Our Mission

Adolescent Health Working Group (AHWG) improves health equity so that all youth ages 11 to 24 in California and beyond have unimpeded access to comprehensive, youth-centered, and culturally-based healthcare.

Our History

AHWG was established in 1996 and has provided community-centered leadership in bringing forward the health issues of adolescents and young adults to the attention of policy-makers at both the San Francisco County and California State levels.

AHWG is a project of the Tides Center (our fiscal agent).

Our Approach

AHWG brings together a coalition of youth-serving providers who are leaders in their field and young people and caregivers with lived-experiences to create innovative resources, training opportunities, peer-to-peer networks, and leadership roles related to harm reduction and policy improvements in the areas of sexual health, mental health, and substance use.

Resource Development

Creating comprehensive evidence-based tools, practice standards, and trainings by pulling together community voice and expertise to support providers, youth, and their caregivers.

Collective Impact

Community collaboration in advocacy activities by convening stakeholders to establish linkages across systems of care for young people and advance adolescent/young adult health and wellness throughout California.

Capacity Building

Offering tailored trainings to guide and prepare providers in supporting their clients and managing the layered identities and issues that impact a young person’s primary, behavioral, and emotional health.

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