MNC’s Youth Programs provide comprehensive quality programming to more than 1,200 youth ages 6-24 annually. Through a variety of programs, we empower youth to reach their fullest potential, instill leadership skills and develop them to reach educational goals. We provide cultural exposure and affirmation, and most importantly, give youth the tools they need to make positive informed decisions. We offer services at our Precita Center, Mission Girls (24th Street Center), Mission Beacon Center at Everett Middle School, RecConnect at Jose Coronado, and Bernal Dwellings Family Resource Center.

Our diverse youth services include:

• After school programs with academics, enrichment, cultural arts,

leadership development, health and fitness

• Recreation programs
• Organized evening programming
• Youth employment training
• Street outreach
• Home detention alternative to incarceration
• Spanish-language services
• Court advocacy services
• GED exam preparation
• Job placement and assistance
• Girls-only curriculum on health, violence against girls, and

leadership topics, groups at the Youth Guidance Center

• Girls and young mens groups
• Case management
• Special events including Carnaval San Francisco, International Women’s Day, and other cultural holidays and celebration
• Mission Girls’ Career Exploration Program – Courtesy of Southwest Airlines, Mission Girls’ students take trips around the United States to visit colleges and historical sites and speak with career professionals in their areas of interest.