La Cocina is a food business incubator established in 2005 that provides affordable commercial kitchen space and business support to low-income food entrepreneurs, especially women and minorities, helping them launch food businesses and sell products locally and nationally. Pacific Community Ventures is a business incubator founded in 1998 that provides advice and connects low- and middle-income entrepreneurs with financial resources, fostering small businesses and job creation. Delancey Street, established in 1971, is a residential program run by former inmates and addicts that provides housing, job training and educational support to help clients rehabilitate and successfully operate social businesses.
