SF Announces New Community Learning Hubs
Mayor London N. Breed announced on Thursday, July 23rd that San Francisco will transform facilities around the city into supervised Community Learning Hubs to support distance learning for high need San Francisco Unified School District students starting this fall. Additionally, the city will extend its emergency child and youth care program to support families during COVID-19.
The Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) will launch Community Learning Hubs on September 14th at more than 40 sites across the city including recreation centers, branch libraries, cultural centers, and several community based organization sites, pending approval from local and state health officials.
The Hubs will provide full-day, in-person programming and will support children and youth’s access to technology for distance learning and provide additional enrichment programming including STEAM, literacy, and nature-based outdoor play and education. The Hubs will offer social-emotional support services, healthy meals and snacks, and recreation and physical activities. The Hubs will provide safe and digitally connected spaces within walking distance from children’s homes that will be staffed by community based organization providers with strong track records of implementing high-quality and culturally competent programming.
Community Learning Hubs will begin enrollment on August 15th and will continue until September 4th, 2020 using a centralized registration system. Enrollment will prioritize connecting high need children and youth to a Community Learning Hub in their neighborhood. DCYF will work closely with HOPE SF, the Human Services Agency, and other City and School District partners to identify children and youth in need of support and focus to help them continue to learn and thrive.
For more information on the City’s Emergency Child and Youth Care Programs and the Community Learning Hubs, visit dcyf.org/care or Facebook page.
It will take a village to make sure young people have the resources they need for distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That’s why we’re creating Community Learning Hubs to support up to 6,000 San Francisco students this fall. https://t.co/BKj7kaIk0J pic.twitter.com/yNMUJso1B7
— London Breed (@LondonBreed) July 23, 2020
