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 Questioning your sexuality or gender?
Wondering if you should "come out" and to whom?
Concerned about your family or friends finding out?
Getting harassed at school, work, home, etc.?
Want to meet other LGBT youth?
Our youth program provides a nurturing environment to
assist LGBT youth and young adults and their families.
Most services are free and include: counseling to
individuals and family members; referrals to social
services (e.g. housing, medical), workshops, and
rap groups. Interventions are also provided to families
struggling to accept or understand a child's emerging
sexual orientation.
Our youth program has provided supportive services for
over 13 years.
Our youth program focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and questioning youth who do not always
experience safety in predominantly heterosexual
environments and whose unique needs are sometimes
overlooked at other agencies.
 The self-empowerment of youth stands as the ultimate
goal of the Youth program. We believe that youth are
full participants and equal partners in the creation,
development, and implementation of services. All youth
have the right to a safe, secure, nurturing living
environment in which they can develop in a manner that
allows them to maximize their full potential physically,
socially, emotionally, spiritually, educationally, and
culturally.
Supportive services offered on-site include
individual/family counseling, a weekly support group,
HIV/AIDS testing and services. All support services are
available and scheduled as needed and as determined by
each client’s individualized plan.
PPF coordinates with a range of private and public
agencies in the Santa Barbara County area to provide a
continuum of care specifically for homeless and runaway
youth. Additionally, PPF works with Department of
Children and Family Services, Department of Mental
Health, Santa Barbara Police Department, Noah’s
Anchorage, Youth Shelter, Junior and Senior High
Schools.
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