Disconnected Youth Report Now Available
In March 2006, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in partnership with the San Francisco Youth Commission, created the Mayor's Transitional Youth Task Force (TYTF). He asked leaders of City departments, representatives of community-based organizations, and young people to come together to develop recommendations on how the City could improve outcomes for San Francisco's most vulnerable transitional youth—those ages 16 through 24 who are disconnected from education, employment, and social support systems.
In October 2007, the Task Force released a report reflecting the group’s work in its first year. The report, Disconnected Youth in San Francisco: A Roadmap to Improve the Life Chances of San Francisco’s Most Vulnerable Young Adults:
• Examines the resources and systems currently in place to help disconnected youth in San Francisco
• Identifies critical deficiencies in the current approaches
• Calls for a new vision and a new set of commitments
• Proposes 16 specific steps needed to implement this vision
Download Adobe PDF Versions of the report:
Disconnected Youth in SF Executive Summary
Disconnected Youth in SF Full Report
Disconnected Youth in SF Text Only (easier printing)
Task Force Members
DCYF appreciates the valuable contribution of all members of the Task Force and its Committees.
Task Force Members and Contributors
For more information on the Transitional Youth Task Force, please contact Marlo Simmons at (415) 554-8421 or marlo@dcyf.org.
