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Health Initiatives for Youth
235 Montgomery Street
(between Bush and Pine)
Suite 430
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-274-1970 phone
415-274-1976 fax
info@hify.org
HIFY was founded in 1992 by a team of health care and youth service professionals in response to the immediate need for HIV prevention, treatment, and care for young people in San Francisco. Some of our achievements from the 1990s include: creating two youth publications (a zine and a resource manual) for youth living with HIV, offering four HIV-specific trainings to youth service providers, and developing an HIV-positive speakers bureau to help educate young people about the disease.
Around the turn of the century, HIFY began to look at the broader context of the lives of young people, as well as the supports and opportunities available to them. Now we view HIV from a more holistic point of view, addressing many of the co-factors that put people at greater risk for infection. Because HIV is one of a broad matrix of interconnected health issues confronting youth, HIFY has expanded its services to address more risks to healthy development faced by young men and women, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. In the process, we have acquired a wealth of experience on how best to serve a richly diverse community of young people.
All of our work is done in partnership with other community members. We bring our work to community centers, schools, clinics, and afterschool programs who are working daily with youth. Some of our key partners are listed below:
Dimensions Clinic for Queer and Questioning Youth
at Castro Mission Health Center
call 415-487-7589 for more information
Adolescent Health Working Group
323 Geary Street, Suite 418
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-576-1170
Fax: 415-576-1286
Email: info@ahwg.net
www.ahwg.net