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MNC delivers culturally sensitive, multi-generational, community-based services focused on low-income families. We develop and promote leadership skills that empower families to build strong, healthy and vibrant neighborhoods.
Alemany Head Start
License
#384002539
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Alemany is the newest addition to our family of Head Start sites and is located in the Alemany Housing Development at 956 Ellsworth St. The center has one classroom and a beautiful, fenced in play area. This site serves 17 children daily from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm, year round. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Master Teacher: Valarie Peterson)
Bernal Dwellings
License
#384001017
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Across from Garfield Park and Pool, this center is located at 3141 26th St. The center serves 24 children daily from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., year round. Renovations have begun for this site. Once completed our preschoolers will enjoy a larger, modernized space. In addition, a toddler classroom will be added, creating a continuum of services in one building. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Master Teacher: Maria Villalobos)
Capp Head Start Center
License
#380505268
Open All Week
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Located in our historic Administrative building at 362 Capp St., the Capp Street Head Start Center has two classrooms and a large gross motor room. This site serves 68 children daily split into two sessions. The hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast (morning session only), lunch (afternoon session only), and snack. (Site Supervisor: Mercedes Uriarte)
Capp Street Senior Center
License
N/A
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Located in our historic Administrative building at 362 Capp St., the Capp Street Senior center provides a variety of healthy aging activities for senior citizens. Activities include congregate meals, exercise classes, counseling, Zumba, yoga classes, field trips and computer classes. In addition, the clients receive assistance with obtaining food and other social services, local resources, and in obtaining their United States citizenship. (Center Coordinators: Joana Mattero and Aurora Alvarado)
Centro Bayview Child Dev & Family Center
License
#384001834
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
SEFAU, our newest center, is located at 1337 Evans Ave. in the Bayview-Hunter’s Point district and houses our Head Start Program and center based Early Head Start. In addition to the child development classrooms, SEFAU houses our Family Resource Center. The child development classrooms serve 14 infants and toddlers and 20 preschoolers from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., year round. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Site Supervisor: Beatriz Yepez, Family Resource Center Manager: Zoila Cartagena)
Centro de Alegria Family Resource Center
License
#384002718
Open All Week
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Centro de Alegria opened in August 2016. Our 24th Street Head Start center relocated here. The site now houses two Head Start classrooms with half day sessions, and one, mixed-income, full day classroom. The center includes two outdoor areas and is a warm, welcoming environment for children and parents. A healthy breakfast, snack, and lunch are served to the children daily. (Site Supervisor: Amada Navarez)
Jean Jacobs Center
License
#384001206
Open All Week
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Located in the Excelsior district, at 459 Vienna St, this center is housed in the same building as Coleman Advocates. The center is comprised of one classroom, serving 17 children in two half day sessions, and an outdoor play yard. The hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast (morning session only), lunch (afternoon session only), and snack. (Master Teacher: Magaly Solorzano)
Mission Bay Center
License
#384001138
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Located at 152 Berry St., in the Mission Bay neighborhood and very near the famed AT&T Park, is our Mission Bay center. This center is full year and serves 40 children in two classrooms, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and has a beautiful and gated play area. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Site Supervisor: Vanessa Fontana-Berul)
Mission Girls
License
N/A
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Located in the Heart of the Mission is our gender-specific program, Mission Girls. The center is located at 3007 24th St. and serves girls, 8 – 25 with various recreational, diversion, prevention, and intervention programs. For more information, contact us or read more about our Youth Development. (Site Director: Susana Rojas)
Precita Valley Community & Family Center
License
N/A
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
The Precita Valley Community Center is our second oldest piece of property and is located at 534 Precita Ave. The Precita Center has provided services to youth and the surrounding community since 1922, and officially became a part of Mission Neighborhood Centers in 1959. This program serves youth ages 5 – 25 with various recreational, diversion, prevention, and intervention programs. (Site Coordinator: Edward “Teddie” Honey)
Stevenson Center
License
N/A
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Located at 1300 Stevenson St. in the Stevenson condominium complex, this center serves 20 children from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and has an enclosed outdoor play yard. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Master Teacher: Aura Ordenana)
Valencia Gardens Center
License
#384001634
Open All Week
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Our Valencia Gardens Head Start Center is located at 380 Valencia St. in the Valencia Gardens Housing Complex. This center houses two classrooms that serve 17 children in each session, two sessions a day, from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. It has a beautiful, gated play area. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast (morning session only), lunch (afternoon session only), and snack. (Site Supervisor: Blanca Velasquez)
Women’s Building Center
License
#384000867
Open All Week
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Housed in the famed Edificio de Mujeres at 3543 18th St. is our Women’s Building center. It has one classroom, a large gross motor room, and is very near Mission Playground. This center serves 23 children daily from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. year round. English and Spanish are spoken here. The children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack. (Master Teacher: Cindy Reyes)
“Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. has been serving the community with empowering multi-cultural, multigenerational social services for 60 years.”
José A. Rodríguez, MA – Chief Operations Officer
