It is an honor to have MEDA's services as the subject behind Harvard University's latest case study. "When Families Thrive, Children Succeed": How the Mission Economic Development Agency Created a Transformational Prenatal-to-Career Model is co-authored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education The EdRedesign Lab's Lynne Sacks and Michelle Sedaca, M.A. Urban Policy │ Child Development. The case study highlights the strategic steps that propelled our growth, through the addition of Mission Promise Neighborhood, into a national model for place-based prenatal-to-career strategies designed to “build Latino prosperity, community ownership, and civic power."? From the case study: “For the people who live in San Francisco’s Mission District, MEDA has been a lifeline, providing access to stable housing, affordable childcare, afterschool programs, mental health support, financial capability coaching, small business loans, and a host of other services.” Read the case and highlights in English and Spanish: https://bit.ly/3TlhUhh? We’d like to thank our Mission Promise Neighborhood partners who make this work possible. MPN is a partnership between schools, community organizations, parents and community leaders to help low- and moderate-income families achieve financial stability while creating opportunities for their kids to graduate from high school and college. Partners: Birth Companions Community Center, WA Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), Felton Institute | Family Service Agency of San Francisco, First 5 San Francisco, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Homeless Prenatal, Instituto Familiar de la Raza (IFR), Jamestown Community Center, La Raza Centro Legal, Mission Graduates, Mission Neighborhood Centers (MNC), Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC), Nurse-Midwives of SF Zuckerberg General Hospital, Parents for Public Schools (PPS), San Francisco Human Services Agency, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Office of the Mayor, San Francisco Treasurer’s Office of Financial Empowerment (Kindergarten to College), San Francisco Unified School District (including Early Education Department), Support for Families, tandem, Partners in Early Learning, Urban Services YMCA.
We’re thrilled to announce our new case study, co-authored by Lynne Sacks and Michelle Sedaca, M.A., “When Families Thrive, Children Succeed”: How the Mission Economic Development Agency Created a Transformational Prenatal-to-Career Model. The case study highlights the strategic steps that propelled MEDA’s growth into a national model for place-based prenatal-to-career strategies designed to “build Latino prosperity, community ownership, and civic power."?For the people who live in San Francisco’s Mission District, Mission Economic Development Agency has been a lifeline, providing access to stable housing, affordable childcare, afterschool programs, mental health support, financial capability coaching, small business loans, and a host of other services. Read the case and highlights in English and Spanish: https://bit.ly/3TlhUhh. Harvard Graduate School of Education Harvard University Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Harvard Education Press #cradletocareer #placebased