Program areas at MNC
Child Development:After serving as a Head Start delegate agency for over 40 years, In 2014, MNC was awarded the designation as a Head Start/Early Head Start grantee from the Health and Human Services Agency, Administration of Children and Families, Office of Head Start. This Head Start/Early Head Start grant award brought MNC the opportunity to serve infants, toddlers, and preschoolers serving over 388 children in 2022-2023. MNC's child development programs provided children aged 0-5 with high quality early care and education focused on cognitive and social development. Students who graduate from our programs go on to kindergarten prepared and ready for a lifetime of learning. In addition, MNC offers the parents and families of these children comprehensive supportive social services. Family Service Specialists assist families in obtaining medical care, dental care, and government assistance. Parents seeking housing, domestic violence assistance, employment, mental health services, or pathways to citizenship receive assistance and referrals to many communities, private, non-profit, and government partners. Health/Nutrition and Mental Health/Disabilities staff support parents for those children with special needs. MNC also provides early care and education to fee paying students and their families.
Youth Program: Approximately 600 youths were served by MNC through its youth programs during this year. These youths participated in age-appropriate empowerment activities designed to assist high-risk youth and gang-affiliated youth to reach their fullest potential, develop leadership and employment skills through meeting their educational goals. Youth programs included case management, after school tutorial programs, drop-in recreation, girls and boys support groups, female focused services, organized sports activities, summer youth employment, special events, field trips, gang prevention and evening street outreach programs. MNC's Youth programs also include culturally relevant curriculum and activities tailored to the needs of youths of color.
Emergency Rental Assistance Program: The Emergency Rental Assistance Program is designed to serve the most vulnerable tenants with the highest likelihood of experiencing homelessness or the most severs consequences of housing loss. Withthe grant award the agency served over 850 households from multiple districts with an average of $ 6,400 per household.