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“My world changed the first time I walked in Huckleberry’s doors.” – Lateefah’s Story

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Lateefah was elected to serve District 7 on the BART Board of Directors on Nov. 8, 2016. She is the youngest woman to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

My mom was a single mom and I was raised in the Western Addition. I had a couple of friends who tested positive for HIV, and those I found myself in peer relationships with were struggling to find place and space in the Western Addition. Drugs had really surrounded our community and there weren’t a lot
of places to go. Finding Huckleberry changed my life.

One day I got a call from my case manager, who said she felt in her heart that I was in a bad situation and that my life wasn’t going so well. She was right. At the time it wasn’t a teacher, it wasn’t a principal, it wasn’t a family member – it was someone from Huckleberry. They knew that if you get close enough to young people, you could understand their strengths and their challenges. She knew my challenges and that intervention saved my life.

The organization became a safe place for me. I’m forever thankful for the grace and the profound direction that the staff, care team, and case managers put me on. The youth development community is so important when we are bringing possibilities and opportunities to young people. They’re not going to be young people forever. Huckleberry continues to open up possibilities for those young people who will in fact change the world. Let’s create more villages. Huckleberry is in the center of the village that I want to continue to see in my city.

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Every Tuesday afternoon in San Rafael’s Montecito Plaza, youth from throughout Marin County access Huckleberry’s Teen Tuesday Clinic, a unique model that integrates sexual healthcare with comprehensive mental and behavioral health screening and intervention. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth have the option to schedule Teen Tuesday Clinic appointments in advance, to increase safety for both clients and staff.

The most commonly requested services at Teen Tuesday Clinic are: STI testing, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and family planning/birth control.

In addition to accessing medical services provided by our medical partner, Marin Community Clinics, youth participate in social emotional assessments and are linked directly to support for issues such as substance use, depression, relationship abuse, sexualized violence, or tangible needs such as housing, with referrals being made to our San Francisco crisis shelter, Huckleberry House.
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Every Tuesday afternoon in San Rafael’s Montecito Plaza, youth from throughout Marin County access Huckleberry’s Teen Tuesday Clinic, a unique model that integrates sexual healthcare with comprehensive mental and behavioral health screening and intervention. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth have the option to schedule Teen Tuesday Clinic appointments in advance, to increase safety for both clients and staff.

The most commonly requested services at Teen Tuesday Clinic are: STI testing, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and family planning/birth control.

In addition to accessing medical services provided by our medical partner, Marin Community Clinics, youth participate in social emotional assessments and are linked directly to support for issues such as substance use, depression, relationship abuse, sexualized violence, or tangible needs such as housing, with referrals being made to our San Francisco crisis shelter, Huckleberry House.
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Every Tuesday afternoon in San Rafael’s Montecito Plaza, youth from throughout Marin County access Huckleberry’s Teen Tuesday Clinic, a unique model that integrates sexual healthcare with comprehensive mental and behavioral health screening and intervention. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth have the option to schedule Teen Tuesday Clinic appointments in advance, to increase safety for both clients and staff.

The most commonly requested services at Teen Tuesday Clinic are: STI testing, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and family planning/birth control.

In addition to accessing medical services provided by our medical partner, Marin Community Clinics, youth participate in social emotional assessments and are linked directly to support for issues such as substance use, depression, relationship abuse, sexualized violence, or tangible needs such as housing, with referrals being made to our San Francisco crisis shelter, Huckleberry House.
#30thanniversarythursdays #30yearsofadolescenthealthservices @hypteenhealth @hyphealthed @hart_sf @huckleberry_ace_academy @huckleberryhousesf @huckleberryhyhc

Every Tuesday afternoon in San Rafael’s Montecito Plaza, youth from throughout Marin County access Huckleberry’s Teen Tuesday Clinic, a unique model that integrates sexual healthcare with comprehensive mental and behavioral health screening and intervention. Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth have the option to schedule Teen Tuesday Clinic appointments in advance, to increase safety for both clients and staff.

The most commonly requested services at Teen Tuesday Clinic are: STI testing, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and family planning/birth control.

In addition to accessing medical services provided by our medical partner, Marin Community Clinics, youth participate in social emotional assessments and are linked directly to support for issues such as substance use, depression, relationship abuse, sexualized violence, or tangible needs such as housing, with referrals being made to our San Francisco crisis shelter, Huckleberry House.
#30thanniversarythursdays #30yearsofadolescenthealthservices @hypteenhealth @hyphealthed @hart_sf @huckleberry_ace_academy @huckleberryhousesf @huckleberryhyhc
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HuckleberrySFHuckleberry Youth@HuckleberrySF·
19 May

Each Tues. in San Rafael youth all over Marin access our Teen Tuesday Clinic. The most commonly requested services at Teen Tuesday Clinic are: STI testing, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, options counseling, & family planning/birth control. #30thanniversarythursdays

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Check out the latest updates and news in Huckleberry's May eNewsletter! Read the May 2022 edition here: https://conta.cc/3FjXCNO

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"...American Academy of Pediatrics issued a report noting that “mental health disorders have surpassed physical conditions” as the most common issues causing “impairment and limitation” among adolescents." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/health/pediatricians-mental-health-crisis-teens.html?fbclid=IwAR1DOqj4hpHn4PqBoSchU5nOHgZbQYEv2eLQUohWWytycdC83dfdx8SsBxU

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