Composed of six programs which aim to address the needs of high-risk youth and their families. Community Youth Center recognizes the needs of the community and has a Central Intake System in place to provide referrals and case management services. Please contact the On-Duty Intake Counselor at 415.775.2636 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday.

 

The Community Assessment and Referral Center (CARC) provides an alternative to juvenile hall for youth 11-17 years of age arrested for a variety of criminal offenses. CARC provides a single point of entry of crisis intervention, assessment, service integration, referring and mentoring. This project involves a collaboration of all the city agencies working with youth –– from the schools, human services, and public health, through juvenile probation, police, the district attorney, the public defender, the sheriff and community based organizations. At CARC, all these agencies develop one plan after contacting the family, to help the youth build a successful drug-free, crime-free life. Each youth is connected to a case manager, as well as to a mentor who spends one-on-one time with the youth, works with probation and the court, and guides the youth into positive interventions in the community. Project goals include: Increase youth school performance, increase rates of successful completion of probation, reduce subsequent recividism, out-of-home placements, reduce youth's incidences of substance abuse. For more information, please contact: Kelvin Xu - Case Manager at 415.345.8123

 

Chinatown Beacon Center Outreach Services (CBCOS) enables youth to understand and navigate the school and juvenile justice systems, and develop cultural enrichment and academic enhancement activities. It provides school-based counseling services, case management, and youth support groups. For more information, please contact: Annie Tong - Case Manager at 415.345.8123

 

Intensive Home Based Supervision (IHBS) provides community based intensive supervision and case management services for youth who have been adjudicated wards of the Court and placed on probation. For more information, please contact: Rosanna Chan - Case Manager at 415.345.8123

 

Life Enrichment & Development (LED) provides life skills workshops, peer support groups, and counseling services to high-risk juveniles who are long-time truants and dropouts, monolingual and newly immigrated, or have safety or risk issues. For more information, please contact: Kelvin Xu - Case Manager at 415.345.8123

 

Parent and Youth Empowerment Project (PYEP) has two components. The Parent Empowerment component focuses of the needs of the parents by providing weekly parent support groups, strengthening parenting skills, building confidence in their roles, and providing access to appropriate resources.  The youth leadership development component is based at Thurgood Marshall Academic High School through the Wellness Center where youth meet weekly during lunch and after-school throughout the school year to focus on workshops and trainings to discuss topics that include but are not limited to: basic life skills, decreasing violence, building self-reliance, positive cultural identity, and teambuilding. Youth are engaged during the weekends, participating in community events and activities, developing closer ties to those in their community. Intervention and prevention services include case management services, counseling sessions, as well as weekly support groups to help youth stay on track. For more information, please contact: Serena Lau - Project Advisor at 415.775.2636 Ext. 209

 

Truancy is Preventable (TIP) provides individual case management services with an emphasis on truancy to high-need youth.  We also provide lifeskill workshops to our school- based support groups. TIP works closely with school Attendance Liaisons, counselors and staff to track and monitor the needs of the youth. For more information, please contact:  Vicky Chung-Louie - Project Manager at 415.775.2636 Ext. 217

 

Young Adults Motivated (YAM) provides comprehensive crisis intervention services to young adults age 18-24 in detention or on probation. In addition to cognitive behavioral intervention, motivational interviewing, and solution focused strategies, YAM also provides academic and vocational support, social and life skills development, and record sealing and expunging services. For more information, please contact Leo Wong - Care Manager at 415.345.8123