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Urban Services YMCA
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| Last updated on October 20, 2008 |
Urban Services YMCA is the social services arm of the YMCA of San Francisco. We provide life changing programs that promote Academic Achievement, Strengthening Families, and Safe and Healthy Communities.
Description:
Urban Services YMCA works to develop programs and activities that build family resilience and stability. The communities we serve experience overwhelming risk factors (e.g., violence, substance abuse, poverty, etc.) that cause families to become splintered and routed into services that do not address root causes behind actions. Our organization works to fill this gap and alleviate the stress on the city’s overburdened system of care.
Charted in 1995, Urban Services YMCA has grown to provide comprehensive wrap around services including:
• Building Futures Mentoring Services that provide individual mentoring relationships for youth displaying signs of depression, withdraw, and issues with anger management.
• Mental Health Counseling and Trauma Recovery Services that provide youth and families with free access to licensed therapists who address serious behavioral and emotional issues.
• Gang Intervention Programming made possible through street outreach workers provided through the OMI/Excelsior Beacon Center.
• Urban Core College Internships that create pathways for afterschool program employment and college credit for students attending San Francisco State University.
• Truancy Intervention Services that provide school re-engagement case managers for high school students who have dropped out, or at-risk of dropping out.
• Life Skills Training, Job Development, and more for Transitional Aged Youth (ages 16 - 24) living in the OMI.
• Family Advocacy, Domestic Violence Counseling, Adult Job Development, Case Management and more provided by staff from our Family Resource Centers in the OMI and Western Addition.
• Youth Leadership, Academic Support, Advanced Enrichment Activities and more delivered through the Bayview Hunters Point and OMI/Excelsior Beacon Centers, the OMI Safe Haven, and on-campus afterschool programs at Malcolm X Academy Elementary, Starr King Elementary, International Studies Academy High School, Downtown High School, and Ida B. Wells High School.
• College Prep Activities specifically targeting young African American Males.
• Structured Recreation, Nutrition Education, and Obesity Prevention Programming throughout our afterschool programs.
History:
Urban Services YMCA grew out of three of the original eight-chartered state Youth Service Bureaus (YSBs) operating at the time in San Mateo County. Recognizing a need to impact a broader range of communities in Bay Area, the YMCA of San Francisco chartered the Urban Services branch in 1995 to guarantee access of YMCA resources to at-risk families. We began delivering community-based services with HOOPS – a twilight basketball league – and a public safety AmeriCorps grant, offering peer counseling, tutoring, and structured recreation.
Looking forward, we foresee ourselves expanding our services to include new programming for youth ages 0 – 5, transitional aged youth 17 – 24, and wrap around services for the entire family. Our 5-year Strategic Plan calls for us to be seen as a strong and reliable community partner that supports smaller CBOs through administrative and fiscal consultations, programmatic technical assistance, and neighborhood advocacy. By 2012, we hope that all San Francisco families will be aware of Urban Services YMCA’s scope of programming either through direct contact with one of our staff or through newspaper articles, news segments, or local community events.
Contact people:
Main office number: (415) 561-0631 Office fax number: (415) 563-8017
Address:
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1426 Fillmore Street, #204
San Francisco, CA 94115
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Web Site: http://www.ymcasf.org/urbanservices
Directions:
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In the heart of the Fillmore Center, Urban Services YMCA's administrative offices are located off the 22 Fillmore MUNI Line, next to Safeway.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Van Ness,
Walk distance (in minutes): 15
Nearest Bus Stop: 22 Fillmore, 31 Balboa, 38 Geary, 2 minute walk |
Miscellaneous Information
| Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency? |
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Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog
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| What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency? |
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18
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| Is your agency wheelchair accessible? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10? |
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Yes
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Yes
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