Metropolitan Development Council

We’re Metropolitan Development Council–your advocate in achievement, your champion in connection and your partner in personal stability. Since 1964, it’s been our mission to level the scales of poverty in Tacoma and beyond. We empower our community with integrated social services and compassionate support so they can break free from survival mode, find stability and create a path forward.

Our programs vary in scope and reach, but they’re all driven by a single purpose: Put simply? We’re here to fight poverty and build a better community in the process.