Our Mission for the Mission
Rooted in the Mission and focused on San Francisco, MEDA’s mission is to strengthen low-and moderate-income Latino families by promoting economic equity and social justice through asset building and community development.
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MEDA’S FREE Programs Can Strengthen Your Family
Welcome! This is your first step to becoming a MEDA client.
Welcome
Orientation
Affordable housing with values built in. We’ve produced or preserved 1,000 units so far!
Community
Real Estate
Free workshops and coaching as you get ready to buy your first home, prepared to rent an apartment or stop foreclosure.
Housing
Opportunities
It’s time to decrease debt, increase income and savings, and better your credit.
Financial
Capability
Free workshops and one-on-one coaching to start or grow your small business.
Business
Development
Start or grow your small business with an Adelante Fund low-interest loan.
Community
Loan Fund
Why pay to do your taxes? Maximize your refund or get an ITIN — for free.
Free Tax
Preparation
Free job training and coaching to jumpstart your career.
Workforce
Development
Free job training that’s putting 17- to 24-year-olds on the path to an IT career — and creating a pipeline for diversity in tech.
Mission
Techies
Make being bilingual work for you. Free coaching for 18- to 34-year-olds to get a job at a bank.
Bilingual
Bank Tellers
Learn how to use a computer or use our computers for free.
Digital Opportunity
Center
MEDA is the lead agency for Mission Promise Neighborhood. We connect families to free services in the Mission.
Mission Promise
Neighborhood
Read the latest news from San Francisco’s Mission District
Client Surveys Indicate 21 Percent Live in Overcrowded Conditions
- June 23, 2017
- cgil
Severin Saenz of MEDA’s Evaluation team needed to be creative and strategic when she decided it would be valuable to do a survey of client ...
Residents of 1411 Florida Can Stay in Their Home of 27 Years, Thanks to Small Sites Program and SFHAF
- June 20, 2017
- cgil
It was with trepidation that Rudy and Karen Sorto (photo, second right and third left) came to MEDA requesting translation of a letter found ...
Karoleen Feng’s Speech at MEDA 1,000 Homes Saved Celebration
- June 15, 2017
- cgil
(Watch video of MEDA’s community-development work.) “Good evening. I want to welcome the community. Thank you for joining u ...
– Saul Chavez, Owner, El Gran Taco Loco