Program areas at MAAC
Maac child development program (cdp) includes head start, early head start and state preschool programs that engage families, staff and the community to improve the lives of low-income children by offering comprehensive child development services that are family- focused such as early childhood education, health and well-being, nutrition and social services to eligible children (birth to five years of age) and their families throughout San Diego County. Offering far beyond a traditional preschool model, maac cdp delivers a comprehensive program designed to meet the comprehensive needs of eligible families. Over 1,716 eligible children and their families in San Diego's north County are served by these programs. Cdp ensures that pregnant women, children ages 0-3 (ehs), and 3-5 (hs & ca state preschool) and their families are provided with comprehensive services to promote optimum physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth. Maac cdp continues focusing on targeted school readiness goals for all children and collaborating with families on their individual goals and supporting these efforts through the parent, family community engagement framework which includes working in collaboration with our many community partners to provide enhanced services to support the growing needs in the communities. in addition, maac cdp goals are accomplished by engaging parents in program governance, administration, and supporting the overall growth of children, families and staff through the development of advocacy and leadership skills, skill building, and career pathway opportunities. The ultimate goal is to develop a greater degree of self-sufficiency among families, foster a positive impact in their lives, and promote school readiness for all children.
The health services division operates casa de milagros, a female drug and alcohol recovery home. This past year 76 women were admitted into the program. Our men's recovery home is nosotros. Nosotros had 70 men admitted to the program. One hundred percent of the residents are housed upon their discharge. Families are being reunited and lives are being changed through these two recovery homes. Maac project's driving under the influence program (duip) had 1,510 participants in the year 2022. Maac successfully assisted 1,478 participants regain their driving privileges. Our goal is to help make pour roadways safe for all.
Housing & real estate development (red) - maac manages 876 units across our six properties and one partner property(valencia pointe in southeast San Diego). Our current portfolio include hillside views - oak park, mercado - barrio logan, San martin de porres - spring valley, laurel tree - carlsbad, seniors on broadway - chula vista, and villa lakeshore - lakeside. Our 2022 priorities included closing and breaking ground at our ventana al sur property, securing funding to rehabilitate exisiting eligible assets in our portfolio and securing funding for (and control of) sites to construct new multi-family affordable housing communities within San Diego County. in 2022, we secured the last piece of funding for the construction of 101 senior apartments at ventana al sur in San ysidro. Maac was awarded an allocation of low-income housing tax credits for worthington del sol (closed in december 2021, construction started january 2022, and completed december 2022). Crest on imperial and sendero each received an allocation of tax credits but were unable to close due to delays with permitting. Valencia pointe (San Diego) completed construction in september and worthington del sol (imperial County) completed construction in december. Maac submitted an application for tax credits and tax-exempt bonds for ascencia, azuriik, crest on imperial and ivy but has not yet received funding awards. We plan to submit an application for tax credits and tax-exempt bonds in q1 2023 for ascencia, azuriik, crest on imperial, ivy and San martin de porres rehab. in q4 2021, maac submitted a response to the city of San Diego's notice of availability to develop surplus land in the midway district but was not awarded.in september maac submitted a response to a request for information and qualifications to San Diego university to develop one of their affordable housing sites in the sdsu west development (awards announced in 2023). As of december 31, 2022, maac has 916 units of affordable housing in pre-development: ascencia(escondido), azuriik(national city), crest on imperial(san Diego), the ivy(escondido), and sendero(san Diego). Maac is also looking to acquire new parcels to construct new multi-family affordable housing communities.