Larkin Street Youth Services
For The Art Program
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Amount$375,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/14/2019
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
Larkin Street Youth Services is a social service organization that provides a wide array of services and programs for youth experiencing homelessness. Located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, Larkin Street’s Art Program is among the most popular of its programs, offering therapeutic and career-based opportunities for youth to explore their creativity through performing and visual arts. The program serves approximately 150 youth each year with multidisciplinary art workshops, individual arts instruction, opportunities to perform, and internships at arts organizations.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.larkinstreetyouth.org
Address
134 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Art Program
Larkin Street Youth Services provides an array of health, housing, employment, and education services for San Francisco youth experiencing homelessness. Each year, the organization reaches over 1,600 youth. Its multidisciplinary arts programs cultivate self-expression, wellness, and career development, and are among its most popular offerings. Guided by arts educators, youth engage in performing arts, music, creative writing, videography, and visual arts workshops, and participate in internships at partner organizations. This grant for Larkin Street Youth Services’ Art Program advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy and Program Delivery substrategy.
for the planning of a new Larkin Street Institute
Larkin Street Youth Services provides an array of health, housing, employment, and education services for San Francisco youth experiencing homelessness. Each year, the organization reaches over 1,600 youth. Its multidisciplinary arts programs cultivate self-expression, wellness, and career development, and are among the organization's most popular offerings. Guided by arts educators, youth engage in performing arts, music, creative writing, videography, and visual arts workshops, as well as participate in internships at partner organizations. This organizational effectiveness grant will support the organization's exploration of a potential new area of earned income, that seeks to provide consulting services to peer organizations. This grant advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy and Program Delivery substrategy.
for the Art Program
Larkin Street Youth Services provides an array of health, housing, employment, and education services for San Francisco youth experiencing homelessness. Each year, the organization reaches over 1,600 youth. Its multidisciplinary arts programs cultivate self-expression, wellness, and career development, and are among its most popular offerings. Guided by arts educators, youth engage in performing arts, music, creative writing, videography, and visual arts workshops, and participate in internships at partner organizations. This grant for Larkin Street Youth Services’ Art Program advances the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy and Program Delivery substrategy.
