Youth, School, and Community Partnerships (YSCP)

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The Youth, School, and Community Partnership Division is committed to the healthy development of youth and is focused on developing positive opportunities, programs and partnerships that will provide children and youth with skills, knowledge, support, and resources leading to healthy and productive lives.  

Our programs, services, and initiatives support a community where government, families, schools, law enforcement, and organizations work together to create an environment conducive to support young people, their learning, and their success.

Programs, Services and Initiatives

Beacon Full Service Community Schools
As part of a collaborative team, YSCP supports strategic efforts to transform all schools in San Pablo into Full Service Community Schools: Where Community Supports Education and Education Supports Community.  Community Schools are a nationally recognized model that combines strong academic instruction with an array of vital supports and services for students and their families at the school site.  All six San Pablo public schools are Beacon Full Service Community Schools: Bayview Elementary, Dover Elementary, Downer Elementary, Lake Elementary, Riverside Elementary, and Walter T. Helms Middle School. In July 2014, Hatchuel Tabernik and Associates completed the San Pablo Community School Needs Assessment Report to inform the direction of the City's community school initiative. 

Back To School Closet Event
Since 2010, the Community Services Department (CSD) and the San Pablo Youth Commission has supported San Pablo families through the annual Back to School Closet Event. From March-August each year, the San Pablo Youth Commissioners begin a Collections Drive, with the support of San Pablo Rotary and families of Lamorinda, to collect new and gently clothing and items to distribute back to San Pablo families in need, at no cost. Around the beginning of the school year, the Commissioners turn a San Pablo facility into a “store” so that San Pablo families can “shop” for free new and gently used clothes, shoes, toys, school supplies, sports equipment, accessories, and books donated by West County Reads.   In 2019 the event had grown to serve 800 youth and families.

With the help of generous community partners, the San Pablo Youth Commission was able to continue their Back to School Closet in 2020.  Commissioners and staff reimagined the Back to School Closet to serve select San Pablo Beacon Community School students with items to help them this school year.  Through partnerships, Commissioners were able to provide over 250 bundles of shirts, pants, coats, or shoes, new books, and community resources to students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioners will be looking forward to supporting San Pablo students and families in 2021.

Youth Summit
The San Pablo Youth Commissioners empower youth to become leaders in their community.  Since 2012 the Youth Commissioners host an annual Youth Summit Event, to support community engagement and youth leadership by facilitating activities to provide insight and suggestions for youth in San Pablo.

In 2019, The Youth Commissioners facilitated activities with Youth, School, & Community Partnerships Division (YSCP staff support) that provided Helms After School Program participants with insight and suggestions on how to be successful during their middle school to high school transitions. The San Pablo Youth Commissioners will be looking forward to developing a topic and theme for a Youth Summit Event in 2021.

Family Giving Tree
The Family Giving Tree is a non-profit agency based in Milpitas.  Through community kindness, generosity, and volunteerism, the Family Giving Tree fulfills exact holiday wishes and provides backpacks filled with STEM-based school supplies, to Bay Area families in need. The Youth, School, & Community Partnerships Division has partnered with the Family Giving Tree since 2010.

In August of each year, Staff works with the San Pablo Beacon Directors at each San Pablo school site, along with Richmond High School staff, to provide Family Giving Tree backpacks to those most in need.  Since 2010, the Family Giving Tree has provided San Pablo students with 3,130 backpacks!

Over a period of four months every year, San Pablo Staff outreaches to Community School students (through our Beacon Director’s), and San Pablo Senior clients to collect holiday wishes. The names and the holiday wishes are then uploaded into the Family Giving Tree Database. Since 2010, the Family Giving Tree has provided San Pablo with 4,550 youth gifts and 1,040 senior gifts!

From 2016-2019, the City of San Pablo hosted a Family Giving Tree Holiday Event for San Pablo Community School Youth and families. The event allowed families to pick up their Family Giving Tree student wishes, while enjoying pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, holiday arts & crafts, holiday snacks, and chances to win raffle prizes.  The City will be looking forward to a 2021 event.

Community Grant Program
San Pablo Team for Youth (SPTFY) is the funding arm of the Beacon Community Schools Initiative. SPTFY provides funds to public and non-profit agencies to expand and/or enhance school-based programs/services for children, youth, and families.

 

                                                                                            
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Contact Us

  1. Jora Atienza Washington

    Jora Atienza Washington

    Community Services Manager
    joraw@sanpabloca.gov
    Phone: (510) 215-3092
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  2. Physical Address
    1000 Gateway Ave.
    San Pablo, CA 94806


Please note, our division name has changed from "Youth Services" to "Youth, School & Community Partnerships".