3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic was founded in 2005 as a community effort to ensure that the 6,000 young residents of Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) had access to the same opportunities for healthcare, employment, and education as other youth in San Francisco. Today, 3rd Street reaches more than 1,800 young people across the entire Bay Area annually. We offer a wide range of holistic services that include:

-A full-service primary health care clinic.
-Individual, family, and group therapy and clinical case management.
-Youth Access Point into the City’s Coordinated Entry System
-Housing-focused case management services
-Rapid re-housing
-Lower Polk TAY Navigation Center offers TAY, ages 18-27, support with substance abuse, mental health, education, and employment while they await placement into permanent homes.
-3rd StrEATS: a food pantry/CSA program.
-HealthCore: A healthcare-focused workforce development program that prepares TAY for careers in allied health.
-3rd Street Leadership Academy (3LA ): Participants study health challenges and opportunities in the neighborhood and connect with grassroots activists and public officials to impact change.
-Youth Outreach Squad (YOS): Youth learn about health and wellness and create health-focused outreach campaigns to share with their peers.
-Summer Health Education Program (SHEP): Over summer break, youth learn how to make informed choices about their health and the relationship between poverty, race, and chronic disease.

Mission Statement
To help youth make healthy and safe decisions that improve their physical, emotional, and social health, empowering them to become successful, contributing adults.

Vision Statement
To build a more equitable world where the color of a person’s skin is not a risk factor for chronic disease, homelessness, and economic instability, and that youth from all San Francisco neighborhoods lead happy, fulfilling lives.

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