The Hunters Point Family

The Hunters Point Family is a grass-roots, community-based, youth development agency that provides holistic educational, social, arts, and enrichment programs to youth and their families living in the primarily African American Bayview Hunters Point community of San Francisco.

The Hunters Point Family Profile

The Hunters Point Family (HPF) is a grass-roots, community-based, youth development agency that provides holistic educational, social, and enrichment programs to youth and their families living in the primarily African American Bayview Hunters Point community of San Francisco.

The mission of The Hunters Point Family is to prepare youth to become independent, strong, and productive adults through comprehensive support services that empower them to develop their full potential.

Since 1997, HPF has used a distinctive family-based model to create social, educational, and recreational services that build supportive and interdependent relationships among the participants and staff. All activities are informed by the culture of the neighborhood, allowing the youth to thrive in their own community.

This year, 2008, marks the Hunters Point Family’s tenth year anniversary. The agency has grown exponentially during this decade, expanding their size and scope to include over 300 youth and families, four youth serving programs, dozens of non-profit and for profit businesses, a diverse funding base, and respect among Bayview Hunters Point residents as an agency that truly exists to serve the needs of low-income community members. While the agency was originally created to focus on the needs of youth, ages 10 through 18, over time it became apparent that in order to have the greatest impact on the youth, we must also address the issues of their parents and the community at large.