Transmission Project

The Mission of the MAAC Project is to promote self-sufficiency for low and moderate income families and communities of Southern California through advocacy for, and delivery of, social, educational, housing and employment services.

MAAC will pursue our mission by offering the various communities in San Diego County a helping hand, by bridging the path to self-sufficiency, and by building and enhancing self-esteem.

About MAAC

The MAAC Project is a multi-purpose social service agency with a successful 45 year history of serving various communities throughout San Diego County. In 1965, MAAC Project opened its doors to serve San Diego’s disadvantaged. One million clients later, MAAC is still acting as a catalyst to help individuals and families become self-sufficient. MAAC provides a spectrum of unique programs designed to assist clients by engaging them in the enhancement of their own lives through lifestyle changes. The programs strive to improve clients’ economic standing as well as their ability to access resources available to them.

As one of the most successful social service agencies in the county, MAAC has continuously assisted low-income clients in achieving a higher level of self-sufficiency. Our clients want what everyone wants, a sense of security, viability and self-reliance. MAAC exists to help them achieve it.

MAAC serves over 35,000 individuals per year and over the past 43 years has touched the lives of over 1,000,000 clients. Employing over 300 personnel, MAAC staffs 35 sites bringing to its constituents empowering social services, health components, a state of arts charter school, technology centers, economic development, affordable housing…building community. MAAC maintains and continues to instill in every program under its umbrella the object of its mission…the achievement of self-esteem and self-sufficiency.

MAAC has become one of San Diego’s most distinguished and comprehensive social service agencies. MAAC serves San Diego County families through HeadStart/FirstStart, nutritional programs, low-income home weatherization and improvement, two notable and culturally specific recovery homes, award winning affordable housing complexes and a charter school.

The availability of secure and attractive homes and the development of a community, which provides access to childcare, pre-school, recreational activities, computer training, job referrals, and services designed to enhance the livability and viability of the neighborhood, builds pride and self-respect. In turn, this leads to self-development, respect for others, and citizenship participation. These are MAAC’s goals. This is the path and direction on which MAAC has embarked.