“I remember walking into Felton and feeling like it was a safe space,” Chief Operations Officer (COO) Dr. Yohana Quiróz recalls of her first experience at Felton Institute. It was 1996 and the pregnant high schooler had just enrolled in Felton’s Teenage Pregnancy and...
In the two decades of service as Board Chair and head of the Governance and Human Resources Committee, Terry M. Limpert has worked tirelessly in lending his expertise and guidance to Felton Institute. Over the years, he has been part of the many exciting changes and...
Felton Institute’s Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) is a survivor-led program that provides support to those impacted by suicide. Program Coordinator Sophia Balestreri explains, “I often say this is a club, unfortunately, that nobody wants to belong to.” She...
In 1962, a red telephone in the basement of a Polk Street tattoo parlor in San Francisco became a lifeline for those contemplating suicide. Answering the distressed callers was Bernard Mayes, a gay, British Episcopalian priest and correspondent for the BBC. Alarmed at...
You have likely heard the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In recent decades, social services have been appropriately shifting their focus towards upstream solutions to community issues. This shift is a crucial change in how nonprofits,...
“My heart and most of my training is with Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education,” Felton Institute’s Early Intervention and Inclusion Director for Early Care and Education (ECE) programs, Dr. Plern Pratoommas explains. For nearly two decades she has brought...
For over fifty years, Felton Institute has fostered the educational endeavors of children and their families who have limited access to financial resources. These communities are far too often negatively impacted by disparities in education as well as institutional...
(San Francisco, CA, July 16, 2022) – Felton Institute’s San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP), the oldest community-based telephone crisis hotline in the United States, has been partnered with Lifeline for the last 10-15 years and will continue to answer local calls...
The LGBTQIA+ history in the San Francisco Bay Area is proud, prominent, and prestigious. San Francisco has trailblazed countless steps forward for the LGBTQIA+ community. With the city’s first gay bar opening in 1908, its inauguration of the Gay Pride Parade in 1970,...
Dr. Schon Wade empowers others by being herself. As the Training and Special Projects Coordinator, she brings personal experience and professional expertise to her role, while emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance. “I think empowerment comes from within,” she...
