General Topics for All DCYF Grantees POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (PYD) PYD is a strengths-based framework that promotes the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical growth of youth, focusing on building positive qualities rather than preventing negative behaviors. DCYF Service Areas, Strategies & Initiatives EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS Programs that help struggling students get back on track academically, set and achieve educational goals, and prepare for post-secondary options and the workforce. Strategies and initiatives include: • Academic Supports Strategy • Alternative Education Strategy • Literacy Supports Strategy • Summer Transitions Initiative EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING Programs that address the impact of adverse childhood experiences on youth, families, and youth development practitioners, including supports in health and wellness, grief and loss and healing circles. OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME Comprehensive after-school and summer programs that promote curiosity, build participants’ social and emotional skills and reinforce and expand on what is being learned during the school day. Strategies include: • Comprehensive Year-Round & Summer Learning Strategy ENRICHMENT & SKILL BUILDING Programs that provide opportunities for youth to learn skills, be active, build positive personal identities, develop leadership and encourage creativity. Strategies include: • Arts & Creative Expression • Identity Formation & Inclusion • STEM & Environmental Sustainability • Sports & Physical Activity JUSTICE SERVICES Programs that support justice system-involved youth and TAY/A (Transitional Age Youth/Young Adults). Strategies and initiatives include: • Custody-Based Services • Credible Messenger Life Coaches • Justice Services Care Coordination • San Francisco Community Assessment & Referral Center (CARC) • Young Adult Court Case Management YOUTH EMPOWERMENT Programs that represent DCYF’s commitment to fostering civic engagement and youth taking active and authentic leadership roles in our communities. Strategies include: • Youth-led Philanthropy • Youth Leadership & Organizing
