Out of School Time programs receive the largest portion of Department of Children, Youth & Families funding. In addition to funding many individual programs, the department also supports key innovative initiatives.
Click on the initiative name for more information:
San Francisco Afterschool for All
San Francisco Beacon Initiative
Rec Connect
SF TEAM
Afterschool Snack Program Forms Now Online!
San Francisco Beacon Initiative
The San Francisco Beacon Initiative is a public-private partnership that promotes youth and family centers in our public schools. The goal of the Initiative is to offer opportunities, services and activities that promote the healthy development of children, youth, families and communities. Eight Beacon Centers operated by community-based non-profits and housed in public schools across the city provide youth development opportunities before and after-school, on weekends and in summer. The centers now serve over 6,000 youth and adults, every year. The Beacon Initiative is a broad-based partnership that includes the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and their Families, the San Francisco Unified School District, community organizations, and local foundations, led by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. The Centers offer young people a vibrant array of programs focused on five different areas that are important to their future: education, career development, arts and recreation, leadership, and health.
See Beacon Centers
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Rec Connect
The Rec Connect Initiative provides programs and activities in five key recreation sites in the city’s highest need neighborhoods. Rec Connect sites are providing free, dynamic programs for children, youth and their families. Through this innovative public–non-profit parternship, DCYF, the SF Recreation and Park Department, community-based organizations, and private foundations are transforming recreation and leisure time activities across the city. The five sites are reaching out to engage and involve 7,000 children and youth in special events, multi-session classes, and drop-in activities. Contact a Rec Connect site to enjoy the benefits of a wide-range of programming in a safe environment with caring people. CLICK HERE for locations and program schedules.
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SF TEAM
San Francisco Together Education Accomplishes More (SF TEAM) is a program that partners schools and community-based organizations to provide academic support to San Francisco youth. The main goals of SF TEAM are:
- Literacy and Academic Achievement
- School-Community Partnerships to support literacy development and academic achievement of all students
The program is currently providing services in 16 elementary and 4 middle schools in each of the eleven supervisor districts in San Francisco. SF TEAM defines “expanded learning” to include programs that are not restricted by time and that are not part of the school’s core instructional activities. Examples include before- and afterschool activities, special support programs offered during the school day, and literacy-rich summer programming. Extensive evaluation has documented significant increases in literacy over the year that young people are in this program.
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Afterschool Snack Program
DCYF is proud to once again offer the Afterschool Snack Program, which provides FREE, nutritious snacks during the school year to eligible San Francisco afterschool programs that serve youth 18 years old and younger. The program will run from September 1, 2009, through June 4, 2010. If you are interested in learning more about this program and the requirements to participate, please read Application Packet documents and fill out the Application Form.
Completed applications can be emailed to ANelson@dcyf.org or faxed to 415 353-5208.
Applications must be received by August 24, 2009.
DCYF provides healthy snacks to 800 children and youth per day at community centers around San Francisco. To find a site or to find out about opening a snack site, please contact Amy Portello Nelson at ANelson@dcyf.org.
Snack Program Forms
Snack program site supervisors can now download forms here. Click on the form title to view and print a "pdf" of all paperwork.
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