We open doors for young people building their futures. Since 1984, Larkin Street Youth Services has been the largest nonprofit provider of services to youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area. We’ve supported over 80,000 young people ages 12 to 24 —and 3 out of 4 who access our comprehensive programs exit to safe and stable housing. Our continuum of care spans outreach, shelter, housing, health, wellness, education and employment. They have the potential and drive to build what’s next. We’re here to support the bold steps along the way. Follow us to see how we’re ending youth homelessness.
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Our work spans the Bay Area. This week, so did the costumes! 🎭 Spirit Week brought Larkin Street staff together across every site and team, from the people running programs to the people running spreadsheets. Thank you to everyone who committed to the bit. 🍂 More photos are on our Instagram, with Halloween and Día de los Muertos photos on the way!
We at Larkin Street honor the life and legacy of Leona Bridges, whose deep commitment to family, community, and young people touched countless lives across San Francisco. Throughout her life, Leona dedicated herself to public service and creating opportunities for future generations. Through her support for students facing economic and educational barriers, she helped open doors for young people to pursue their dreams. While Leona was new to our Board of Directors, she had been connected to Larkin Street for many years through friends and colleagues. We are grateful to have known her and join those celebrating her life and remembering the lasting impact she made. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and all who loved her. May her generosity, service, and care for others continue to inspire us.
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Under Nereyra Houle’s financial leadership, the nonprofit’s revenue has grown from $28 million to $148 million over the past decade, equipping it to serve even more children. (Sponsored Content by Larkin Street Youth Services)
Today is National Immigrants Day, and we’re proud to celebrate the courage, creativity, and heart that immigrants bring to our workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities across the Bay Area. We’re also remembering Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, who spent her life showing what it means to love a community and fight for it. At Larkin Street, we believe our communities are strongest when everyone belongs. Que descanse en paz y en poder.
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Uh-oh, another earnest LinkedIn post!! 🧪 Last month, 160 Renders came together in San Francisco for Rendervous, and this one was all “for Science!” Six iterations in, and this event is still the most impactful work I’ve ever done. We wrote hypotheses, spent a full day building on Render, shared our experiments at a good old-fashioned Science Fair, and wrapped it all up with a party at the Exploratorium (possibly the most on-theme venue I’ll ever get to book). Every team was a deliberate mix of engineers and non-engineers. The goal wasn’t to build the most technical app. It was to get creative, lean on agentic coding, and leave everyone feeling more able to build on Render. Engineers pulled folks into the code, non-engineers drove ideas and iteration, and by Thursday every team had something delightful to demo. Teams made interactive games like Ticket Fighter, where players triaged customer requests in a Street Fighter style dashboard, and downright beautiful apps, like one that monitored all Render activity and created a soundscape based on live actions within the product. Watching teams show off their projects and poster boards (yes, elementary-school tri-folds) while everyone walked the floor made me so proud to work somewhere that leans into silly, genuine, educational fun! As has become a Rendervous tradition, we spent a meaningful afternoon together volunteering, this time with Larkin Street Youth Services at their transitional housing site for young adults. We partnered with Hands On Bay Area to refresh all the common spaces (scrubbing walls, applying new paints, building new furniture), planted rooftop and parking lot gardens, and set up a new learning space. It says a lot about the culture and people at Render that people were so genuinely excited to help materially improve this site, even if that meant literally scrubbing floorboards with a magic eraser. Deeply grateful to work at a company where the people care about doing good. Fellow event organizers: if you’re planning a volunteer day, I highly recommend partnering with these organizations! This Rendervous was also a little bittersweet. I’ve had the joy of planning these for over three years, from a 60-person in-office gathering to a week in Hawaii to this final week in downtown SF. I’ve moved into an external events role on Marketing and am handing the reins to someone new, but building this event series from the ground up has been the greatest joy of my career. Huge thank you to the partners who made this week possible: our brand design team Joy Han Kim & Galen Milne-Hiness for an incredible bespoke design experience, my indomitable creative committee Alan Pennell-Smith & Lisa Chatterjee for helping me think outside the box, Nowadays for crushing the event support, and my rockstar partner Charley Mulugeta for doing a bit of everything & keeping me sane! Feeling so grateful for this company, these people, and this weird, wonderful little science experiment. Onward! 💜
Know a young person ages 18-24 who could use a good meal, helpful resources, or a place to belong? This fall, our San Francisco Engagement Community Center is opening its doors for five community events: 🌻 10/27: Immigrant Day Resource Fair (legal resources, safety planning) 🕯️ 10/30: Día de los Muertos (community ofrenda, food) 🗳️ 11/3: Get Out the Vote (group walk to City Hall) 🎓 11/19: Education & Career Fair (local employers, career resources) 🦃 11/26: Harvest Fest (community Thanksgiving meal) All events are at our Engagement Community Center at 134 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco. Youth do not have to be a Larkin Street client to join. First-time visitors can sign in at the door! Educators, case managers, employers, and neighbors: send this to a young person, a family, a classroom, or a team. Your share could be the reason someone walks through our doors for the first time.
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“AI and frontier models such as Mythos have dramatically shifted the speed and severity of cyberattacks in favor of attackers,” said Anup Singh, CFO of Illumio. “The question is not whether companies will be breached, but how fast that breach can be identified and contained.” (Sponsored Content by Larkin Street Youth Services)
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When Sean Brecker joined Oura as chief financial officer in October 2023, the smart ring maker had last been valued at $2.55 billion. Two funding rounds later, it is worth $11 billion, and Brecker’s job has continued to expand alongside it. (Sponsored Content by Larkin Street Youth Services)
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Thank you, Senator Adam Schiff! On Monday, we welcomed Senator Schiff and Mayor Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 to our Engagement Community Center to celebrate $1 million in federal funding for Larkin Street, secured through the Senator’s leadership. This investment means so much to our team and to the young people who spend their days here, learning, cooking, creating, and planning what’s next. It will help us care for the spaces that make that possible, including roof repairs, new kitchen floors, and structural upgrades at our shelter and transitional-living houses. Last year, 2,500 young people connected with Larkin Street, and 700 moved into housing. We’re so thankful to Senator Schiff for believing in this work, and to Mayor Lurie for joining us and seeing it firsthand. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e9t33-Dp
Thank you, Senator Adam Schiff! On Monday, we welcomed Senator Schiff and Mayor Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 to our Engagement Community Center to celebrate $1 million in federal funding for Larkin Street, secured through the Senator’s leadership. This investment means so much to our team and to the young people who spend their days here, learning, cooking, creating, and planning what’s next. It will help us care for the spaces that make that possible, including roof repairs, new kitchen floors, and structural upgrades at our shelter and transitional-living houses. Last year, 2,500 young people connected with Larkin Street, and 700 moved into housing. We’re so thankful to Senator Schiff for believing in this work, and to Mayor Lurie for joining us and seeing it firsthand. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e9t33-Dp