Resources for Teenagers
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project (TAPP)
Tapp serves pregnant and parenting female and male teenagers through the age of 20(females) and 21(males).
Services provided are:
- Counseling
- Medical Care
- Public Health Nurse Services
- Educational Counseling
- College and vocational assist
- Childcare
- Life skills classes
- Financial Help
- Job Counseling
- Child-Development/Parenting Education
- Adoption Counseling
- Family Planning Counseling
- Paternity Counseling
- Legal Counseling
- Mental Health Counseling
- Housing
Contact information:
Address: 2730 Bryant Street 2nd floor 94110
Phone: (415) 695-8300
Fax: (415) 824-2416
A Program of: Family Service Agency of San Francisco
Website: http://www.fsasf.org/
Hilltop Developmental Center
A model public-private partnership, the Hilltop Developmental Center (HDC) combines child-development education with center-based developmental childcare services. Participants are the pregnant and parenting teens who are case-managed by FSA’s Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project (TAPP) and who are attending the SFUSD Hilltop School. HDC also includes an on-site breast-feeding clinic, along with nutrition and school-nursing services provided through both FSA and the San Francisco Unified School District.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Catherine Lucero, BA, Site Manager, (415) 695-8300 x 537
Teen Resources to Achieve Positive Practices (T-RAPP)
T-RAPP provides teen-parent peer support and youth development/leadership in conjunction with pregnancy prevention and other at-risk education services. The program includes four components: peer counseling, peer education, community education and teen peer groups. Services include classroom education; school and community presentations at youth and family fairs/forums; one-to-one education; peer educator support groups; and counseling. T-RAPP coordinates with the San Francisco Unified School District to provide teen-parent peer education in classrooms throughout the city, and with New Generations Health Center, which includes T-RAPP teen peer-educator as staff members at the teen health center.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Dana Hoffman-Blustajn, LCSW, Supervisor, (415) 695-8300 x 503
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
A component of our TAPP programming, the Workforce Investment Act program invests in youth who are already heads of households, providing a pathway to family economic success by encouraging them to stay in school and make plans to continue on to higher levels of education or permanent employment. Addressing such barriers as childcare, transportation, and other needs, WIA provides job readiness and occupational skills training, along with job placement, job retention, and job advancement skills both in-house and in collaboration with other organizations. A G.E.D. component is included in program services.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110Lorena Deras, Program Coordinator, (415) 695-8300 x 524
Young Family Resource Center (YFRC)
The Young Family Resource Center is one of California’s first peer-directed, peer-focused Family Resource Centers for teen parents, their children, and their families. Integrating a youth development model, peer-to-peer service delivery, and wraparound resources, the YFRC acts as the hub of a network of support, education, and child-development information for adolescent and young adult parents throughout San Francisco. Building on our Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project (TAPP) case-management program for teenage parents, it offers comprehensive resources for young parents and their children, including financial education, nutritional education, grief & trauma support, mental health services, and vocational training.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Claudia Ayala, BA, Program Coordinator, (415) 695-8300 x 516
Back on Track
A Deferred Entry of Judgment program, Back on Track provides strict accountability and close supervision for eligible first-time, low-level felony drug offenders, ages 18-24, who have no history of violence, gun possession, or gang involvement. Through Back on Track, first-time offenders may avoid incarceration while engaging in an individualized program of educational support, employment training, life-skills development, restorative community service, and behavioral health treatment. A collaboration of Family Service Agency of San Francisco, Goodwill Industries, the District Attorney’s Office, the Public Defender’s Office, and the Probation Department, Back on Track requires participants to successfully complete a 12-month course of educational and vocational progress, judicial accountability, and community service. At the end of the year, and if the client has fulfilled the established goals, the District Attorney will dismiss the original criminal case.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
1663 Mission Street, Suite 460, San Francisco, CA 94103
Helen Singh, BA, MFTI, On-Site Therapist, 415 575-4522
Young-Teen Parent ProgramThe
Young Teen-Parent program provides targeted developmental parenting education and related activities for pregnant or parenting teens under age 15. This school-based program provides intensive daily support. The Teen Parent Child Development Services Program provides developmental education, assessment, counseling, and practicum activities to promote positive developmental parenting for pregnant girls, young fathers-to-be, and parenting teens of both sexes.No fees are charged to participants.
Contact Information:
2730 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Naomi Lenihan-White, MA, Program Manager, (415) 695-8300 x 538
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A Website to get information about Troubled Teens
"The eProgramSearch directory was developed as an independent resource to help make the search for information to help troubled teens simpler and smarter. Programs in the eProgramsearch directory are organized for parents to quickly gather important information about the many different schools available. We recognize that there are a myriad of programs and treatment options available to you, our goal is to help you find and sort through that information as quickly as possible." (Blurb Copied and Pasted from it's Website)
