Office of Immigrant Youth

The Office of Immigrant Youth administers culturally responsive social support programs for immigrant youth and partners with school districts and non-profit community based organizations to administer programs. These  state and federally funded initiatives include the California Newcomer Education & Well-Being (CalNEW) program, Opportunities for Youth (OFY) project, the Refugee School Impact program (RSI), the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) program, and the Youth Mentoring (YM) program.

Programs are implemented across California and include service providers in the following regions:

  • Northern Region: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba.
  • Bay Area Region: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma.
  • Central Region: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne.
  • Southern Region: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

See the table below for a list of the service provider network across all regions in California:

COUNTY/REGION SERVICE PROVIDER PROGRAM(S)
Bay Area Bay Area Community Resources YM
Bay Area Canal Alliance OFY
Bay Area Hayward Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Bay Area International Rescue Committee, Inc. Santa Clara YM
Bay Area Oakland Unified School District CalNEW, RSI, OFY
Bay Area Refugee and Immigrant Transitions YM
Bay Area San Francisco Unified School District CalNEW
Bay Area San Rafael City Schools CalNEW
Bay Area West Contra Costa Unified School District CalNEW
Bay Area/Southern Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County URM
Central Centro La Familia Advocacy Services OFY
Central Community Justice Alliance OFY
Central Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries YM
Central Fresno Unified School District CalNEW
Central Mendota Unified School District CalNEW
Central Modesto City Schools CalNEW, RSI
Northern Elk Grove Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Northern Folsom Cordova Community Partnership YM
Northern Sacramento Youth Center YM
Northern San Juan Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Northern Twin Rivers Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Northern/Bay Area/ Central/Southern International Christian Adoptions URM
Southern Access California Services YM
Southern Alvord Unified School District CalNEW
Southern Armenian Relief Society of Western USA YM
Southern Cajon Valley Union School District CalNEW, RSI
Southern Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. (Esperanza) OFY
Southern Crittenton Services for Children and Families URM
Southern Garden Grove Unified School District CalNEW
Southern Glendale Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Southern Grossmont Union High School District CalNEW, RSI
Southern International Institute of Los Angeles OFY
Southern Jewish Family Services of San Diego YM
Southern License to Freedom YM
Southern Los Angeles County Office of Education CalNEW
Southern Los Angeles Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Southern Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project OFY
Southern San Bernardino Community Service Center, Inc. OFY
Southern San Diego Unified School District CalNEW, RSI
Southern Santa Ana Unified School District CalNEW
Southern Somali Bantu Association of America YM

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