San Francisco Resources for Summer Jobs and Programs 2008
Bay Area Video Coalition:
YouthLink Program
(415) 861-3282
The nation’s largest video/new media center has access to technology, training, and support to artists and nonprofits. They offer job listings, subsidized rental of editing suites, cameras, and screening space, and provide workshops and training programs in all aspects of video production, postproduction, and new media.
(415) 239-0161
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth is a one-of-a-kind local community organization that works to transform San Francisco’s services and policies for children, youth and their families in order to create a more family-friendly community. Contact them for job/internship possibilities.
Boys and Girls Clubs of SF:
(415) 445-KIDS
info@kidsclub.org
Empower youth to support and influence their Club and community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, develop a positive self-image, participate in the democratic process and respect their own and other’s cultural identities. Clubhouse programs include: Youth of the Year, Keystone Club, Torch Club and Community Service.
Employment Development Department:
(415) 749-7503
California’s Employment Development Department administers the One-Stop Career Center System, the School-to-Career System, the Job Training Partnership Act, and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, to prepare individuals for participation in the labor force.
Enterprise for High School Students:
Contact Leonard Weingarten
(415) 392-7600 x304
Enterprise for High School Students (EHSS) is a citywide school-to-work/youth development agency that guides youth to find and retain jobs, to be trained and engage in experiential learning, and to explore career interests. We serve students residing in every zip code and planning district in San Francisco, ages 14-18, who attend public and independent schools.
Friends of the Urban Forest
Tree Care Program
Coordinator to contact: Ellyn Shea
(415) 561-6890 x 102
Ellyn@fuf.net
For more than a decade, FUF has provided a special job program for underserved youth. This highly successful program has helped us meet our twin goals of community building and urban greening. The Youth Tree Care Program has offered employment to teenagers from neighborhoods like the Excelsior, Bayview-Hunters Point and the Mission, teaching them the fundamentals of tree care and planting, as well as the protocols and responsibilities of earning a paycheck.
Contact: Barbara Blakely
415-252-8880 x312
Our program believes that to truly affect the precarious lives of low-income teenage girls, they must receive continual, personalized support throughout their high school years. Former GirlSource participants have been hired as peer educators, applying their job and leadership skills to help other teens from their own neighborhoods or backgrounds.
VIP Girls Project
(415) 386-9398
hyp@huckleberryyouth.org
Cole Street Clinic
We seek to empower young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships as well as promote their talents, ideas, leadership and health; to assist youth and their families in overcoming the obstacles they may encounter, which can include family concerns, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health challenges, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, social and economic inequities, and physical and sexual abuse; and to assist clients in navigating complex social welfare, educational and juvenile justice systems.
Contact: Cristy Saxon
(415) 371-0727
christys@jumaventures.org
Juma develops and operates businesses for the purpose of providing desperately needed employment and developmental opportunities to youth from low-income backgrounds. The work experience and encouragement youth receive in these jobs is enhanced with program services that ensure that each person has the opportunity, knowledge and resources needed to pursue a path toward reaching their potential.
Contact: Laurie Belton
(415) 391-3600
JVS brings people and work together. JVS strengthens the Bay Area community and fulfills Jewish values by helping people, particularly those with barriers to employment, acquire the skills and resources to find and keep meaningful employment and progress towards the goal of self-sufficiency.
Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center:
(415) 703-6150
lyricinfo@lyric.org
A community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth 23 & under (25 if trans-identified). LYRIC’s mission is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career training, health promotion, and leadership development with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities.
Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP):
Contact: Sarah Minor (Youth Development coordinator)
(415) 202-7903
MYEEP provides subsidized employment opportunities for approximately 1,200 low-income, high school aged youth each year. The goal of the program is to support the positive development of youth in San Francisco by engaging them in meaningful employment, career, leadership, and community involvement opportunities.
Private Industry Council of San Francisco:
(415) 923-4003
The Private Industry Council of San Francisco (PIC) offers a wide variety of employment and training programs for youth with various eligibility requirements.
San Francisco Conservation Corps:
(415) 928-SFCC
The San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC) is a non-profit job and academic training organization serving young people ages 18-26. Corps members develop their job and academic skills, leadership abilities and environmental awareness by completing outreach, conservation and community service projects throughout the city. Simultaneously, they participate in academic programs such as high school diploma preparation, study halls, environmental and restoration classes, personal and professional development coaching and computer literacy training.
San Francisco Police Activities League:
(415) 401-4666
San Francisco PAL reaches out to underserved kids in the City and provides safe, healthy activities which promote teamwork, personal responsibility, self-confidence, exercise and healthy living. At a time when youth are barraged with negative influences and unproductive choices our programs offer safe, constructive alternatives to gang involvement, crime, teen pregnancy, delinquency, video game playing and just plain
lethargy.
(415) 557-4400
The San Francisco Public Library offers teens with many different types of help, for example, they offer Homework help, college and career information plus much more for them to take advantage of.
Volunteer Center of San Francisco
(415) 982-8999
info@thevolunteercenter.net
The Volunteer Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties assists individuals to both serve their communities and attain personal and professional growth through community involvement. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations, local government, schools, and businesses, we act as a catalyst for ensuring that every person has the opportunity to be a powerful, contributing community membettp://www.ymcasf.org/teens.html
(415) 777-9622
In addition to offering the fun and challenge of learning new skills, every YMCA program incorporates an emphasis on values, education, mentoring to develop self-confidence, and a sense of responsibility to others. As part of this commitment to help raise strong, caring adults, the YMCA of San Francisco is also a leader in substance abuse prevention among teenagers and builds drug education into all youth activities.
(415) 775-6502
Currently, our primary focus is on providing preventative and intervention services to youth, especially those “at-risk” in San Francisco and Marin. In addition, the YWCA serves as a resource referral center for women and girls. Collaborating with communities surrounding our service areas is a priority to achieve the enhancement of existing services and the development of new services to serve those in need.
Youthline (database of youth programs and services)
(888) 977-3399
YOUTHLINE is the most useful phone line that youth in San Francisco can call. Youth are trained and prepared to hear you out on issues going on in your life or to provide you with information about such issues.
Youth Opportunities San Francisco (YO! SF)
- Bayview Hunters Point
(415) 920-0100
- Bayview - Milton Meyers
(415) 920-0110
- Mission
(415) 920-8050
- North Mission / SOMA
(415) 487-3910
- Sunnydale
(415) 406-1980