Local Resources
A collection of resources around the greater Bay Area region
San Francisco
| San Francisco's Promise | San Francisco's Promise, part of the national America's Promise network, provides volunteer opportunities, for both individuals and businesses, to serve youth. Promise works primarily with after-school programs, such as Beacon Centers and Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, and engages youth in service projects that enable them to give back to their communities. | www.sanfranciscopromise.org/ |
| Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) | The Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) is a program of the W. Haywood Burns Institute that is comprised of community-based programs, grassroots organizations, service-providing agencies, residential facilities and advocacy groups that focus their work on youth of color. | www.cjny.org |
| San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department | Chief Juvenile Probation Officer: Jesse E. Williams | www.ci.sf.ca.us/juvprobation/ |
| Justice Policy Institute report: An analysis of San Francisco Juvenile Justice Reforms During the Brown Administration. | Review a report requested by the San Francisco board of Supervisors evaluating the city and county's reform efforts and conditions at San Francisco's Youth Guidance Center. | www.ci.sf.ca.us/mcjc/sfjj.htm |
Santa Cruz County
| Friends Outside | Friends Outside has been providing support to those incarcerated, their family members, and those recently released for over thirty years in Santa Cruz County. | www.scvolunteercenter.com |
| California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) | CRLA serves low-income individuals residing in over 22 California counties, fighting for justice and individual rights alongside the most exploited communities of our society. | www.crla.org |
| Work Force Santa Cruz | The Workforce of Santa Cruz County is a network that links public and private partners to strengthen the community by assisting individuals and businesses in reaching their full economic potential. | www.workforcescc.com |
| For the People | Street Outreach for homeless youth and their families, home visits, crisis/violence intervention,connections to youth oriented community organizations, peer counseling and more. We are an active bridge to recovery for all people. | www.orgsites.com/ca/forthepeople/ |
| Santa Cruz County Probation | The Santa Cruz County Probation Department is committed to preventing crime and helping repair harm caused by crime. We promote Community Safety and Health, Offender Accountability and Opportunity for a Positive Change, Justice for Victims, and Respect and Fairness for All. | sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us |
| Watsonville Brown Berets | Activated in 1994, we serve as a community defense force acting for the liberation and amelioration of our barrios. | brownberets.info |
| Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center | Our mission is “building on the strength of people working together to create healthy change in their lives and community. We deliver quality human services guided by the values of diversity, partnership, and the power of workplace democracy.” This year we served over 6,000 Santa Cruz residents with culturally-sensitive, bilingual services. We do this through our four service components: Child and Family Development Programs, Youth Services, Community Recovery Services, and Community Support Services. | www.scccc.org/ |
| Resource Center for Non-violence | The Resource Center for Nonviolence is a thirty year old peace and social justice organization dedicated to promoting the principles of nonviolent social change and enhancing the quality of life and human dignity. Our work takes place here at home in California, throughout the United States, and around the world. | rcnv.org/ |
| Familia Center | Familia Center is a Latino based family resource center serving low-income Latino residents of Northern Santa Cruz County. | www.familiacenter.org |
| Si Se Puede | Sí Se Puede is a residential treatment program certified and licensed by the State to provide comprehensive rehabilitation service to men with drug and alcohol abuse problems. Services are provided in English and Spanish. | www.scccc.org/community-recovery-services/si-se-puede |
Alameda County
| Alameda County Probation Department: Juvenile Services | Chief Probation Officer Sylvia Johnson. Learn More about the county's facilities and probation department, and changing trends in local youth delinquency. | www.co.alameda.ca.us/probation/index.shtml |
| Alameda County Juvenile Hall | Stay updated on Alameda County's plan to build a new juvenile hall on public land in Dublin. frequently asked questions and contact information for county supervisors are also listed. | projects.vanir.com/ajjf/html/homepage.htm |
| Prison Activist Resource Center | PARC's High School Curriculum on the Criminalization of Youth | prisonactivist.org |
| Youth Empowerment Center | School of Unity and Liberation, C-beyond, YouthForce, Underground Railroad | www.youthec.org |
| Books Not Bars | Works to expose and to end the over-incarceration of youth and build a "bottom-up" movement to transform the entire criminal justice system | www.booksnotbars.org |
| Schools Not Jails | News, Forums, Events and more | www.brothermalcolm.net/archivedsites |
Bay Area Resources
| The Beat Within | A Weekly Newsletter of Writing and Art from the Inside | www.thebeatwithin.org/news/ |
| Youth Outlook | The World Through Young People's Eyes | youthoutlook.org/news/ |
| Rethinking Schools | Online magazine that takes an activists eye to the public education system | http://rethinkingschools.org/about/index.shtml |
| Volunteer Centers of the Bay Area | Get connected to volunteer centers in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, San Francisco and San Mateo County. | www.volunteerbayarea.com |
| Bay Area Volunteer Information Center | Learn how to find and help out at your nearest Head Start location for younger children, or how to apply to be a court-appointed child advocate, or how to become a big sister or big brother of troubled youth in your community. | www.volunteerinfo.com |
| Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) | MACSA's mission is to enrich the lives and to advance the interests of the Latino community of Santa Clara County. | www.macsa.org |