On January 27, 1991, Mary Ann Carpenter and her husband Prince M. Edmonds, founded MAC's Children & Family Services as a 501©-(3) non-profit organization.

Collectively, they have six children and Eleven grandchildren.  Prompted by his wife, Mr. Edmonds enters the field with many years of business administration: Mrs. Carpenter also enters the field with many years of business administration and many years of nursing.

• Mrs. Carpenter

They started out with a small foster family home and over the years, through the collaborative efforts of a strong clinical support team, they have built an Agency aimed at providing quality care, supervision and life skills education for children from all walks of life.

Mrs. Carpenter has always helped young people by voluntarily mentoring school, family and neighborhood children.  She gave up her nursing career when her sister passed on at which time she became foster parent to two of her nieces.  This is what really ignited the passion within Mrs. Carpenter and is still what keeps her committed to providing safe, loving and nurturing homes and services for as many children as possible.

After five years of research planning and preparation, they opened up their first group home.  

                MAC I - Group home, opened January 27, 1991

                MAC II - Group Home, opened in 1993

                MAC's Loving Arms - A Foster Family Agency, opened April 1997 and closed June 2002.  

                Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) - San Francisco County's first, Crocker site opened December 1997, 4 bed.  Cayuga site opened August 1998, 10 bed.  C Street site opened August 2003, 5 bed.  Garibaldi site opened October 2003, 8 bed.

                MAC III -  Group Home, opened April 17, 2005