Youth Services

Each year, BHNC provides 150 youth ages 14-17 with job readiness training, employment opportunities, academic support, and personal development as part of the Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP). Participants are overwhelmingly from low-income families, on probation, in foster care, or are teen parents, and are residents at the public housing locations where BHNC provides community services. 

We know that young people who do not develop a job track record and employment skills today may experience financial insecurity for the rest of their lives. Underemployment among youth represents a tragic setback and often leads to an accompanying loss of self-esteem. BHNC is working to change that trajectory. Every young person in our program is seen and heard. 100% of our youth work at one of 30 non-profit, public sector, or private sector worksites throughout San Francisco to gain employment experience and a foothold into their future.