Events
Every month, SAY offers tours at two of our program sites. Come join us and learn about SAY.
Click here for a list of our 2010 Tour dates.
Coffee (Open) House
Open 24 hours a day, 364 days a year, SAY’s Dr. James E. Coffee House Teen Shelter has been providing a respite for families in crisis and family reunification services for runaway and homeless youth and their families since 1991. Coffee House provides short-term shelter, food, counseling, and referrals for youth and their families. Without Coffee House, Sonoma County would have no safety net for young people who run away or who have been kicked out of their homes.
Services are available in English and Spanish.
Join the SAY team for a very special Coffee (Open) House. Meet our terrific staff and help redefine a life. Click here for a list of our 2010 Tour dates.
Tamayo (Open) House
Imagine you are a foster youth aging out of the system finding that basic resources you had counted on - food, shelter, and health care - are automatically discontinued and you are left in a major transition time in life, unprepared, with limited people in your life to support you….
Imagine you are a youth who has found yourself homeless with no job, no phone, no one around to support and guide you….
Imagine that you are a youth is being told for the first time in life that you have a mental illness that is incurable and will need to be treated for the rest of your life….
Most everyone can remember the struggles of making the transition from adolescence to adulthood - the fear of applying for their first job - the confusion following a first break up - learning how to cook spaghetti. Not many persons think about what life would have been like without their supporters. What happens if you don’t have someone to call for guidance? What happens if you are trying to manage an illness and learn to be an adult?
Tamayo House is a transitional housing opportunity for these youth which offers a safe place to live, counseling, case management, job readiness training, adult mentoring, and independent living skills instruction. The goal is for each resident to have privacy and independence, yet be able to access support when they feel they need it. This is achieved through providing private rooms, but sharing kitchen/dining, recreation, and computer lab areas. Peer facility monitors provide security and stability and, together with all the Tamayo House residents, everyone helps each other to become independent, community-involved adults.
Services are available in English and Spanish.
Join the SAY team for a very special Tamayo (Open) House. We all deserve a great 18th. Click here for a list of our 2010 Tour dates.