Huckleberry Youth Programs was recently asked by the city of San Francisco to take over a contract to serve youth who have been or who are at high risk for exploitation. In collaboration with Children’s Protective Services, SFPD, the District Attorney, and the Probation Department, Huckleberry provides immediate crisis intervention and case management services for […]
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1.800.RUNAWAY PSA Features Former Huckleberry House Client, Soy
“I really didn’t feel safe anymore at home,” says Soy, a former client at Huckleberry House. She is the first young person featured in this PSA created by the National Runaway Safeline. The PSA was created as a resource to young people seeking help. Click the image above to watch the full PSA. This federal […]
Huckleberry Hero In The Fight Against HIV: Austin Padilla
Huckleberry’s HIV Prevention Workshops were recently featured in Kenneth Cole PSA series. One of our speakers, Austin, is a hero in the fight against HIV. He shares his story with some of our Huckleberry youth. PrEP is now available at the Huckleberry Youth Health Center and is: • A once-a-day pill • An HIV […]
A Victim of Human Trafficking – Jayden’s Story
Jayden (whose name has been changed), is a sixteen-year-old who has been the victim of sexual exploitation since she was fourteen. Jayden was referred to the Huckleberry Advocacy and Response Team (HART) by a medical provider who suspected Jayden had been trafficked due to the number of times she requested testing for sexually transmitted infections. […]
Catch Up With HWA Alum William Liem
Like all of our Huckleberry Wellness Academy students, William had difficult choices to make the spring of his senior year, and many questions to answer – What school should he choose? How far away should he go? How would the finances work? To his credit, William wasn’t focusing only on prestige or ratings, but rather […]
Huckleberry House Client Paying It Forward
Soy Kim has been a Huckleberry CARC Mentor for a little over a year and feels a very special connection to Huckleberry’s programs. When she was 15 years old her, “situation at home wasn’t pleasant,” she says. The police brought her to Huckleberry House where she stayed to work through the issues with her family, […]
