Huckleberry Youth Programs
Kavon J. has extensive experience in youth case management and community health services, currently serving as a Case Manager at Huckleberry Youth Programs since May 2017. Responsibilities include providing short-term interventions, conducting mental health screenings, and connecting youth to essential community resources. Prior experience includes roles at the AIDS Project of the East Bay and the San Francisco Department of Public Health, where Kavon facilitated support groups, developed case management strategies, and conducted health workshops. Kavon also worked in communications at Fenton and gained media production experience at Youth Radio, where participation spanned from an intern to a project associate. Educational background includes a diploma from Envision Academy of Arts & Technology and attendance at Berkeley City College.
Huckleberry Youth Programs
Huckleberry's mission is to educate, inspire, and support under-served youth to develop healthy life choices, to maximize their potential, and to realize their dreams. Since 1967, we have accomplished this by providing San Francisco and Marin youth and their families with a network of services and opportunities by caring peers and adults. For 50 years, we have partnered with teens and families to overcome adversity. Huckleberry strengthens families and empowers young people with services that promote safety in times of crisis, physical and emotional health and well-being, social justice in communities facing inequality, and educational success. When all youth succeed, the entire community is stronger. We seek to empower young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships as well as promote their talents, ideas, leadership and health; to assist youth and their families in overcoming the obstacles they may encounter, which can include family concerns, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health challenges, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, social and economic inequities, and physical and sexual abuse; and to assist clients in navigating complex social welfare, educational and juvenile justice systems. Our San Francisco programs include: Huckleberry House - Crisis Shelter - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education Counseling Services Huckleberry Community Assessment & Resource Center - Juvenile Justice Diversion Our Marin programs include: Huckleberry ACE (Access to College Equity) Academy - Health Career Training & College Access Huckleberry Youth Health Center - Health Care & Health Education All of Huckleberry's services for youth and their families are provided free of charge.