1. Marin City
Welcomes
Sandy Nathan
Vice President,
Programs

2. BRIDGE THE GAP COLLEGE PREP (BTGCP)
PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR MARIN CITY STUDENTS
WITH THE GOAL THAT EVERY MARIN CITY
STUDENT COMPLETES HIGH SCHOOL AND
GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE!

4. SUCCESSES
• Increased academic performance of over 300 K - 12th
grade Marin City students!
• 80% of BTGCP students have graduated high school, 60%
are in college or have graduated!
• 100% of our 2012 high school graduates are in college or
post secondary education!
• Created partnerships and collaborations with Marin City
organizations including Sausalito Marin City School
District, Aim High,10,000 Degrees and Marin College
Access network!
• Since the launch of Vision 2012, approximately 42 % of

5. Marin City Community Services
District
Provides local municipal services to the Marin City
community.
• Public Parks and Recreation
• Street Lighting
• Refuse Collection
• Community Development Planning
• Public Safety
• Transportation
• Education
• Redevelopment
• Daily Youth Afterschool and Summer Recreation
Programs

7. Marin City Network: A Working Collaborative
Vision/Mission
• It is our vision that strong youth and leadership
development will lead to community
transformation.
• The mission of the Network is to empower Marin
City youth and their families to assume greater
control of their lives and community.
• The purpose of the Network is to garner
resources and implement program services that
will facilitate the ability of our youth to move into
their future with a strong confidence in who they
are, what they can achieve and prepared to be
self-sufficient and an asset to their family and
community.

8. Marin City Network Program Activities
Weekly Girls Circle: A
nationally recognized
evidence-based program to
demonstrate significant
increase in girls’ self-
efficacy, body image, social
connection and attachment to
school.

9. Marin City Network is a community based program
under the auspices of Community Action Marin.
Marin City Network Partnerships:
*Youth Leadership Institute *Healthy Teens Marin Partnership
*California Film Institute *Conservation Corps, NorthBay
*SF/Marin YMCA, Youth Court *Huckleberry Youth Programs
*Marin City Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition
*Marin City Community Services District
*Marin City Health & Wellness Center
*Marin City Community Development Corporation
*Marin Grassroots Leadership Network
*Hannah Partnership for Academic Achievement
*Sausalito Marin City School District
*Southern Marin Multi-Disciplinary Team
With funding from
Marin Community Mental Health (Prevention/Early Intervention)

10. ISOJI
Nigerian for rebirth, revitalization or renaissance
Serving Marin City as well as the
Southern Marin County region
• Convening strategic venues (meetings, forums,
workshops)
• Engaging stakeholders from
various jurisdictions and institutions,
including:
*Local government
*Local school district
*Non-profit service providers
*Businesses
*Philanthropic foundations
*Universities

14. The Hannah Project
Partnership for Academic
Achievement is a
community-based college
and career preparatory
program that equips youth
and their families with the
knowledge, skills, and
strategies that:
• Build academic
proficiency;
• Develop character;
and
• Prepare students for
school, college, and
career success.

15. By joining forces with other like minded organizations, the Hannah
Partnership has created a community infrastructure that:
Provides a defined pathway to help low achieving students navigate the transition from
middle school to high school and from high school to college and career
Sets high community standards for achievement and behavior; and
Expands work and career options for youth

17. HANNAH CDF FREEDOM SCHOOL
Hannah CDF Freedom School is a six-week Children’s
Defense Fund affiliated summer reading enrichment
program serving 50 elementary aged students. Freedom
school is designed to help children fall in love with
reading, increase their self-esteem, and generate
positive attitudes toward learning.

18. WHO IS LIFT– LEVÁNTATE
LIFT is a non-profit building healthy equitable
communities in Marin City, the Canal,
Novato, Richmond and San Leandro
LIFT is a “program without walls”
Free to Marin City children and families
Delivered in local community settings (Rec
Center, CAM classrooms, WHAP, MLK school
and garden, Senior Center, etc)
Multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-literacy
Recruits/trains/employs local residents to
deliver our programs

19. LIFT GARDENING AND NUTRITION

20. LIFT– Levántate
OUTCOMES
Increases in physical activity, positive role modeling by
older teens and adults, healthier social/food/beverage
choices by children and teens
LIFT partners closely with CSD, ISOJI, CAM and others
LIFT donated $4k greenhouse to the MLK garden in
exchange for guaranteed use of the garden by Marin City
youth
LIFT works to promote access to healthy, affordable food

21. LIFT garden and nutrition programs introduce
children to real food at an early age

22. MARIN GRASSROOTS
MARIN GRASSROOTS
ADVANCING SOCIAL EQUIT Y AND STRENGTHENING THE
VOICE OF UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN
PUBLIC POLICY DECISION-MAKING TO REDUCE POVERT Y
AND IMPROVE QUALIT Y OF LIFE FOR ALL.
Strategies: Coalition Building & Policy Advocacy;
Community Information & Education
Fostering inter-agency collaboration in Marin City through the
coordination of the Marin City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition

23. Community Forum with 2012 Candidates
Marin City MLK Coalition Monthly Meeting
Participation in County Supervisors
Community Forum with 2012 Candidates
Meetings

24. MARIN GRASSROOTS
LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Community outreach and engagement for the proposal to
build Rocky Graham Park in Marin City, which was awarded
$4.9 million by the State.
• Lead advocacy efforts for the approval by County
Supervisors of a resolution on ending racial profiling,
declaring the week of April 16-20, 2012 “End Racial Profiling
Week”.
• Coordination of Action Coalition for Equity, which
successfully advocated for the approval by the County
Supervisors of several equity-related stipulations in the
County’s plan to address impediments to fair housing and
non-compliance with Title VI.

25. The Southern Marin Multidisciplinary Team
(MDT)
A working model of collaborative efforts of service providers working
primarily
in Southern Marin.
The Multidisciplinary Team model was implemented in 2006. The strategy
for formalizing the Multidisciplinary Team approach for Southern Marin
was based on the ideology of “Best Practices”.
It includes the development and creation of solutions to common
problems of poverty and social exclusion. Programs, services, and
methodologies (wraparound services) are tailored to the underserved and
not-served diverse populations.

26. The Southern Marin Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
MDT takes wraparound services and traditional case management to the next level.
We are unique in that traditional multiservice delivery is coordinated through a post
assessment case manager system. Our MDT milieu system provides the
assessment (regardless of intake ownership) to be brought before the team,
discussed and strategies and timelines designed and implemented with each team
member identifying their role and goal and sharing progress.
Impact
The MDT brought service providers together to provide unduplicated, shared
resources and appropriate wrap around case management to children and families.
In FY 2011/2012 the MDT was used by service providers to support 150
individuals and families. The MDT model of early identification of risk factors,
education and prevention strategies by service providers will influence the quality of
life across multiple areas of functioning, including housing, economics, health and
education.

27. OUR MISSION: The Marin City Health
& Wellness Center is committed to
improving the health and wellness of
low-income residents of Marin City and
Southern Marin by operating a state of
the art and culturally competent
community health center in Marin City.
The Marin City Health & Wellness Center
(also known as Marin City Clinic) is
dedicated to the improvement of the
health status and overall quality of life for
Marin City and Southern Marin residents.
The clinic provides basic medical and
healthcare services and also develops
and implements prevention strategies that
reduce the presence and severity of
disease while encouraging lifestyle
choices that promote health and wellness.

28. Mental
Medical
Health
•Preventative Care •Individual
•Well Child Care Counseling
(Immunizations) •Couples
Services •Women's Health Counseling
•Men's Health •Group and
•Senior Care Family
Community •Family Planning Counseling
Dental
Wellness •Sports Physicals •Child and
•Adult and •Community-Wide •DMV Exams Adolescent
Children's Outreach activities •Medication Counseling
Dentistry •Specialized Management
•Dental Cleaning Community Health •Accidents and
•Oral Health Screening Projects Acute Illness
Education •Health Promotion •Referrals to
•Emergency and and Disease Specialists
Restorative Prevention
Dentistry Activities
•Asthma
Education,
Intervention and
Primary Care
•Community-wide

29. Building Sustainable Neighborhoods Through
Community Economic Development
Economic Self-
GED & Credential Attainment
Sufficiency Occupational Skills Training
Small Business Support Asset Development

31. MCCDC Business Services
 Industry-specific focus
(i.e. green, construction, etc.)
 Employer as customer;
meet the customer’s needs
 Fast response rate
 Targeting high-growth
industries
 Targeting specific positions
as well as job clusters
 Assisting low-wage job
seekers and unemployed
contractors
 Systems change strategies
At the end of last PY, June 2012,
231 jobseekers hired!

32. OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
Industry Led
Certifications in
Construction &
Green Collar

35. THANK YOU!
We are highly appreciative of MCF’s ongoing
investment and support!