"Great idea that young people are educating young people"
"I wish everyone could be educated this way- about the pressures of being a teenager" |
CYF's Achievements: 1993 - 2009
1993-1995
- Our non-profit organization was founded in 1984 and revitalized in 1993
- Developed Youth HIV Prevention Project (YPP) and trained first group of
- Peer Educators
- Raised 1st year foundation grant to conduct YPP in San Francisco and Alameda Counties
- Raised 2nd year of funding for the YPP and matching grant from the Design Industry Foundation on AIDS (DIFFA)
- Reached youth in over 20 schools and community settings in two counties
- Wells Fargo Bank donated office space to The Center for Youth
- The Center was selected as organization of the month by KFRC radio who also hosted an "Oldies Music" fund-raising cruise on the San Francisco Bay
- Consulted to CDC Committee on Community Partnerships for HIV Prevention
- YPP was highlighted in a public television documentary (WGBH- Boston)
- entitled "AIDS Research: The Story so Far"
1996-1999
- Subcontractor for U.S. Centers for Disease Control - Edited and piloted one of eight HIV education programs that qualified for CDC's research publication "Educational Programs that Work"
- Conducted trainings for actors in Kaiser Permanente's HIV educational theater program "Secrets"
- Received funding support from Providian Financial Corporation and the Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
- Conducted YPP and custom-designed Health Education programs and workshops for youth and parents in schools and community settings in 6 Bay Area Counties
- Expanded trainings and workshops to locations beyond the San Francisco
Bay Area:
- Provided Health and HIV education to 75 youth in Sacramento, CA
- Provided HIV education to 750 youth and adults in rural settings in Wyoming
- Provided HIV education to over 1500 youth and adults in rural settings in
North Dakota
- The Center's health education work in North Dakota was featured on the nightly TV news in Fargo, ND
- Presented at National Peer Helping Conference in Seattle, WA on the methods and effective results of The Center's peer education trainings
2000-2003
- Developed the Center's Life Skills Program and Peer Educator training
- Formed community collaboration with San Mateo Union High School District, San Francisco Unified School, the YMCA and the University of California San Francisco's Division of Adolescent Medicine
- Awarded $300,000 CommunitiesFirst grant from The California Endowment to further develop, conduct and evaluate the Life Skills Program over two years
- Awarded federal government grant from the U.S. Office of Population Affairs
- Awarded grant from the McKesson Foundation
- Peer Educators trained in the Life Skills Program were featured in news story on KRON-TV on effective peer education prevention programs to combat the rising rates of HIV infection
- Our research partner from the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) presented a session on the effectiveness of the Life Skills Program at the national conference of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
- The Center's programs on providing health and HIV education to teens in a weekend YMCA basketball program were featured in a radio interview on KCBS in San Francisco
- In partnership with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, conducted a spoken word event, "Waking Up," emphasizing self-esteem and HIV prevention for youth in San Francisco
- Conducted in-depth Life Skills Program sessions for over 1,800 youth
- Published article on UCSF study documenting the effectiveness of the Life Skills Program in reducing risk behaviors and increasing altruism in the April 2003 edition of AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal
- Awarded funding support over two years from the Peninsula Community Foundation
- Awarded funding support from The California Endowment's Local Opportunities Fund
- Awarded funding support from The San Francisco Foundation
- Completed yearly evaluations of the Life Skills Program, which showed a significant impact on reducing young peoples' risk behaviors and increasing their access to health care.
- Completed yearly evaluations of our Peer Educator trainings which demonstrated its impact on increasing self-esteem, communication and leadership skills, altruism and decreasing risk behaviors
- Developed and piloted the Voices program - our violence prevention and social justice program
- Received commendation from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for our "education, inspiration and commitment" to the well-being of the city's greatest resource (youth) and for the "leadership and creativity" of our program
2004-2007
- Raised a 3-year grant from The California Wellness Foundation to conduct our Voices program at Peninsula continuation High School in San Bruno, CA
- Formed and led a community-school partnership to conduct needs assessments and develop a business plan on establishing a school health center.
- School Health Center Planning Project partners included leaders from:
- San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD)
- San Mateo County Department of Health Services
- San Mateo County Human Services Agency
- San Mateo County Medical Center
- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
- Health Plan of San Mateo
- California School Health Center Association
- University of California-San Francisco's Institute for Health Policy Studies
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital of Stanford University
- Raised funding to conduct planning activities from:
- The California Endowment
- Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
- San Mateo County Health Department
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Worked in collaboration with UCSF's Institute for Healthy Policy Studies to develop and administer health surveys to 556 students in three schools in the SMUHSD - which determined the need for establishing a new school health center that provides health education programs, medical care, counseling and youth development activities.
- Conducted focus groups among multicultural parent groups resulting in strong support for a new Center that offers medical and counseling services, health education and positive after-school activities.
- Interviewed directors, staff and youth at 6 school health centers and/or teen centers in the Bay Area.
- Coordinated activities at a teen center at Aragon High School in San Mateo, CA providing health education and youth development programs
2008 - 2009
- Conducted wide range of health education programs and youth development activities at high schools in San Mateo County, focusing on: drug and alcohol prevention education, healthy nutrition and increasing physical activities, sexual health and decision-making, accessing healthcare and counseling, young women's health groups, and youth leadership and peer educator trainings in each of these areas.
- In spring 2009, CFY was invited to join a community-school collaborative at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA. The Sequoia Teen Resource Center and the Sequoia Wellness Center partnership includes the San Mateo Medical Center, Redwood City 2020, San Mateo County Human Services Agency, Youth and Family Enrichment Services, the Sequoia Union High School District, and The Center for Youth.
- At Sequoia High School, CFY conducts heath education sessions in classrooms and after school youth development activities, inlcuding Peer Educator and Peer Health Advocate trainings.
- CFY is working with the Sequoia Wellness Center (medical clinic on campus)
to increase adolescents' access to their medical services.
- CFY is a Steering Committee member for the Redwood City AOD (Alcohol and other Drug) Task Force, a community based prevention planning committee directed by Redwood City 2020
- Funding during this period was awarded by:
- The Genentech Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefits Program
- California Wellness Foundation
- San Mateo County Health Department's Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
- Sequoia Healthcare District
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