Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC)

1596 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-6511
415-202-7909 phone
415-563-7109 fax
jcyc2@aol.com email
http://www.jcyc.org website

Area of Interest:
Organization - children youth education culture services

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Asian Pacific Americans

Description:
The Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC) provides a wide range of activities and services through programs designed for children and youth that are cultural, educational, recreational and vocational in content. Since its founding in 1970, JCYC, a non-profit organization, has offered a diverse array of services and activities to support children, youth and families throughout San Francisco. With programs ranging from pre-school to job training, academic counseling and substance abuse prevention/intervention, JCYC has become a center of innovative programs for thousands of youth.

JCYC's broad range of programs include Asian American Communities for Education, AACE Upward Bound, Asian Youth Prevention Services, Chibi-Chan Pre-school, Foster Youth Support Services, Japanese American Youth Services, Tomodachi Summer Program, Teen Group, Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program, New Ways Workers, Neighborhoods in Transition, A Multicultural Partnership and the San Francisco College Access Center

Staff:
Jon Osaki, Executive Director
Julie Matsueda, Deputy Director
Ling Yeh, JCYC board member
David Ujita, JCYC board member

Submitted by:
Ron Muriera, Director - AACE Upward Bound

New - 02/11/04