Yvette A. Flunder
FOUNDATION
Services
YAFF offers a blend of direct services that include referrals, coordination of care, counseling, housing assistance, and community education.
Primary Care
In collaboration with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, HRSA, and SAMHSA, YAFF helped locate a “Magic” Johnson Jr. Medical Clinic – providing primary medical care, drug adherence support, and fully licensed pharmaceutical services – at its previous corporate location in San Francisco, along with HIV Rapid Testing, substance abuse intervention support groups, Prevention with Positive, HIV education street outreach and partner notification. In Alameda County, YAFF provided concurrent Direct Emergency Assistance: hotel/motel/food vouchers, eviction prevention, emergency housing financial assistance, utility payments, and transportation to both improve primary care for people living with HIV/AIDS and reduce the occurrence of homelessness and hunger.
Transgender Services
Since 2000 YAFF has been active in providing transgender services through the Transcending Transgender Program, often with the assistance of transgender volunteers and volunteers from the faith community. Services range from weekly outreach to transgender inmates at San Francisco County Jail to clinical and non-clinical counseling, HIV prevention services, structured support groups, mentoring, referrals to primary care and community-based services, alternative health care including acupuncture and massage, spiritual care, and health information forums for the clients of Transcending and the transgender community at large.
Mentorship
Funded by the City & County of San Francisco, YAFF adult mentors established guiding relationships with young African American gay and bisexual men ages 18 to 24 who were at high risk for HIV and other STD transmission, violence, academic failure, and substance abuse.
Additional Psychosocial Support
YAFF currently sponsors or supports the Word of Mouth Food Project: weekly grocery distribution in collaboration with the Alameda County Food Bank; TransSaints: a network of transgender clergy, community leaders, seminarians, and others, that promotes training, mentoring, peer support and authentic voice for justice, public policy, welcome and equal rights; Brothers Rising: mentoring, peer and family support for FTM transgenders; Narcotics Anonymous: weekly support groups at YAFF's Oakland corporate office; and Pathways Ministries: support groups, counseling and recreation for women at "A Women's Place" in San Francisco, an emergency shelter for Cisgender and Transgender women.
Case Management
YAFF has provided case management for over 500+ unduplicated clients over the past 31 years. Participants receive thorough, comprehensive assessments of need and eligibility. The YAFF case manager then works with participants to establish and maintain their consistent, coordinated in-care relationships with medical, psychosocial, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and rehabilitative service providers.
All current clients have regular, ongoing appointments and contact with case management staff. Psychosocial support services delivered by referral and monitored by case management staff may include: housing information, assistance and advocacy, legal assistance and support, transportation, money management, clinical case management, buddy or companion services, benefits assistance, mental health counseling and/or case management, substance abuse counseling, food/meal services, education and vocational training, attendant care, and spiritual counseling or pastoral care. When warranted, other referrals may involve child-care information, in-home support, delivered meals, home care support services, and financial support.