Huckleberry Youth Programs proudly announces receipt of a $600,000 grant award over the next three years from Elevate Youth California, a program of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Elevate Youth is a statewide program that prioritizes youth leadership in under-resourced communities and supports organizations, like Huckleberry, working with youth to build their power and […]
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Huckleberry’s Douglas Styles and Denise Coleman Featured on the Storied: San Francisco Podcast
Get to know Huckleberry’s Executive Director Douglas Styles and former Director of Youth Justice Denise Coleman in their interview with Storied: San Francisco! Storied: San Francisco is an audio and visual documentary about people—artists, bartenders, community leaders, doctors, lawyers, and small-business owners—and places that make San Francisco so unique. Listen to Part 1 and Part […]
Huckleberry Wins $250,000 Grant in Marin County’s First Participatory Budgeting Process
Huckleberry Youth Programs is thrilled and grateful to announce that the Huckleberry ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy was chosen for funding in Marin County’s first ever Participatory Budgeting process! In the fall of 2023, more than 3,600 community members in Marin County voted on how to spend $2.5 million in public funds to improve communities and […]
View Pictures from Huckleberry’s Hearts in Harmony on April 25
On Thursday, April 25, approximately 200 Huckleberry Youth Programs supporters gathered at The Chapel for Huckleberry’s Hearts in Harmony benefit. We heard moving testimonials from Huckleberry clients Jesse Martin and Katelyn Neroza about how Huckleberry’s programs positively impacted their lives, we enjoyed music by The Cottontails, and we left with our hearts full. […]
Make Your Voice Heard. Vote in Marin County’s Participatory Budgeting – Huckleberry Youth Programs is on the Ballot
Huckleberry Youth Programs is excited to announce that Huckleberry’s ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy in San Rafael has been selected to be on the 2023 Marin County Participatory Budgeting Ballot! What is Participatory Budgeting (PB)? Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget, giving community […]
Huckleberry awarded “Stop the Hate” grant to provide support services to youth victims of hate incidents & hate crimes.
The purpose of the “Stop the Hate” funding (Huckleberry was awarded $625,000 over two years) is to provide support and services to victims of hate crimes, survivors, and their families, and facilitate hate incident or hate crime prevention measures. Douglas Styles, PsyD, Huckleberry’s Executive Director/CEO said of the award, “We at Huckleberry Youth Programs […]
