homelessness. The new housing program, which is the first of its kind in the nation, aims to provide a safe space for young people to cope from struggles they’ve faced as transgender youths while also…
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Open Forum: Invest in Unhoused Youth Before Homelessness Becomes A Way of Life – San Francisco Chronicle
Our executive director, Sherilyn Adams, shared why it’s important for San Francisco to invest in young people to prevent chronic homelessness. Here is the full piece published on the San Francisco Chronicle: No resident, worker or visitor in San Francisco is unfamiliar with our pervasive and systemic homelessness crisis. Homelessness has consistently ranked as the…
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Women’s History Month: Sherilyn Adams, a Leader Dedicated to Fighting Youth Homelessness – Lyft Blog
Thank you Lyft for featuring our very own Sherilyn Adams in your Women’s History Month series. In March, Lyft offered discounted rides to places honoring women’s contributions to our history as well as to select women-owned businesses. Sherilyn chose The Tenderloin Museum as one of the places to celebrate for Women’s History Month. Here is…
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Smartphones are a lifeline for the young homeless. If only they had Wi-Fi – San Francisco Chronicle
Thank you to the San Francisco Chronicle for writing about the importance of having access to technology especially to those who don’t have a home. Young people in our programs who were featured in the article shared that they rely on their phones for everything from tracking public transit, submitting job applications, to the sense…
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Opinion: SF’s Windfall Funds Should be Spent to Help End Homelessness
Our executive director, Sherilyn Adams, shared her opinion on how San Francisco’s windfall funds should be used as an opportunity to end homelessness for all by focusing on services for young people experiencing homelessness. Here is the full piece published on the SF Examiner: For the past 30 years, I have dedicated my career to…
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The Hidden Costs of Public Contracting – Stanford Social Innovation Review
Thank you Stanford Social Innovation Review for publishing our director of public funding Mary Kate Bacalao’s piece on how public funding not only falls short of meeting the needs of nonprofits, but can also create added costs. In the article, Mary Kate suggests ways nonprofits can avoid this cycle of under-investment. Here is an excerpt:…
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A Word About SF Prop. C From A Person Who Knows Homelessness Firsthand – San Francisco Chronicle
Thank you to the San Francisco Chronicle for highlighting voices that matter in the debate surrounding Prop C, a local ballot measure that would increase taxes on businesses to fund homelessness services in San Francisco. Anubis Daugherty, a Larkin Street alum and Prop. C advocate, talked about his experiences with homelessness services and how the…
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City of San Francisco Commits to Cutting Youth Homelessness in Half by 2023
For the first time, San Francisco is truly prioritizing the needs of young people experiencing homelessness through Rising Up, a new public-private partnership which aims to cut youth homelessness in half by 2023. This initiative is a result of years of advocacy by young people and staff from Larkin Street working in partnership with City…
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Opinion: A Step California Must Take — Approving Safe Injection Sites
Our executive director, Sherilyn Adams, shared her opinion on Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to veto Assembly Bill 186 and how this affects young people experiencing homelessness in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. Here is the full text of the piece: I have lost friends, family members and countless clients to the deadly consequences of addiction, which…