Growing Together:
the DCYF Newsletter
July 2026
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Happy Summer Learning Week & One City Day!
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San Francisco is coming together for One City Day, a citywide day of service led by Mayor Daniel Lurie and First Lady Becca Prowda, on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
This year, DCYF has combined the national Summer Learning Week celebration with One City Day, bringing together summer learning, service, leadership, and community engagement under the theme, Learn, Lead, Belong in San Francisco. As part of the celebration, 70 DCYF-funded K-8 Out of School Time programs will host events across the city, showcasing the impact of summer learning in our city. We are excited to celebrate these events, and will share photos from each one on the Summer Learning Week page of the SFGov website.
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Free Summer Meals in San Francisco
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Open Summer Meals site Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco's Springer Clubhouse
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| Every weekday through Friday, August 15, sites around San Francisco are offering free breakfast, lunch, and snacks to anyone age 18 and under.
There are 39 DCYF-sponsored sites this year, including 14 that are open to anyone. At the open sites, no registration or ID is required to receive a meal: a young person just has to arrive at the site during their designated serving time and eat their meal on-site.
You can find a list of all of the sites and their serving times on the 2026 Free Summer Meals page on the SFGov website.
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Our415 Data Verification and Updating Request for Information Now Open
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| On June 30, 2026, DCYF released the Our415 Data Verification & Updating Request for Information (RFI).
This RFI is for information and planning purposes only. It is intended to help DCYF gather ideas and feedback from the field and will not result in a contract award or provide any preference in a future funding processes.
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DCYF is seeking input from organizations, consultants, technology vendors, community-based organizations, and other entities with experience in data management, directory services, verification, and outreach. Through this RFI, DCYF hopes to better understand potential approaches, workflows, tools, and cost models that could support an ongoing data verification and update system for Our415.
Our415 is San Francisco's public directory of programs, services, and opportunities for children, youth, young adults, and families. As the platform continues to grow, maintaining accurate, trustworthy, and up-to-date information is critical to ensuring it remains a valuable resource for the community.
How to Respond
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Kindergarten To College Summer Virtual Tour Contest is Back!
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| Explore Colleges and Win a $100 Scholarship
SFUSD students who will enter grades K-12 in the 2026-2027 school year are invited to explore colleges this summer through San Francisco's Kindergarten to College (K2C) Summer Virtual College Tour Contest!
Each week, K2C will feature a different college on its website and social media channels, giving students the opportunity to take virtual campus tours and enter a chance to win a $100 scholarship in their K2C account. A total of 100 scholarship recipients will be announced at k2csf.org by Friday, August 21. First-generation college students, students from low-income households, and those from groups underrepresented in higher education are especially encouraged to participate.
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Looking for a Job? Our Grantees are Hiring!
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| Explore Job Opportunities with Community-Based Organizations Across San Francisco
If you want a job supporting children, youth, and families in San Francisco, the Jobs with DCYF grantee agencies page on the SFGov website is an excellent place to start your search! We update the page regularly, so check back often.
If your agency is a DCYF grantee and would like to post an open job, visit the Jobs with DCYF grantee agencies page to access submission instructions.
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Oversight & Advisory Committee Updates: Open Seats and Next Meeting
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The Children and Youth Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) serves as DCYF’s advisory body, providing a space for community members and service providers to discuss decisions related to the Children and Youth Fund, and to share recommendations with our department.
Open Seats. We are actively recruiting for six OAC seats: four appointed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and two appointed by the Mayor. Staff of DCYF grantee agencies are not allowed to be OAC members, but we would appreciate it if you would let people in your community know about the open seats.
Next OAC Meeting. The OAC will meet again on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 5pm in the Lobby Conference Room at 1455 Market Street. You can also attend the meeting online via Zoom. All OAC meetings are open to the public.
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Opportunities for Youth Ages 14-24
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The Opportunities for Youth page on the SFGov website lists a wide array of programs, jobs, internships, and other opportunities for youth ages 14-24.
If your organization would like to share an opportunity on the page, send it to us at info@dcyf.org.
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Zellerbach Family Foundation's Community Arts Grants
The Zellerbach Family Foundation's Community Arts program supports San Francisco artists and arts organizations that create and present arts and culture programs for local communities. The program helps artists and organizations bring new work to life, celebrate diverse voices, and increase access to the arts across San Francisco.
Grants are available in amounts of $5,000, $10,000, and $15,000 for eligible artists, collectives, and nonprofit arts and culture organizations serving San Francisco communities.
📅 Applications are due by July 13, 2026
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Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House Artist in Residence
Artists have always helped shape the stories of their communities. Now, the Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House is inviting you to help shape the next chapter.
Art is Resistance: Preserving the Past, Creating the Future is a community-driven public art initiative that explores how creativity serves as a tool for cultural preservation, placemaking, and civic imagination. Rooted in Bayview-Hunters Point, the project invites artists and residents to examine the stories, traditions, and shared lived experiences that define the neighborhood while envisioning the future they want to create together.
Selected artists will receive consideration for:
- Events & Programming at The Ruth
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Grants & Stipends
- Coaching (Marketing + Professional Development)
📅 Applications are due by July 21, 2026
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CalFresh Community Works Program
The San Francisco Human Services Agency (SFHSA) is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations to serve as Coordinating Organizations for the CalFresh Community Works Program (CCWP). Coordinating Organizations will recruit, support, and oversee a network of Host Sites across San Francisco. Host Sites will provide community-based work assignments where CalFresh participants can build job skills, meet CalFresh work requirements, and contribute to their communities. Coordinating Organizations may also serve as a Host Site.
The CalFresh Community Works Program helps participants maintain their CalFresh benefits by providing structured, community-based work opportunities with no job readiness prerequisites. Through this hub-and-spoke model, Coordinating Organizations will provide administrative support to Host Sites, helping participants quickly connect with meaningful work experiences that build marketable skills while benefiting the community.
📅 Proposals are due by July 29, 2026
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Civic Joy Fund's Block Party Fund
The Civic Joy Fund is accepting applications from community members interested in hosting block parties in San Francisco that bring neighbors together and transform neighborhood streets into welcoming spaces for community connection. Selected applicants will receive funding and support with obtaining a street closure permit from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
📅 Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with responses typically provided within two to four weeks.
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Funding Opportunity: Early Wealth Accounts Outreach & Enrollment Mini-Grants
The Early Wealth Partnership's Outreach & Enrollment Micro-Grant Program provides one-time grants to community-based organizations, schools, and trusted partners to cover costs associated with outreach and enrollment events and campaigns promoting early wealth-building accounts for California children and youth. Groups that cross-promote more than one early wealth account program - CalKIDS, HOPE Trust Accounts, local CSA programs, and/or 530A Accounts - will be prioritized for funding.
📅 There is no application deadline for the Mini-Grants. Applications will be reviewed in batches in the first and third week of every month.
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Funding Opportunity: Center for Cultural Innovation's Quick Grants
The Center for Cultural Innovation's Quick Grant program provides up to $600 to help California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, cultural producers, and eligible nonprofit arts organization staff build their skills and strengthen their work. Funding can be used for professional development activities such as workshops, conferences, coaching, mentoring, and consulting services.
📅 Applications are due by 11:59AM on the 15th of each month. Applications for the next funding cycle open on the 16th of each month, and funding decisions are typically made within one month.
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| Ferry Fest at the SF Ferry Building
Celebrate summer at Ferry Fest 2026, the San Francisco Ferry Building's annual birthday celebration! This free, all-ages event features a full day of live performances by Bay Area musicians, family-friendly activities, vintage shopping with the Pickwick Vintage Show, artwork by Meredith Steele, and hands-on art activities hosted by SFetsy. Bring family and friends to enjoy live music and (maybe!) summer sunshine along San Francisco's waterfront. Free admission with RSVP.
📅 Sunday, July 12 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
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| Public Hearing: Making Transit More Family Friendly
Join a public hearing on Monday, July 13, at 1:30 p.m. at San Francisco City Hall in Room 250 to learn about ways to make public transit more family friendly.
BART and SFMTA will share updates on stroller and wheelchair access, elevators and escalators, Muni discount programs, and rider safety. Community members are welcome to attend and provide public comment.
📅 Monday, July 13 at 1:30pm
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| The Muni Goal Rush Is On!
Experience the FIFA World Cup 26 SF Bay Area as it comes alive across San Francisco. Watch world-class soccer, score game-day specials, and strike gold across San Francisco with this citywide crawl from Muni and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
The Muni Goal Rush connects soccer fans across six fan zones between June 11 and July 19. Root for your team at our Match HQs, discover local businesses, and score a chance to win prizes.
📅 Runs through July 19, 2026
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| Summer Stride is Here!
Get ready, get set, STRIDE! Summer Stride, San Francisco’s biggest summer reading and learning challenge for all ages, runs through August 31, 2026.
Complete the Summer Stride challenge either the classic way (20 hours of reading Library books, streaming films, music or audiobooks through an SFPL platform or attending a Library program) or by completing five activities on the Adult Summer Challenge card to earn a free tote bag featuring art by local illustrator Nidhi Chanani.
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Free Shows at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival returns for its 26th summer season with more than 100 free outdoor performances in downtown San Francisco. The festival features concerts, dance, circus performances, family-friendly shows, and a lively and lovely setting to get out and have fun in the city.
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| Our415 Resource Website
Use the Our415 website to find programs, services, and anything else you need to raise a family and grow up in San Francisco.
If you need to make any edits to your organization's listing on Our415, please email us at our415@dcyf.org.
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Immigrant Services and Resources
DCYF and the entire City & County of San Francisco want to help immigrants, asylees, and refugees connect to resources, opportunities, and more.
Immigrant Services and Resources Landing Page
Created by the SF Immigrant Forum, this page is a comprehensive source of services, resources, and events.
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The page includes Know Your Rights information, links to immigration legal help, healthcare access, housing and shelter support, financial assistance, and much more. The Immigrant Services and Resources Landing Page can be translated into Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Filipino.
Want to get involved? The next meeting of the SF Immigrant Forum is coming up online on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Click the button below to learn more about the meeting, and to register to attend.
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| Get Free or Low-Cost Childcare in San Francisco
Most families in San Francisco qualify for free or reduced tuition for childcare and preschool through the Department of Early Childhood's Early Learning For All initiative. Eligibility depends on income and family size. Click the button below to find out if your family is eligible.
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| SFHSA Mobile Benefits Center
The San Francisco Human Services Agency has launched its Mobile Benefits Center, a benefits hub on wheels that brings food assistance, cash aid, employment support, and health coverage services directly into neighborhoods.
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| Get Help with Food, Cash, Health Care and Job Assistance
In challenging times, benefits like food, cash, jobs, and health care assistance can help you and your family find stability and peace of mind. The San Francisco Human Services Agency is there to help!
Find out how you and the people you care about can connect with assistance.
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| Visit Museums for FREE with Museums for All
Through the City’s Museums for All program, San Francisco residents with EBT or Medi-Cal cards can get free or reduced admission to more than 25 local museums and cultural centers!
Visit the San Francisco Museums for All page to find out which museums are participating, and to learn how to get free tickets.
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Land Acknowledgement Statement
The San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF) acknowledges that it carries out its work on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, the original inhabitants and stewards of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the government agency that stewards the Children and Youth Fund, we accept the responsibility that comes with resources derived from property taxes upon unceded and colonized land. We recognize the history and legacy of the Ramaytush Ohlone as integral to how we strive to make San Francisco a great place for life to thrive and children to grow up.
Learn about the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone.
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