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The Salvation Army Young Emancipated Adults Program (YEA!)

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240 Turk St., San Francisco, CA

The YEA! Program is a 2-year transitional housing program and provides housing for 27 youth.

Community Awareness & Treatment Services Inc: A Woman’s Place

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1049 Howard St., San Francisco, CA

A Woman’s Place (AWP) is the only gender-specific emergency shelter and transitional housing of its kind in San Francisco, providing a safe haven for homeless women with a comprehensive range of flexible services, including health care, mental health counseling, case management services, and money management.

City College of San Francisco: HARTS Program

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50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA

The HARTS Program serves homeless/at risk students with the goal of achieving success in an academic environment.

Larkin Street Youth Services: Avenues to Independence (ATI): Housing for Transition Aged Youth

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1020 Haight st. San Francisco, CA

Avenues to Independence (ATI): Housing for Transition Aged Youth

First Place for Youth San Francisco Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP)

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30 Harriet Street San Francisco, CA 94103

First Place for Youth San Francisco Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) helps foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood.

LYRIC: LGBTQQ Violence Prevention & Intervention Program

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127 Collingwood Street, San Francisco, CA

Case Management services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQQ) and Ally youth.

TIPS for finding housing

Tip 1: A lot of housing programs require that you pick up the application on site. To have all the information ready when you get the actual application for the program you want visit Transitional Housing And Rules

Tip 2: Before moving in or signing anything, ask the prospective landlord the following questions: Are utilities, like gas, water, or garbage, included in the rent? What is the total amount due before moving in? When is the rent due? What is the penalty for a late rent payment?

Tip 3: If you need help paying for the rent, you should apply for GA (cash program for people without children) or CalWorks (cash program to low-income people with children). To see if you are eligible for GA or CalWorks visit City and County of San Francisco Human Services Agency

Types of Housing:

Emergency Shelter: housing for people to live in temporarily when they either can’t continue living in their current housing situation or are homeless. You can stay there any time from one night to 90 days, depending on the shelter.

Transitional Housing: housing programs that serve former foster youth, probation youth, homeless youth, runaway youth, parenting youth, youth with mental illness or other special needs, usually ages 16-24, with supportive services. Most transitional housing programs last 18-24 months.

Permanent Housing: housing that the government helps you pay for. It is either an assigned public housing unit, or a housing voucher, like Section 8, where you choose the apartment or single family home and are responsible for paying a portion of the rent, usually 30-40% of your income. In the Bay Area, there are very long waits for Section 8 Housing and Public Housing.

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