Safe Passages

Mission
Safe Passages disrupts the cycle of poverty by engaging youth and families to build and drive a continuum of services that supports student success and community development.

Vision
Safe Passages envisions a community where all young people have the opportunity to realize their full potential. Safe Passages is based on the premises that access to educational opportunity, health services, and family support should not be dictated by race or socio-economic status, and that healthy and supported young people are better prepared to learn and succeed. Read More

• About Us
  Early Childhood Initiative
  This initiative promotes collaboration between public and private systems and nonprofit providers to create a citywide safety net for children ages birth-8 who are exposed to violence and growing up in poverty. Services include Baby Learning playgroups and workshops, case management, mental health services, and mental health consultations at pre-school sites.
  
  School Linked Services Initiative
  Safe Passages implements a variety of school based programs, academic, afterschool enrichment, family engagement and social supports, at 21 schools in 3 school districts including Oakland, San Lorenzo and Union City Unified School District in Alameda County.
  
  Social and Economic Development Initiative
  The Social Justice Career Pathway, a program designed and run by Safe Passages, provides young people growing up in poverty with the resources and support they need to pursue their goals and develop skills that prepare them to succeed in the workforce.
  
  Career Pathways and Community Development
  This initiative works closely with universities, government entities, and private organizations to develop new job opportunities for youth and adult family members. Students are given the opportunity to learn about diverse career tracks, including the arts, education, law enforcement, legal services, social work, and the health professions.
• Our Impact
  For over two decades, we have worked with public and private partners to leverage resources that will strengthen communities in Alameda County. Here are some of our successes.
  
  - 85,292 children, youth and families are served annually.
  -91% of students in the after-school academic programs experienced academic success.
  -97% of parents served said they learned how to help their young children grow and develop.
  
  -Implemented the Elev8 Oakland Initiative, a $40 Million, full service community school model at five high need middle schools in Oakland.
  -Elev8 school based health centers reach 3,000 students and their families annually since 2008.
  -Through strong collaboratives with Graduate Schools of Social Welfare, Safe Passages places MSW student candidates in high need schools to provide case management services.
  
  -Placed over 300 hundred young people through Summer Jobs Program and AmeriCorps Programs since 2011.
  -Quality after school and youth development programs serve over 1,355 students annually.
  -Safe Passages’ AmeriCorps members have served over 2,000 high need students through intensive academic supports.
  -100% of youth participants in our Juvenile Justice Programs were working or attending school.