Grantee List
Amerika Samoa Humanities Council (ASHC) |
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Location |
P.O. Box 5800 |
Phone Number |
684-633-4870 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0169 |
Grant Amount |
$315,812 |
Project Period |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Fonoti S. Vaeao |
Project Description |
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The Amerika Samoa Humanities Council (ASHC) will create Buy Pacific Cooperative (Buy Pacific), a replicable business incubator structure focusing on micro-enterprise development to produce and market indigenous arts and crafts. Buy Pacific will build capacity and infrastructure to assist project participants in overcoming identified barriers to employment, job retention, and self-sufficiency. They will help project particpants develop the skills needed to create, sell, and develop sustainable markets for quality arts and crafts reflective of the distinct cultures of the territories. Buy Pacific will create 52 new full-time, permanent jobs and newly realized business development opportunities for low-income individuals with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities in the U.S. Pacific Territory of American Samoa and the freely associated state of Palau. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 52 |
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Neighborhood House of Calexico, Inc. |
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Location |
506 East 4th Street |
Phone Number |
760-357-6875 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0199 |
Grant Amount |
$436,502 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Ricardo Ortega |
Project Description |
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Neighborhood House of Calexico, Inc. proposes the creation of Neighborhood House Micro- Business Service Center (NHMBSC), a One-Stop center for business counseling, entrepreneurial training, loan center services, and technical assistance for TANF recipients, and low-income residents of the Imperial Valley. NHMBSC would provide technical and financial assistance to TANF recipients and other low-income individuals to create self-employment/micro-enterprise opportunities that would create employment opportunities for 40 individuals. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 40 |
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Mission Economic Development Association |
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Location |
3505 20th Street |
Phone Number |
415-282-3334 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0192 |
Grant Amount |
$438,300 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Luis Granados |
Project Description |
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The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is requesting $475,000 in JOLI grant funds to develop micro-enterprises, job opportunities and economic opportunities for low-income families in San Francisco through its Microenterprise Development Program (MDP). MDP provides professional business technical assistance services to ensure San Francisco’s low-income Latino entrepreneurs develop the core competencies to start, manage, and grow sustainable businesses. The cost-per-job is estimated at $8,000 for 60 job placements. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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AnewAmerica Community Corporation |
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Location |
1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A |
Phone Number |
510-540-7785 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0184 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Sylvia Rosales-Fike |
Project Description |
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Anew America Community Corporation (Anew America), in Berkeley, California, will help self-employment/microenterprises by providing three years of training, one-on-one consulting, and group/peer mentoring to help participants gain skills in business development, asset building, and social responsibility. The project will target three main industries: retail, food, and childcare. It will help participants build a collective total of $200,000 in assets. The project is designed to address the social and economic development barriers faced by the target population. The project will create 48 new jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 48 |
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Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation |
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Location |
1130 West Slauson Avenue |
Phone Number |
323-753-2335 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0173 |
Grant Amount |
$450,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Marva Battle-Bey |
Project Description |
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The Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation (VSEDC) will deliver business development services to a group of 60 disadvantaged micro-entrepreneurs in south Los Angeles, California. VSEDC will provide technical assistance administered by its staff and business consultants, assistance in identifying contract opportunities with public/private corporations, and advanced business training and coaching to all project participants free of charge. This project will create 80 jobs for the micro-entrepreneurs and other low-income individuals. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 80 |
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Bayaud Industries, Inc. |
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Location |
333 West Bayaud Avenue |
Phone Number |
303-830-6885 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0203 |
Grant Amount |
$262,586 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. David E. Henninger |
Project Description |
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Bayaud Industries proposes a “Document Management Service” as an expansion of their current business that will create jobs for low-income and TANF recipients in Denver, Coloroda. This funding would provide Bayaud Industries the ability to sell the additional services of digitize hard copy documents and the retrieval of information from documents prior to destruction. In addition, Bayaud Industries will streamline its shredding document business. The proposed Document Management Service aims to create thirteen (13) new full-time permanent jobs for low-income individuals over a three-year period. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 13 |
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Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc. |
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Location |
1070 Park Avenue |
Phone Number |
203-366-8241 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0164 |
Grant Amount |
$465,890 |
Project Period |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Charles B. Tisdale |
Project Description |
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The Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc. (ABCD) will train low-income individuals in HAZMAT handling/mitigation/abatement and related construction to help them obtain employment in the high need HAZMAT market in Bridgeport, Connecticut. ABCD will create 55 full-time, well paying jobs through the creation of a new business venture, PFW "Green Team" that will bid on contracts with committed public and private entities to satisfy the rapidly expanding, unfulfilled HAZMAT market in Bridgeport, which will be filled by the individuals trained through this project. Fifteen of these jobs will be created by providing technical assistance to local Minority Business Enterprises that lack the expertise, qualified workers, and certification to successfully bid on HAZMAT and related construction jobs. This project will create a total of 55 new jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 55 |
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American Community Partnerships, Inc. |
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Location |
727 15th Street, N.W. |
Phone Number |
202-639-8811 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0175 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Edward Gorman |
Project Description |
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American Community Partnerships, Inc. (ACP) will implement the “Local Contracts-Local Hire” initiative, which has two goals: the expansion of small, disadvantaged contractors in the construction industry in the Delaware Valley region (Southeast Pennsylvania and South New Jersey); and the employment of at least 60 Camden-area TANF and low-income individuals. ACP will enroll at least 60 contractors in an in-depth training program designed to equip contractors with essential business skills and modest financing necessary to grow. Successful graduates will be able to achieve “Surety bond status,” the single most important factor in assuring contractor viability. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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The Institute for Community Collaboration, Inc. |
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Location |
3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140 |
Phone Number |
954-985-4416 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0200 |
Grant Amount |
$436,502 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Carolyn Dekle |
Project Description |
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The Institute for Community Collaboration proposes to partner with Urban Empowerment Corporation to implement a micro-enterprise project called, the Legacy Green Empowerment program. This project would expand two agricultural and food production businesses in the Miami area to create and retain 30 new permanent, full-time jobs for low-income individuals in Liberty City, Overtown and Coconut Grove (West Grove) County. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 30 |
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Corporation To Develop Communities Of Tampa, Inc. |
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Location |
2631 E. Lake Avenue |
Phone Number |
813-248-9738 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0179 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Toni Watts |
Project Description |
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The Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc. (CDC of Tampa) will support the expansion of Able Body Labor to expand its TrainingU Division into East Tampa, Florida. The project will support the creation of jobs in the construction trades for the economically disadvantaged, underemployed, unemployed, ex-offenders, and TANF participants. This project will create 100 jobs providing livable wages. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 100 |
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Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Inc. |
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Location |
235 Peachtree Street, North Tower, Suite 2300 |
Phone Number |
404-450-9900 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0193 |
Grant Amount |
$438,300 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Felicia Jones |
Project Description |
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The applicant proposes to implement a micro-enterprise project called, MicroMAX. The project would build on the applicant’s prior programs, BuildingNOW and NegoioNow. The project would provide training and technical assistance to aspiring entrepreneurs in South Dekalb County, Georgia and aims to create a minimum of 30 new permanent, full-time jobs for low-income individuals. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 30 |
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The Center for Working Families, Inc. |
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Location |
477 Windsor Street |
Phone Number |
404-223-3303 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0186 |
Grant Amount |
$474,402 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. David Jackson |
Project Description |
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The Center for Working Families, Inc. (TCWFI) in Atlanta, Georgia, will establish The Microenterprise Program, a pipeline of jobs and small businesses in the metro Atlanta area centered on the fast-growing "Green Industry." TCWFI will provide employment, job development, homeowner IDAs, and other asset-building programs for families living in a group of six neighborhoods known as City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit V (NPUV). It is anticipated that TCWFI will enlist at least 200 participants in its asset-building classes, of which at least 50 low-income individuals will open new individual development accounts (IDAs). It is expected that 50 new jobs will be created. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 50 |
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ISED Ventures |
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Location |
1111 Ninth Street, Suite 200 |
Phone Number |
515-283-0940 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0187 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Charles M. Palmer |
Project Description |
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ISED Ventures, in Des Moines, Iowa, will assist new businesses in the industries of child care, health care, personal care and service, retail, food preparation, catering, transportation, and construction (including home remodeling, lawn care, snow removal, and other non-traditional construction trade fields). The new business created will have the potential to strengthen the local economy and create a stronger tax base. The project will create 50 permanent full-time jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 50 |
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Workforce, Inc. |
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Location |
754 North Sherman Drive, Suite 220 |
Phone Number |
317-532-1368 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0181 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Gregg Keesling |
Project Description |
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Workforce, Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana, will partner with the Indiana Department of Administration to safely “demanufacture” and recycle all Indiana State University’s surplus electronics at the end of their useful life. Electronic waste recycling is an emerging industry that will offer viable work opportunities. The project will create 48 new jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 48 |
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Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission |
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Location |
717 Madison Avenue |
Phone Number |
859-581-6607 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0196 |
Grant Amount |
$438,300 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Tandy Florence |
Project Description |
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The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission (NKCAC) and the Life Learning Center are proposing to implement an Alternative Staffing Organization (ASO) called First Choice Staffing. ASOs place people with barriers to employment in temporary, temporary-to-hire, and/or permanent positions with employer partners. By providing a bridge to employment, First Choice Staffing would play an important role in helping people move from poverty to greater well-being and economic self-sufficiency. This project would serve residents of Covington and Newport, Northern Kentucky’s two largest cities, both located directly across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 90 |
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The Good Work Network |
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Location |
1824 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard |
Phone Number |
504-309-2073 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0198 |
Grant Amount |
$436,502 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Phyllis Cassidy |
Project Description |
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The Good Work Network’s “Connect Works Program” will create 60 micro-enterprise jobs, in the fields of construction (40 jobs), transportation (6 jobs), lawn care (6 jobs), and janitorial services (8 jobs). 100% of these positions will be filled by low-income individuals. Job creation strategies include: (1) training, technical assistance, and administrative support services to build the capacity of small owner operated businesses; (2) partnering with workforce development agencies to recruit and train low-income individuals seeking livable wage employment; (3) working with affordable housing developers, HUD project developers and contractors, quasi governmental agencies, and the business community to identify contract opportunities that will create steady work for micro-enterprises and their employees; (4) connecting qualified micro-enterprises to contracts; and (6) providing support to micro-enterprise entrepreneurs and their employees to overcome barriers that impede their success. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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Partners for Community |
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Location |
11-13 Hampden Street |
Phone Number |
413-272-2299 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0202 |
Grant Amount |
$436,500 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Herbierto Flores |
Project Description |
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Partners for Community, Inc. (PFC), proposes to undertake a job creation initiative in the Porta del Sol, a 20 x 30 mile region in western Puerto Rico. The geographic location consists of 17 largely rural towns, centered on the municipality of Mayaguez. The PFC initiative consists of a sequence of interventions that will catalyze existing small and medium-size enterprises to invest in substantial business expansions. This private sector approach is designed to support and provide firms with incentives (training, technical assistance, financial assistance) to pursue viable expansion plans, in return for explicit commitments to create an anticipated 76 new, full-time, sustainable jobs to be occupied by TANF recipients and other low-income individuals that will lead to economic self-sufficiency and reduced welfare dependence for beneficiaries and their families. The business expansion activity will take place at the Pit facilities in Mayaguez and at the facilities of the Pit partners in this initiative, the Business Resource Center (BRC) of the Puerto Rico Techno-Economic Corridor, Inc. (PRTEC), and the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 76 |
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Roca, Inc. |
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Location |
101 Park Street |
Phone Number |
617-889-5210, Ext. 221 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0191 |
Grant Amount |
$474,478 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Marty Baldwin |
Project Description |
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Roca, Inc., located in Chelsea, Massachusetts, will continue to provide extensive street work and community outreach, job preparation and placement, health and social services, mentoring, and on-going case management to the multicultural young adults of Chelsea, East Boston, Revere, and the surrounding communities in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. Roca is a multicultural young adult development organization that has been lauded nationally for its unique ability to reach high-risk youth and create strong and lasting relationships with them. As a community-based organization, all of Roca’s programming arises from a strong need within the community and is led by community constituents. Roca is a non-profit 501(c)(3) faith-based organization. This project will create 32 jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 32 |
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Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc. |
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Location |
28380 Crisfield-Marion Road |
Phone Number |
410-823-2660 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0178 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Rudy Hall |
Project Description |
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The Accohannock Indian Tribe will build an authentic American Indian Village named Bending Water Park on 33 acres of property, north of Crisfield, in Somerset County, Maryland. The Accohannock Indian Tribe will leverage the property, site plan, and training received from the Administration for Native Americans to successfully implement this project. Bending Water Park will create 50 permanent, full-time jobs for tribe members and other low-income individuals, including artisans, restaurant staff, outdoor activities' directors, clerical and receptionist staff, and other staff to run park micro-enterprises. The park will also create and expand 10 new small businesses and opportunities for public-private partnerships. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 50 |
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National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies |
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Location |
1010 Wayne Avenue, |
Phone Number |
301-587-2781 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0177 |
Grant Amount |
$482,163 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Huy Bui |
Project Description |
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The National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA) will implement its “Access to Equity (A2E)” project, an integrated micro-enterprise development, business expansion, and job development strategy to advance economic self-sufficiency among low-income Vietnamese refugees and immigrants in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana impacted by Hurricane Katrina. A2E will provide linguistically and culturally appropriate one-on-one business technical assistance to help project participants evaluate the feasibility of their business idea, develop a business plan, apply for business financing, and secure loans and business grants to successfully start, re-start, or expand their business. Project participants not seeking self-employment will be conencted to jobs at businesses that expand through the A2E program or with construction firms. A portion of the funds will be allocated to establishing a business grant program, where direct grants in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 will be provided to project participants to help finance business start up costs, as working capital, or to purchase equipment. This project will result in 35 business start-ups, re-starts, and expansions; create 60 new jobs; and create 15 additional jobs through job development and placement in construction firms. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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Coastal Enterprises, Inc. |
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Location |
36 Water Street, |
Phone Number |
207-882-7552 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0190 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Jacqueline Wardell |
Project Description |
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Coastal Enterprises, Inc. will provide progressive skills training to low-income people in the Lewiston-Auburn area of Maine, with the primary goal of capturing newly created employment opportunities within the Transportation-Distribution-Logistics (TDL) sector. The Lewiston-Auburn area is a distressed community; it has an Enterprise Zone and is home to Maine's two poorest census tracts. The project will provide education and training for 75 TANF recipients, non-custodial parents, and low-income people, with 60 individuals placed in targeted, newly created full-time jobs. The project will also provide financial, technical, and human resource assistance to 3-5 job-generating businesses; as well as provide project coordination, management, and evaluation. The three-year project will create at least 75 entry-level jobs with above-minimum wages, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 75 |
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MaineStream Finance |
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Location |
262 Harlow Street |
Phone Number |
207-973-3663 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0183 |
Grant Amount |
$449,277 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Kevin Washburn |
Project Description |
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MaineStream Finance will implement the Early Education Profession Project (EEPP), which will help low-income entrepreneurs start or expand a child care micro-enterprise in Bangor, Maine. MaineStream Finance is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) community development financial institution and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penquis Community Action Program. Its mission is to promote community development through financial training and financing activities that benefit low and moderate-income residents of Maine. MaineStream Finance is a licensed, supervised lender, an SBA Micro-lender, and technical assistance provider, and is monitored regularly by the Consumer Credit Bureau and the Finance Authority of Maine. In cooperation with Penquis Child Care Resource Development Center, MaineStream will provide technical assistance, training, individual advising and support, and access to financing to project participants. EEPP will provide free training that includes all aspects of operating a childcare business in Maine, free one-on-one technical assistance by a trained Micro-enterprise Consultant and Education Specialist, individual advising on overcoming personal barriers, and loans/direct financial assistance to support child care startup and expansion. The project will result in at least 32 new jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 32 |
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Justine Petersen Housing & Reinvestment Corporation |
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Location |
5031 Northrup Avenue |
Phone Number |
314-664-5051 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0176 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Sheri Flanigan-Vazquez |
Project Description |
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The Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment Corporation (Justine Peterson) will have a Justine Peterson counselor train graduates of the Employment Connection Workforce Readiness Program on the basics of starting a business, including business plan preparation, market analysis, and cash flow projections. Project participants will also work on credit barriers to accessing affordable financing. The Justine Peterson counselor will manage the participant's micro-enterprise and business goals, while the Employment Connection counselor will ensure that the participant's social service needs are being met. Sixty project participants will use $4,500 in Individual Development Account savings and match and a $5,000 loan to start their own business and create their own job opportunities. This project will create 60 permanent, full-time, self-employment jobs in the following areas: child care, home health agencies, automobile mechanics, handymen services, and hairstylist services. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc. |
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Location |
293 East Water Street, P.O. Box 115 |
Phone Number |
252-943-3058 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0194 |
Grant Amount |
$246,400 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Gorman W. Horne |
Project Description |
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Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc. (CDBH) is requesting $246,400 in JOLI grant funds to develop self-employment and micro-enterprise business training to TANF and other low-income residents of Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties in eastern North Carolina. The training would consist of leadership development, financial literacy, GED, English as a Second Language, adult basic education, computer training, and business management training programs. This project would encourage new business development, resulting in the creation of quality jobs in high demand industries. The project aims to assist in the creation of 6 to 8 businesses that will pay competitive wages to 30 to 40 TANF and low-income individuals. The targets area for CDBH will be Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties in eastern North Carolina. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 40 |
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Latin American Economic Development Association |
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Location |
129 North Broadway, Suite 300 |
Phone Number |
856-338-1177 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0195 |
Grant Amount |
$438,300 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Raymond Lamboy |
Project Description |
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Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc. (LAEDA) proposes to create a Self-Employment/Micro-enterprise to provide Entrepreneurship Training Services to at least 60 low-income residents of Camden City, New Jersey. The project aims to create 53 micro-enterprise businesses and 10 jobs from those businesses. The project includes a nine-week training session that will assist participants in writing business plans, as well as starting and maintaining a business. Services to participants include direct cash assistance to help finance the business and follow-up technical assistance for one year. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 63 |
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Catholic Charities, Diocese Of Camden, Inc. |
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Location |
1845 Haddon Avenue |
Phone Number |
856-342-4107 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0171 |
Grant Amount |
$499,847 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Jennifer L. Dyer |
Project Description |
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Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden, Inc. (Catholic Charities) will provide high quality intensive case management, emergency services, counseling, school-based social work, and other vital services to the city of Camden. Project activities and services will include outreach/recruitment, orientation and assessment, financial literacy training, business planning, lending, and on-going coaching and training support. This project will create 64 new jobs through self-employment/micro-enterprise strategy and an additional 36 jobs for individuals with existing employers. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 100 |
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Business Outreach Center Network, Inc. |
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Location |
85 South Oxford Street |
Phone Number |
718-624-9115 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0182 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Nancy Carin |
Project Description |
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The Business Outreach Center Network (BOCN) in Brooklyn, New York, will implement the Child Care Business Development Project, a public-private partnership aimed at job creation for low-income constituents. The BOCN will use new business development, business expansion, and self-employment/micro-enterprise strategies to create an expected 60 new jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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Urban League Of Rochester, NY, Inc. |
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Location |
265 North Clinton Avenue |
Phone Number |
585-325-6530 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0165 |
Grant Amount |
$418,614 |
Project Period |
9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. William G. Clark |
Project Description |
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The Urban League of Rochester, New York, Inc. (ULR) will provide small, primarily minority and/or women-owned construction and commercial cleaning businesses with group and individual technical assistance to help individuals gain the skills needed to expand their businesses. Funds will also be set aside for a revolving loan fund for participating businesses. ULR will also provide job readiness training, support services, job placement assistance, and post employment follow-up to TANF particpants and other low-income individuals. As a result of their expansion efforts, ULR will create 48 jobs and 24 businesses. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 48 |
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Serve City, Inc. |
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Location |
622 East Avenue |
Phone Number |
513-858-1738 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0201 |
Grant Amount |
$436,502 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Linda Kimble |
Project Description |
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Serve City, Inc. proposes to implement the “Jobs Opportunities through Micro-enterprise Project” (JOMP) to create 15 sole proprietorships or micro-enterprise businesses. This project aims to create 45 jobs for low-income individuals residing in the area of Butler County, Ohio over the three-year project period. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 45 |
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Ohio CDC Association |
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Location |
33 North 3rd Street, Suite 200 |
Phone Number |
614-461-6392 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0185 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Patricia Barnes |
Project Description |
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The Ohio CDC Association (OCDCA) will create a network of child care agencies, which will provide jobs to low-income individuals while simultaneously improving the quality and increasing the accessibility, of child care in some of Ohio's poorest regions. This project will offer intensive support services to low-income individuals in some of Ohio's most underdeveloped regions. It will provide low-income households with the human capital development needed to run a successful business and effectively manage money, while simultaneously creating a social capital network that will provide support, improve self-efficacy, decrease financial strain, and improve financial well-being. Additionally, the training to design a home-based child-care business will provide participants with the ability to work from home and continue to provide assistance to their own families, while offerring a service desperately needed in high-poverty areas. The project will result in 100 low-income children served with home day care, 70 low-income participants participating in training, and the creation 34 new, living wage jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 34 |
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Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. |
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Location |
P.O. Box 1335 |
Phone Number |
580-924-5094 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0180 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Tom Smith |
Project Description |
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The Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. will implement the Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Low-income Oklahomans project, which will create self-employment and micro-enterprise opportunities in areas such as child care, cosmetology, food, and agriculture for low-income individuals. The project will target 21 southeast Oklahoma counties, which endure poverty and unemployment higher than the state and national average. This project will create a minimum of 60 new permanent, full-time jobs, with livable wages and career development opportunities. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 60 |
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Umpqua Community Development Corporation |
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Location |
605 S.E. Kane Street |
Phone Number |
541-673-4909 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0189 |
Grant Amount |
$210,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Mickey Beach |
Project Description |
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The Umpqua Community Development Corporation in Roseburg, Oregon, will expand its deconstruction service, retail and wholesale of off-captured building materials, and promotion of environmental stewardship through recycling. Heartwood ReSources, a deconstruction and used building materials company, is a private, wholly-owned social enterprise subsidiary of Umpqua CDC that was started in March 2001. Job will be targeted toTANF recipients, child support obligers, and formally incarcerated persons who qualify as low-income in Douglas County. The project will create 14 new full-time, permanent jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 14 |
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Northside Community Development Fund |
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Location |
922 Middle Street |
Phone Number |
412-321-1449 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0174 |
Grant Amount |
$500,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Mark Masterson |
Project Description |
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The Northside Community Development Fund will launch the Micro-enterprise Support Project, which will provide business planning and financial assistance to low-income entrepreneurs to enable them to start their own businesses. The goal is to create new businesses and new jobs in communities where there has been little or no business formation. This project will create 80 jobs, including 20 self-employment, entrepreneurial opportunities. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 80 |
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Baptist Child & Family Services Health and Human Services (BCFS) |
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Location |
909 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 800 San Antonio, TX 78209 |
Phone Number |
210-832-5000 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0188 |
Grant Amount |
$475,000 |
Project Period |
9/30/2008 - 9/29/2011 |
Website |
http://www.bcfs.net/
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Authorizing Official |
Ms. Nanci Gibbons |
Project Description |
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Baptist Child and Family Services Health and Human Services (BCFS) will create a new business in Kerrville, Texas called "Green & Clean Services," which will create jobs for foster youth who have aged out of the foster care system. The business will encompass two services: lawn and landscape maintenance, and home/office cleaning. Demand for these sevices is being fueled by a continuous influx of wealthy retirees who want environmentally-safe products in their communities. Participants will receive stipends, training, and other incentives to remain in the program until they are ready to begin work. The new business will create 45 full-time jobs. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 45 |
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Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development, Inc. |
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Location |
1123 Babcock Road, Suite C | |
Phone Number |
210-736-3740 | |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) | |
Grant Number |
90EO0172 | |
Grant Amount |
$450,000 | |
Project Period |
9/30/2007 - 9/29/2010 | |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Dr. John I. Egeolu III |
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Project Description |
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Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development (CECID) will launch the Self-Sufficiency through Technical Employment/Enterpreneurships Project (STEP). STEP will provide technical and financial assistance to 30 private employers in the community for the creation of 105 specialized IT jobs and to create 24 IT entrepreneurial opportunities. STEP’s primary objective is to increase participants’ self-sufficiency, economic independence, employment sustainability, and community prosperity. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 105 |
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ADVOCAP, Inc. |
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Location |
19 West 1st Street, P.O. Box 1108 |
Phone Number |
920-922-7760 |
Grant Type |
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) |
Grant Number |
90EO0197 |
Grant Amount |
$393,824 |
Project Period |
9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012 |
Website |
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Authorizing Official |
Mr. Michael Bonertz |
Project Description |
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ADVOCAP, Inc. proposes to expand its self employment/micro-enterprise program strategy “Project DoBiz”. This business expansion would result in 15 new business start-ups, 10 existing businesses assisted with expansion plans, and the creation of 40 full-time jobs for low-income individuals. |
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Proposed Project Outcomes |
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- Number of jobs to be created: 40 |
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