Larkin Street Youth Services
Larkin Street Youth Services Headquarters Location
San Francisco
About Larkin Street Youth Services
Larkin Street Youth Services is a nonprofit empowering young people to move beyond homelessness. Founded in 1984, we've helped over 75,000 young adults in San Francisco by providing a continuum of healthcare, housing, employment, and education services.
As San Francisco’s largest nonprofit provider for young people experiencing homelessness, we are supported by private donors including foundations, corporations, and individuals, as well as government funding. We're also part of the movement to end youth homelessness on a national scale through policy partnerships with national organizations and fellow nonprofits.
About UsAs San Francisco’s largest nonprofit provider for young people experiencing homelessness, we are supported by private donors including foundations, corporations, and individuals, as well as government funding. We're also part of the movement to end youth homelessness on a national scale through policy partnerships with national organizations and fellow nonprofits.
Larkin Street provides youth between the ages of 12 and 24 with the help they need to rebuild their lives. Each year, more than 3,000 youth walk through our doors seeking help. We give them a place where they can feel safe; rebuild their sense of self-respect, trust, and hope; learn school, life and job skills; and find the confidence to build a future.
Larkin Street was founded in 1984 by a group of local business owners, church members, and neighbors who were concerned by the rising number of young people engaging in risky behaviors on the streets of San Francisco. With comprehensive youth service programs located throughout San Francisco, Larkin Street Youth Services is now an internationally recognized model successfully integrating housing, education, employment and health services to get homeless and at-risk kids off the streets.
Vision and MissionLarkin Street was founded in 1984 by a group of local business owners, church members, and neighbors who were concerned by the rising number of young people engaging in risky behaviors on the streets of San Francisco. With comprehensive youth service programs located throughout San Francisco, Larkin Street Youth Services is now an internationally recognized model successfully integrating housing, education, employment and health services to get homeless and at-risk kids off the streets.
Vision
To end youth homelessness by making it rare, brief and one time.
Mission
To create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street.
We nurture potential, promote dignity and support bold steps by all.
A History Of InnovationTo end youth homelessness by making it rare, brief and one time.
Mission
To create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street.
We nurture potential, promote dignity and support bold steps by all.
What began as a volunteer-run drop-in center and modest street outreach program launched by concerned neighbors in the early ’80s is now a city-wide continuum of care serving thousands annually.
This spirit of innovation continues today and is embodied in the goals of our strategic plan, which aims to deepen and diversify our efforts with the youth we serve.
CareersThis spirit of innovation continues today and is embodied in the goals of our strategic plan, which aims to deepen and diversify our efforts with the youth we serve.
Working at Larkin Street, no matter what department, means making a real difference in the lives of young people experiencing homelessness. In fact, our new Employee Experience Vision Statement codifies just that:
- Being part of Larkin Street means bringing compassion and integrity to ending youth homelessness.
- We celebrate diversity, stand for equity, and create pathways for individual and community growth.
Our team is skilled, diverse and passionate. Our culture encourages achievement and professional development, as well as teamwork and self-care. Our focus is always on the young people at the heart of our mission and to nurture potential, promote dignity and support bold steps by all.
Benefits- Being part of Larkin Street means bringing compassion and integrity to ending youth homelessness.
- We celebrate diversity, stand for equity, and create pathways for individual and community growth.
Our team is skilled, diverse and passionate. Our culture encourages achievement and professional development, as well as teamwork and self-care. Our focus is always on the young people at the heart of our mission and to nurture potential, promote dignity and support bold steps by all.
We offer a variety of employment options, from full-time to part-time and relief staff. Most positions include a full range of benefits such as:
- medical, dental, vision, long-term disability
- life insurance and an employee assistance plan
- eleven paid holidays annually as well as two floating holidays
- three weeks of paid vacation in your first year, increasing to five weeks by year five
- paid sick days
- and more!
- medical, dental, vision, long-term disability
- life insurance and an employee assistance plan
- eleven paid holidays annually as well as two floating holidays
- three weeks of paid vacation in your first year, increasing to five weeks by year five
- paid sick days
- and more!
Number of Employees in Larkin Street Youth Services
51 to 200
Larkin Street Youth Services Revenue
$5M to $25M (USD)
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