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CAYEN’s TAY Action Team with the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) is currently working on a statewide initiative to have transitional age youth (TAY) voices heard at all levels. As energized young adults that are looking to establish a centralized youth-specific wellness center for the city and county of San Francisco, our desire for a youth-specific wellness center was inspired through our initial team project of identifying youth needs that were not currently being met. A similar commonality that all our projects encapsulated was the lack of youth-specific resources in San Francisco, when there are resources, accessibility to them is limited, and when there is support for a youth wellness center, they are usually through schools and therefore plagued with various parameters while not establishing a safe and true space for youth. We would like to create a space for youth by youth, as we have been challenged finding spaces to establish our autonomy and identity within our city and county of San Francisco. This wellness center would be targeted for youth, between the ages of 15 to 26 years of age. By developing a sanctioned place for youth, our team aims to provide a safe space when you are not at work or school, educational opportunities on community resources, workforce development support, and general harm-reduction focused techniques to add to your wellness toolboxes.