PowerUP Youth
Construction Trades
Workforce and Career Development
State of California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) Vendor
Golden Gate Village Resident Empowerment Program
Micro-Enterprise Small Business
Digital Literacy
Empowerment Clubhouse-Mental Health
Life Skills
Individualized Service Plans
and...more!
Proudly Serving Marin City and Marin County since 1979
"Our mission is to enhance social, economic, and climate justice for underserved, marginalized, and low-income people through employment services, mental health, and education.”
Building Communities...It's What We Do...!
About Us!
Established 1979, the Marin City Community Development Corporation (CDC) came together to address the growing disparity between the small community of Marin City and Marin County.
Since then, the CDC has become the employment experts for the Marin City and Marin County. Our goal is to prepare and empower lower income and less advantaged individuals for the workforce and long-term economic self-sufficiency.
Guiding Principles/Core Values
Mission Driven-Determined and focused on achieving the organization’s purpose.
Innovation-Commitment to provide and design high quality programs to support community needs, environmental stewardship, and apply creative and person-centered solutions.
Professionalism-Support, educate, train, and empower Team Members to competently support persons served and community while building and enjoying their career goals.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Support, strengthen, and foster diverse and inclusive teams, programs, and partnerships.
Integrity-Direct, honest, transparent, and ethical
Accountability-CDC’s commitment to continuous improvement, enhance performance and manage risk are at the core of what they do. CDC has proactively sought accreditation with the International Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF.org).
CDC has received Accreditations 2015 (1 year), and three-year accreditations from 2016 through 2025. This accreditation distinguishes CDC as an organization with a high degree of internal quality, investment in the involvement of services provided to persons served, cohesion among staff members among all levels found in the organization and an enhanced status on services for which they are certified.
CDC’s priority regions of client’s served are primarily Marin City, and include the Canal, West Marin, Novato, and LGBTQ+ communities, in Marin County. Clients served are youth (ages 15-25), young and older adults seeking to pursue their goals, dreams, and economic self-sufficiency. Individuals served include traumatized, without shelter, stigmatized, black, indigenous, people of color, formerly incarcerated, on probation, individuals with mental health, physical disabilities, veterans, and impacted by the War on Drugs. These individuals’ health, wellness, and economic opportunities have been impacted in Marin County; ranked as the third most racially disparate county in California (Race Counts 2023 annual Report by RaceCounts.org).
About CARF
CARF.org is an independent, nonprofit organization focused on advancing the quality of services you use to meet your needs for the best possible outcomes.
CARF provides accreditation services worldwide at the request of health and human service providers. Whether you are seeking rehabilitation for a disability, treatment for addiction and substance abuse, home and community services, retirement living, or other health and human services, you can have confidence in your choice. Providers that meet our standards have demonstrated their commitment to being among the best available.
Our Programs and Services are Made Possible by these funders and donors like you!
The Fullerton Family Foundation
