Adolescent Provider's Guides
Alameda County: 2006-2007
San Francisco: 2003-2004
HIFY’s series of adolescent provider guides have been a comprehensive aid for young people and adults who work with youth in the Bay Area since 1998. The guide provides contact information for over 100 East Bay agencies. In addition, it includes information, articles, and sections on topics ranging from mandatory reporting to working with queer youth. The guide also features a list of hotlines, as well as an easy-to-use language index for agencies servicing youth on a variety of issues. HIFY looks forward to moving our guide on-line to further assist youth and adult providers with the most current information possible. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE BOOK ONLINE NOW!!! For mail orders, please download the form below, fill out and mail with your payment to: Publications Orders |
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The bulk of the book is an extensive directory of youth-serving agencies in San Francisco, sorted by service, language, and neighborhood. Just as valuable is a compact Info-to-Know section, containing basic information on how to support young people. We provide information on the San Francisco Unified School District, how to recognize suicide, providing support in the wake of violence and abuse, and what you need to know to help a young person navigate the juvenile justice system. In addition, we publish a list of hotlines that could prove crucial in working with a youth in crisis. Excerpts from the San Francisco Adolescent Provider's Guide: 2003-2004 Overview of the Juvenile Justice System The juvenile justice system deals with young people accused of breaking laws. Youth can end up in the juvenile justice system for committing "status offenses," i.e., acts that are illegal for youth to do but not illegal for adults, such as school truancy or alcohol use, or they can end up in the system for breaking laws that are illegal for everyone to break. When a youth gets arrested, the police usually refer the youth to the juvenile probation department. The Probation Department has the authority to detain the youth in juvenile hall if they think the youth may be a risk to the community or him- or herself. San Francisco's Juvenile Hall is at the Youth Guidance Center. Juvenile Hall is a pre-trial detention center. Probation may also release the youth to his or her home and give the youth a date to return to court. All young people who are accused of breaking the law have the right to an attorney. If the youth cannot afford a private lawyer, the government is obligated to provide a lawyer. In San Francisco, the Juvenile Division of the Public Defenders Office provides lawyers to youth who do not have private attorneys. Public defenders' job is to defend the youth to the best of their ability. It is crucial that accused youth talk frankly and share information with their public defender to make sure he or she can prepare a defense and advocate for the youth's needs. The District Attorney's office is responsible for prosecuting cases against youth charged with breaking the law. The Probation Department is responsible for managing cases, which means they assign a probation officer to each youth's case, and that officer investigates both the circumstances of the case and what is going on in the youth's life at home and school. The probation officer writes a report to the court that includes recommendations as to what the judge should do to resolve the case. These recommendations are taken very seriously. After hearing from the public defender, the district attorney, and the probation officer, a juvenile court judge makes the final decision as to what should happen in each case. The juvenile justice system is different from the adult criminal justice system in part because it is obligated to provide rehabilitation and education services to youth, not simply punishment. So the juvenile court judge is supposed to be concerned not only about whether the youth broke the law, but also about the needs of the youth and what options are available to address those needs. Juvenile Justice Resources Books Not Bars Family Advocacy Project Center For Young Women's Development Coleman Advocates For Youth AIDS/HIV Nightline California AIDS Hotline California Youth Crisis Line Child Abuse Reporting Hotline Children of the Night Line Community United Against Violence (CUAV) Drug Line Emergency Contraception Hotline Glide Memorial Crisis Center Huckleberry House Youth Crisis 24-hour Hotline La Casa de Las Madres Men's Hotline National AIDS/HIV Hotline Nationwide Abortion Information (NAF) Hotline National Center for Missing and Exploited Children National Child Abuse Hotline: Child Help USA National Crisis Hotline National Domestic Violence National Eating Disorders Referral Line National Herpes Hotline National Runaway Switchboard National STD Hotline National Sexual Assault Hotline Poison Center Hotline Relapse Line Rosalie House San Francisco Suicide Prevention San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) TALK Line: Telephone Aid in Living with Kids Woman, Inc. Youth Crisis Hotline |
San Francisco, CA - Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY) is proud to announce the release of its long-awaited book, the “Alameda County Adolescent Provider’s Guide (APG).” 
The San Francisco Adolesescent Provider's Guide provides the kind of information youth workers, case managers, nurses, and teachers should always have on hand.