Here are some resources (for both youths and their parents) that I hope you'll find valuable [this page is updated when someone sends me an update or new link (hint, hint): some links may be out of date]...
THANK YOU! for supporting youth and parents; here's a $20 credit toward your first AirBnB trip (can use to stay more cheaply than at hotels, have local contacts wherever you go, rent empty rooms at your place, meet global travelers).
Confidential Teenage Resource Line:
1-888-711-TEEN (free hotline where adolescents can get confidential
info on health and wellness, sexually transmitted diseases, eating
disorders, body changes and other health issues)
Bay Area Council/Wisdom Circle:
For teens who wish to continue participating, after release, in a
monthly "Council" meeting, which also includes meditation. (Also
open to parents!)
Challenge Day
(take a stand to stop the violence, abuse, alienation and isolation
that so profoundly affect the youth of our world: Award-winning
programs designed to tear down the walls of separation, inspiring
participants to live, study and work in an environment of compassion,
acceptance and respect)
Customized Coaching for Teens and their Parents
(Youth Horizons instructor provides personal
tutoring/mentoring/coaching to navigate adolescent challenges and identify/realize goals, gifts, talents and dreams)
Teen Homepage
(Teens: Find out how you can be a positive influence in your school or
neighborhood. Be a tutor, mentor, or volunteer and make a positive
label for yourself and your peers in the community.)
Vision Youthz
(community, mentorship, personal development, skills & relationship
building, inner awareness, wilderness trips, rites of passage)
Children's Health Council
(Palo Alto: weekly groups of 4-6 youths, ages 6-17, catering to
students with delayed language skills, Asperger's, autism, or ADHD;
teaches impulse control strategies, anger management, general
friendship skills, and how to join groups and deal with rejection and
teasing)
Friend Smarts
(Palo Alto: weekly groups of 4-5 youths, ages 5-14; youths are matched
with others whom they might actually choose as friends in their
everytday lives; teaches how to initiate social contact and enhance the
scope and quality of their social interactions)
Talking Playhouse
(Redwood City: for infants to teens with high-functioning autism,
Asperger's, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder; coaching in social skills
using drama therapy; teaches social awareness, language skills and
visual cues by participating in vignettes, 3-act plays, role-playing
exercises and creative scripts; also has a summer camp)
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Prison Program
(youth and juvenile justice rights, resources for adult and youth
prisoners, post-release job/education/re-entry/meditation resources,films/books/classes/training, volunteering)