title: Larkin Street Youth Services: helping kids get off the street for good (1982-2007).
abstract: Larkin Street Youth Services is a pioneering nonprofit organization that was established in 1981 to serve the growing urban homeless and runaway youth population. What began as a neighborhood effort has evolved into a $12 million organization over the course of its 25-year history. Larkin Street Youth Services delivers a continuum of services to homeless youth including counseling, housing, education, employment, and HIV services. The agency has received significant local and national attention for the success of its targeted program model and continuum of care services. The history of Larkin Street Youth Services provides an example of the important role of internal operations in an agency's ability to re-invent itself and respond to a larger community need.
authors.affiliation: Mack Center on Nonprofit Management in the Human Services, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Loren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D004493:Education / Q000266:history; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D018453:Homeless Youth; D006801:Humans; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012947:Social Work / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration