Huckleberry receives mental health grant

Huckleberry Youth Programs was

recently awarded a “Stop the Hate”

grant by the California Department

of Social Services. This new funding

for Huckleberry will allow them

to expand and fund their robust

counseling program that serves youth

and families across San Francisco

and Marin counties. Last year,

Huckleberry's counseling program

provided mental health support for

436 Bay Area youth.

The purpose of the “Stop the Hate”

funding (Huckleberry was awarded

$625,000 over two years) is to provide

support and services to victims of hate

crimes, survivors and their families,

and facilitate hate incident or hate

crime prevention measures.

“We at Huckleberry Youth

Programs are very proud to be part of

the California initiative to reduce hate

incidents in our community,”

said Douglas Styles, Huckleberry's

executive director/CEO. “The

CADSS ‘Stop the Hate' grant will

allow Huckleberry to hire three more

counselors in San Francisco and Marin

to provide support services to youth

victims of hate incidents and hate

crimes. By addressing hate head-on,

our vision is to create more inclusive,

healthy, and engaging communities

for all people.”

“Stop the Hate” support and

services includes:

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Direct services for victims and

survivors of hate incidents

and hate crimes and their

families, including mental and

complementary health services;

wellness and community healing;

legal services; navigation, case

management, and referrals.

Prevention services, including

arts and cultural work, youth

development, senior safety and

escort programs, safety planning,

training and cross-racial

alliance work.

Intervention services, including

outreach, training, restorative

justice, coordination with local

government and institutional

partners, and coordinated regional

rapid response.

For more information, visit

huckleberryyouth.org.