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Hilltop school for expectant and parenting students in San Francisco preps mothers and children for life but awaits possible budget cuts

by Justin Slaughter, SF4Tay.org Communications Coordinator For the most part, Hilltop Special Service Center, or Hilltop, runs like an ordinary high school. But through a partnership with Family Agency of San Francisco and SFUSD, Hilltop differs from ordinary high schools in that it offers expectant and parenting students a unique learning environment tailored not only to earn a diploma, but also to raise a family. For our SF4TAY newsletter focusing on expectant and parenting young people, we speak with current Hilltop head counselor Patricia Keehan and former Teenage Pregnancy & Parenting Program (TAPP) administrator Charlene Clemens about her fight to stop the elimination Read more

 
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Interview w/ Nikia Durgin, CTAB Member, Teen Resources to Achieve Positive Practices (T-RAPP)

Interview w/ Nikia Durgin, CTAB Member, Teen Resources to Achieve Positive Practices (T-RAPP)   What lead you to work for TAPP and TAYSF CTAB? Nikia: I first went to Teenage Parent and Pregnant Program, or TAPP, a branch of the Family Service Agency in San Francisco for their resources as a young parent. Then I started to work at TAPP’s Young Family Resource Center. I worked at the resource center for three years in a number of positions, from data entry to assisting Family Service Agency’s child development specialist. I also worked for TAPP as a Peer Educator in a program Read more

 
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Interview w/ Roberto, Director of Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (HOMEY)

Interview w/ Roberto Eligio Alfaro, Director of Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (HOMEY) By Justin Slaughter What does HOMEY do, what populations does it serve? Roberto: The Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (HOMEY) focuses on youth development and violence prevention for young people city-wide. The way HOMEY works is that we convene leadership groups in the schools, including Downtown, John O’Connell, and June Jordan, and pool motivated young people to come to HOMEY’s evening groups. Our Kalpulli leadership group meets to basically foster cultural awareness and pride, and our Joven Noble group meets to build character development, Read more

 
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Local news blog Potrero View cautions that not all 16-24 year-olds in San Francisco have healthcare

“The ages between 16 and 24 represent a critical period during which individuals evolve from being children to young adults responsible for their own well-being and care. According to data gathered by the Transitional Age Youth Task Force in 2007, although the majority of San Francisco’s 80,000 16 to 24 year olds, or transitional age youths, are on track to successfully mature into young adults, an estimated five to eight thousand—up to 10 percent—are at high risk for unemployment, homelessness, involvement with the criminal justice system, and poverty. These challenges, in turn, can create health issues, and trigger mental health Read more

 
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Valencia Health Center: Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific

Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific Health Centers provide confidential and caring reproductive health services.

 
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St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic

The Clinic provides primary medical care for low-income and homeless children and adults. They provide sick visits, physical exams, immunizations, pregnancy testing and referral, and STD testing and treatment.

 
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