Safe Passages is a non profit organization based in Oakland, CA whose mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty by engaging youth and families to build and drive a continuum of services that supports student success and community development. Safe Passages serves over 4,200 children and families annually. Strategies include early childhood, school linked services, juvenile justice, and career pathways that span the age continuum of birth through young adulthood. Safe Passages seeks to expand its professional development efforts of the VISTA program to build the agency's capacity to sustain its work, including the expansion of extended day programs located in Oakland's, and Alameda County’s, highest need schools.