Herbert Hoover Middle School - Community Resources

community resources

Free Support Lines

2-1-1: San Francisco resource for finding essential services, such as health care, food, shelter or mental health services. Over 150 languages spoken. Call or www.211.org

3-1-1: San Francisco resource for finding local government services. Call or www.311.org

T.A.L.K. Line Family Support Center: (415) 441-KIDS (5437) 24hr support line for parents which provides references for groups, crisis intervention, substance abuse services, and therapy.

Child Abuse Prevention Hotline: (415) 507-9265

Child Protective Services: (415) 558-2650

Asian/Pacific Islander Family Support lines: (415) 206-5450

Domestic Violence: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)

Free or Low Cost Health Services: (415) 715-0400 Bayview, (415) 552-3870 Mission

California Youth Crisis Line (English & Spanish): (800) 843-5200

Trauma Recovery/Rape Treatment Center: (415) 437-3000

Bayview Hunters Point Foundation Youth Services: (415) 822-1585

Central American Resource Center (CARCEN): (415) 824-2330

Our Family Coalition (LGBT Family): (415) 981-1960

Parents for Public Schools - help with high school search: (415) 468-7077 www.ppssf.org

YouthLine: (888) 977-3399 7-days, 12pm to 10pm, providing callers with confidential and anonymous peer-to-peer conversation.

Youth Employment Services

PACT, INC: (415) 922-2550 www.pactinc.org Promotes community empowerment by increasing access to higher education for low income youth by impacting school graduation, dropout and college enrollment rates. Provides information on financial aid, SAT testing, career planning, and college advising.

JUMA VENTURES: (415) 371-0727 www.jumaventures.org A social entrepreneurial organization that owns and operates competitive small businesses for the specific purposes of employing teenagers and young adults.

NEW WAYS WORKERS/SF YOUTHWORKS: (415) 202-7911 www.sfyouthworks.org Offers year-round paid internships in city government departments for SF high school students. Also offered are pre-employment and job search trainings, youth planned activities for participants, and leadership opportunities through a Youth Leadership Team.

YOUTH CARES: (415) 538-8100 www.iiss.org Gives young people a meaningful way to contribute to the community while assisting senior citizens, learning skills and developing projects.

Teen Clinics

BALBOA TEEN HEALTH CENTER AT BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL 1000 Cayuga Ave. (415) 469-4512

Provides health and mental health services to students. Areas of expertise: chronic disease management, relationship counseling, coordinating services & helping students toward graduation.

HUCKLEBERRY'S COLE STREET CLINIC 555 Cole St. (415) 386-9398 www.huckleberryyouth.org

Provides primary care including family planning, pregnancy testing, STD screening & treatment, physical exams, immunizations & TB test, crisis shelter. Risk management & therapy provided. Confidential HIV/AIDS counseling, testing, education, case management offered to all youth under 22.

RAP TEEN CLINIC Bryant St. (415) 920-7192 2730

Primarily a youth clinic, but will also see children of youth in care. Services include general medical treatment, physicals, birth control methods, pregnancy testing and counseling, HIV confidential testing and counseling, STD screening, and immunizations.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD GOLDEN GATE (PPGG) 15 Eddy St. Hotline: (800) 967-PLAN PPGG (415) 441-7858 www.ppgg.org

Offers birth control, emergency contraception, family planning, HIV testing, male health services, midlife/menopause services, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted infections, abortions, abnormal pap test.

THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CLINIC 2166 Hayes St. (415) 379-7800 www.thewomensclinic.org

Provides complete gynecological and family planning services

SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH PLAN 568 Howard St. (415) 547-7818 www.sfhp.org

Provides information about low-cost health insurance for children and teens. Call to see if you qualify for Healthy Kids, Medi-Cal, or Healthy Families.

Emergency Housing

Helplink Shelter Referral: (800) 273-6222 Fifteen emergency shelters are provided to protect people in crisis and help them transition to more permanent housing.

La Casa De Las Madres: (415) 503-0500, teen crisis line (877) 923-0700, www.lacasa.org 1850 Mission St., Suite B, 94103 Provides emergency shelter to women, teen and children victims of domestic violence.

Hamilton Family Center: 1631 Hayes St., (415) 409-2100, provides shelter, support services and housing for homeless families.

Legal Services for Children and Teens

Legal Services for Children: (415) 863-3762

Youth Law Center (YLC): (415) 543-3379

Department of Child Support: (415) 356-2700

General Legal Offerings

Bar Association of San Francisco: (415) 989-1600

Bay Area Legal Aid: (415) 982-1300

Family Law Self-Help Center: (415) 551-3991

La Raza Centro Legal: (415) 575-3500

Classes

Brava!: theater classes (415) 641-7657 ext.110 www.brava.org

826 Valencia: free writing classes: (415) 642-5905 www.826valencia.org

Community Music Center: (415) 647-6015 www.sfcmc.org

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA): (415) 821-1155 www.missionculturalcenter.org

Precita Eyes Mural Center: (415) 285-2287 www.precitaeyes.org

Beacon Centers: free tutoring, classes:, 8 locations (415) 554-8967

SF Recreation & Parks: low cost swim lessons, classes, sports: (415) 831-2700

SF Public Libraries: offers FREE classes, tutoring and workshops: www.sfpl.org

SFKIDS.ORG: a San Francisco resource website with a variety of art, music, sports and fitness classes, family activities calendar, summer camps, and more. FREE sfkids.org

Museums

The 1st Wednesday of every month is FREE to everyone!

California Academy of Sciences: (415) 321-8000 www.calacademy.org

San Francisco Zoo: (415) 753-7080 www.sfzoo.org

The Exploratorium: (415) 561-0360 www.exploratorium.edu

The Mexican Museum: (415) 202-9700 www.mexicanmuseum.org

The 1st Tuesday of each month free to everyone:

The Asian Art Museum: (415) 581-3500 www.asianart.org

De Young Museum: 415) 863-3330 www.deyoungmuseum.org

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: (415) 357.4000 www.sfmoma.org

California Palace of the Legion of Honor: (415) 415.863.3330 www.thinker.org

*Zeum Museum: (no free days) (415) 777-2800 www.zeum.org