PROGRAMS

City Youth Now supports youth in the San Francisco foster care and juvenile justice systems by providing funds for services and programs that promote stability and personal growth.

City Youth Now recognizes that all children deserve a real childhood and a chance at a better future. We work with probation officers, social workers, and youth advocates to ensure that every child has a chance at a "normal" childhood.

CITY YOUTH NOW CURRENTLY PROVIDES

• Education funding and tutorial services to hundreds of children including scholarships
• Stipends and job training skills to youth on probation
• Holiday gifts for thousands of children
• Funding to assist teens transition to independent living
• Funds for emergency clothing, eyeglasses, dental care, and music and art lessons
• Scholarships for camp
• Graduation expenses
• Books and programming for the libraries at Juvenile Hall and Log Cabin Ranch including author visits
• Visual arts and special programs such as yoga, book clubs, visits by the Opera and Zoo mobile, and special lecture series at Juvenile Hall
• S.Q.U.I.R.E.S Program
• GED tutoring to youth detained at San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center