"To provide vocational education and business opportunities for detained and high-risk youth in San Francisco, in order to improve their economic independence, social interaction and community values."

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"To help financially poor kids have the same expectations and possibility for their futures as those with more resources. We work to promote equal social and economic opportunity for all regardless of background in order to create real, economic change at a grassroots level."

The name Turning Heads was created by a former student out of detention, who was inspired to 'turn the heads' of those people he assumed would always see him as a delinquent. We feel it is important to create vocational programs that are both appealing to our target population in San Francisco, and linked to real and immediate economic and academic pathways.

With the fiscal support of Vanguard Public Foundation, THP has served 130 students through these programs:

Log Cabin Ranch | Sewing and Fashion Design | Special Projects Initiative