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Administrative Offices 701 Sutter Street, Suite 2 San Francisco, CA 94109 Tel (415) 673.0911 Fax )415) 749.3838 [email protected] www.larkinstreetyouth.org Board of Directors Honorary Board Senior Management Team Charles Dicke, Chair Terry Allen-Rouman Sherilyn Adams, LCSW Laura Powell, Vice Chair Ray Brown Executive Director Victoria J. Johnson, Secretary William F. Campbell Art Fatum, Treasurer James E. Canales, Jr. Ray Fort Phillip S. Estes, At-Large Laurence A. Colton Chief Operating Officer Annie Ellicott, At-Large Jay Cuetara Nina Hatvany, At-Large Penelope Douglas Kathie Lowry Blake Jorgensen, At-Large Tim Emanuels Chief Development Officer Sherilyn Adams, Executive Director Judy Getto Vince Hoenigman Dina Wilderson, PhD Board Members Steve Janowsky Chief of Research and Evaluation Debbie G. Jorgensen Chris Brahm John E. Kalin Aimee Armata Connie Curran Stephen C. Kirmse Clinical Director Mark A. Edmunds Stephen Koch Irene Casanova Conor Famulener Mary V. Lester Director of Engagement Anita Feiger Elizabeth A. Levy Julie B. Harkins John L. Martin Nicole Garroutte Jim Henry John E. Martinez Director of Marketing & Events Anne Hoecker Paul R. Mohun Terry Kramer Maria Muzio Mary M. Prchal Ruth Nunez David J. Nygren Director of Residential Programs Philip Schlein Carla B. Oakley Aaron C. Schwartz Jean Richardson Christine A. Tsingos Chelsea Ross Henry Safrit Controller Carla Washington J. Milton Seropan John Whiting Anne B. Stanton Don Sanders, MSW Charles J. Wibbelsman David A. Thompson Director of Education and Employment Victoria Willock Gregory W. Wendt Linda Wood David B. Zenoff Gwynne Seidell Allison N. Wysocki Director of Human Resources Board Fellows Lara Tannenbaum, MSW Ravi Banda Director of Health Services Vishal Kudchadkar Holly Tedford, MNA Director of Development, Grants The mission of Larkin Street Youth Services is to create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street. We will nurture potential, promote dignity, and support bold steps by all. Puccini & Pinetti Barclays Capital CIVIC & RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS San Francisco Department of Health: Dear Friends, Looking Ahead Recology BlackLine Systems American Montessori Society • Community Behavioral Health Services Larkin Street is now at the threshold of great change. The youth we serve face Recommind, Inc. Bloomspot, Inc. American University • Housing and Urban Health It was a busy, thought-provoking, and productive year; and a crucially significantly greater challenges obtaining the support and life skills necessary to The RHE Charitable Foundation The John Burton Foundation Back to Business San Francisco Human Services Agency important one. As you know, Larkin Street Youth Services has a strong legacy of enter and navigate the job market. Over 70% of our youth do not have a high Salesforce.com CableLabs Bay Street Helping Hands San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing success. For almost 30 years we have built a robust continuum of care to help school diploma or GED, and the job market is shrinking for people with no post- San Francisco Airport Commission CBRE California Society of CPAs San Francisco Office of Economic and homeless youth get off the streets. We are a pioneer in this field. There is no other secondary education. Further, in 2014 the national GED standards are being raised. San Francisco Federal Credit Union CBS Interactive Calvary Presbyterian Church Workforce Development agency in San Francisco – and few nationwide – that offer the same breadth of While this is a good thing for our country, at the same time it presents an even The San Francisco Giants City National Bank Community Housing Partnership US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) services with comparable results. greater challenge for our young people, many of whom already struggle to pass Charles Schwab Foundation Clarence & Dyer LLP Community Thrift Store US Department of Health and Human the current GED. Over the past year this success served Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation Cliff Consulting First Presbyterian Church of Livermore Services: So over the next five years, Larkin Street will take the opportunity to once again The Swinerton Foundation The Clorox Company Folsom Street Events Administration for Children and Families as the foundation for the intensive • planning process that we undertook lead the way. We will pioneer a new model which both deepens our impact and Therapy Stores Culture Effect Galesburg High School • Health Resources and Services to develop our new five year strategic extends our reach. With our 2012-17 strategic plan we have established bold out- Tibco Software, Inc. Degenkolb Engineers Gay Buddhist Fellowship Administration plan. We took the time to assess our come goals for the youth in our services: U.S. Bank R.R. Donnelley & Sons Girl Scouts of Northern California US Department of Housing and Urban progress thus far, question our goals, Living-wage employment Until There’s A Cure Foundation Envirotech Laboratories Grace Presbyterian Church Development test our mission. We evaluated at • Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Huckleberry Youth Programs Two years of postsecondary education length every possible new direction • Safe and stable housing Visa G2 Insurance Services International Association of Firefighers we might want to take; every new • Physical and emotional well-being Wetherby Asset Management Harvey’s Local 555 Larkin Street Youth Services has made program, new geographic area, new • Wilkes Bashford Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation Jewish Community Federation & every effort to list accurately our donors. approaches to our young people. To support these ambitious outcomes we will be making both wide-ranging as well Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Huntsman Architectural Group Endowment Fund If you feel your name has been withheld, as nuanced changes to our programs, our people, and our policy work. We will in- Foundation Juniper Networks Lakeside Presbyterian Church or reported incorrectly, please contact What emerged from this compre- crease our program retention, increase our already strong graduation rates and job WNPC Foundation KCBS All News Radio Lower Polk Neighbors the development office at (415) 673.0911 hensive and challenging effort was placements, strengthen rigor and accountability across the agency, employ better Zephyr Real Estate Kforce Professional Staffing National Association of School ext. 301. the affirmation of our belief in our technology, and expand the reach of our policy and advocacy work. McKesson Foundation Psychologists Children’s Fund mission and in the direction we are There is, of course, much more detail supporting the Larkin Street Youth Services $500 to $999 Med Thrive T Co-Op, Inc. Old First Presbyterian Church already headed. We also affirmed that at this time, we must deepen rather than 2012-17 Strategic Plan, and we invite you to read the executive summary on our ACG Microsoft Corporation Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, House widen our reach. We must, and will, change how we deliver education and em- website in the About Us: Agency, Mission and History section at www.larkinstreet Artisan Printing Mosaic Financial Partners Democratic Leader ployment services, how we match services to youth needs, and how we measure youth.org. As you review the plan, keep in mind that it reflects broad and compre- BraunHagey & Borden LLP Oracle Corporation Presbyterian Women of Centerpoint youth progress. Over the next five years we will move youth through our continuum hensive input from throughout the agency; from the staff, the board, and our youth. Chevron S.S. Papadopulos and Associates, Inc. Presbyterian of services as effectively and expeditiously as possible, inspiring the deepest and This plan is one of the most sweeping and important endeavors we have ever DreamWorks Qualcomm Atheros Presbyterian Women of Livermore most lasting change. We will drive youth outcomes higher rather than bringing undertaken at Larkin Street. We are looking forward to our next five years with a Gap International The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church more youth through our doors. sense of realistic optimism about the challenges and opportunities that will emerge Grant Thornton Sears Holding Corporation St. Raymond Catholic Church Looking Back as we implement it. Kreuzberger Associates Michael Sechman & Associates STREETSMART4kids MassMutual SJ Engineers Summit Preparatory Charter High School The strength of our 2012-17 strategic plan is that it both reflects and is built upon This is where all of you, our donors, volunteers, and mentors, enter the picture. It is Moss Adams LLP Sports Basement Tenderloin Neighborhood Development the good work we have always done. In the last five years alone we have: through the generous contribution of your time, talent, and funding that we have Pan-Med Enterprises The Stuart Foundation Corp. • Increased our housing capacity by 86 beds, with 24 more in the pipeline. been able to become a nationally recognized provider of services for homeless Parthenon Capital Foundation SurveyMonkey TMASF Connects • Greatly improved our structure of coordinated care; with increased clinical and runaway youth. Your support for our work has helped thousands of discon- PFM Tiffany & Co. Vista Del Mar Baptist Church capacity, cross-program communication, and outcomes reporting. nected young people get off the streets and on to a path to achieve their potential. Synthetic LLC R. Torre & Company • Formalized our knowledge