Protect San Francisco Youth Clinics from Imminent Closure!
Tell the Mayor and your District Supervisor to Keep our Youth Clinics Open and Funded
Call your Mayor.
Call your Supervisor. Note: only one of these Supervisors represents you. Find out which one here.
Call Script
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Mayor Lurie (or Supervisor ____________),
My name is ____________________ and I am one of your constituents. I am calling to ask that you reverse the City’s decision to defund and close the Cole Street and Larkin Street Youth Clinics which are the only healthcare option for many unhoused, transient and undocumented youth between the ages of 12 and 25. Without these clinics countless San Francisco residents will have no access to medical care.
These clinics offer low barrier, drop-in care with integrated medical and mental health services. Care is delivered where youth already are, in schools, shelters and community centers. The clinics provide trusted, long-term relationships with some of the City’s most marginalized young people, developing relationships which will be nearly impossible to reestablish.
Once closed it is unlikely that these facilities will ever reopen which is why I would like to ask that you continue funding these clinics. There is no time to waste as they are already slated to be shut down by August 2026, with current staff already being notified that they will be relocated to other health clinics around the city.
Thank you.
Background
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is planning to close Cole Street Youth Clinic and Larkin Street Youth Clinic, both part of the Community Health Programs for Youth (ChPY), by August 2026.
ChPY has served San Francisco’s most vulnerable young people for over 30 years. Founded by social worker Michael Baxter in the wake of the AIDS crisis, ChPY pioneered an integrated model of care combining physical health, mental health, health education, and mentorship, delivered through partnerships with Huckleberry Youth Services, Larkin Street Youth Services, Balboa High School, and the San Francisco Unified School District.
ChPY serves youth, aged 12 to 25 years old, from across San Francisco including young people experiencing homelessness, LGBTQ+ youth, undocumented youth, survivors of abuse and trafficking, victims of racism and brutality from institutions, and youths dealing with mental health challenges, substance use, and family instability, many of whom are uninsured and have no other access to care.
We must contact the Mayor and District Supervisors to remind them of how critical these services are and why they need to continue to exist. We can accomplish this through the Call To Action above and by:
Attending the San Francisco Health Commission meeting on April 20, 2026, at 4pm in City Hall (1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 408). Be prepared to make a public comment at the meeting, even if you aren’t used to public speaking. Your comments can be informal and feel free to imagine all of the commissioners in their underwear! It may seem insignificant for you to show up but numbers count. The HIV Advocacy Network of the San Francisco Aids Foundation has had great success preventing budget cuts to their programs by showing up in large numbers and making public comments. The Health Commission is the key place where budget requests can actually be reflected in the city’s budget.
Supporting Proposition D in June which raises revenue and protects public health services. Proposition D, the so-called overpaid CEO measure, would levy taxes on companies in which the CEO earns 100 times or more his or her median income employee. The text of the proposition can be found at https://www.sf.gov/changes-to-business-tax.
If you care about preventing the closure of the Youth Clinics the best thing you can do is show up and represent your fellow citizens!
Phone: (415) 554-7460
Email: WongStaff@sfgov.org