Huckleberry Youth Programs

The National Network for Youth (NN4Y), an organization composed of community-based youth organizations across the country, honors Huckleberry with this award in January 2010. According to Victoria Wagner, CEO and President of NN4Y (pictured with Huckleberry E.D. Bruce Fisher), "Huckleberry is eminently qualified for selection as the Agency of the Year because of the organization's wide scope of youth programming, years of innovation in the field of youth services, and commitment to collaboration with other youth-serving organizations." The Huckleberry Community Assessment and Resource Center (CARC) moves into a new expanded facility at 44 Gough Street. Five days later, Mayor Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at CARC announcing the creation of a truancy prevention program at 44 Gough (Truancy Assessment and Referral Center -TARC), in partnership with Huckleberry CARC. The Department of Public Health (DPH) funds the creation of the Huckleberry Youth Multi-Service Center - San Francisco. The Huckleberry Youth Multi-Service Center targets transitional age youth and is collaboration among Huckleberry Youth Programs, Larkin Street Youth Services, and DPH's Community Health Programs for Youth. In June, the second graduating class of the Huckleberry Wellness Academy - San Francisco (HWA) sends 11 new graduates off to college, joining the 14 graduates from our 2009 inaugural class. The Huckleberry Wellness Academy expands into Marin County, with two new cohorts of 17 high school juniors in San Francisco, and 25 high school freshmen in Marin. In September, Huckleberry celebrates the grand opening of the Marin Multi-Service Center at Montecito Plaza, a new 6,000 sq. ft. space that houses health education services, Teen Tuesday Clinic, a state-of-the-art classroom for our Huckleberry Wellness Academy, and expanded therapy offices. Bruce Fisher retires in 2014 and Douglas Styles becomes Huckleberry's new Executive Director