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CYF's Achievements: 1993 - 2011
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 - 2011
- Conducted wide range of health education programs and youth development activities at three high schools in San Mateo County, including: peer educator trainings, drug and alcohol projects, youth leadership training, classroom health education sessions, and young men's and young women's health groups.
- In spring 2009, CFY was invited to join a the Sequoia Teen Resource Center, community-school collaborative at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA.
- At Sequoia High School, CFY conducts heath education sessions in classrooms and after school youth development activities, including Peer Educator and Peer Health Advocate trainings.
- CFY is a Steering Committee member for the Redwood City AOD (Alcohol and other Drug) Prevention Partnership, an effort to educate the community and prevent drug and alcohol abuse by youth.
- Received Educational Advocates Award from Project Outlet, 2011.
- Funding during this period was awarded by:
- The California Wellness Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefits Program
- Genentech Foundation
- San Mateo County Health Department's Behavioral Health
- and Recovery Services
- San Mateo Union High School District
- Sequoia Union High School District
- Sequoia Healthcare District
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