AnewAmerica Community Corporation

Location

1918 University Avenue
Suite 3A
Berkeley, CA  94707

Phone Number

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

http://www.anewamerica.org/

Authorizing Official

Sylvia Rosales-Fike

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 48
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged:

Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment

Location

1055 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1475
Los Angeles, CA  90017

Phone Number

(213) 353-3982

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0170

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.pacela.org

Authorizing Official

Kerry N. Doi

Project Description

The Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) will establish a Business Development Center in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California to create jobs, new businesses, and to promote economic self-sufficiency among low-income TANF recipients. The San Gabriel Valley Business Development Center (SGV-BDC) will provide outreach, entrepreneurial training, financial education, access to capital, on-going mentoring, technical assistance, community involvement cultivation, and data collection and analysis.  PACE's SGV-BDC will create at least 160 new jobs and faciliate the creation of 100 businesses, as well as provide training for 200 low-income individuals.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 160
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 100
- Funds to be leveraged: $149,300

Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation

Location

1130 W. Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90044

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

http://www.vsedc.org

Authorizing Official

Marva Battle-Bey

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 80
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 60
- Funds to be leveraged: $692,000

Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc.

Location

1070 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT  06604

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

http://www.abcd.org/

Authorizing Official

Charles B. Tisdale

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 55
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged:

American Community Partnerships, Inc.

Location

727 15th Street N.W. 
Suite 1250
Washington, DC  20005

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

http://www.acpusa.org

Authorizing Official

Edward Gorman

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 60
- Funds to be leveraged: $1,026,900

Corporation To Develop Communities Of Tampa, Inc.

Location

2631 E. Lake Avenue
Tampa, FL  33610

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

http://www.cdcoftampa.org

Authorizing Official

Toni Watts

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 100
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $528,125

The Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc.

Location

7301 Lynchburg Road
P.O. Box 3126
Winter Haven, FL  33885

Phone Number

(863) 956-3491

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0154

Grant Amount

$500,000

Project Period

9/30/2005 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.alpi.org

Authorizing Official

Deloris N. Johnson

Project Description

The Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc. (ALPI) will invest in the development of a landscape company and plant a nursery in a distressed area of Polk County, Florida.  The investment will allow the landscape enterprise to purchase the equipment necessary for operations.  ALPI will also provide employee recruitment, support, and training services to ensure that individuals have the skills necessary for successful employment.  The goal is to promote sustainable development, revitalize the community, and assist low-income individuals in becoming self sufficient.   This project will create 50 full-tme, permanent jobs with benefits.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 50
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged:

The Center for Working Families, Inc.

Location

477 Windsor Street
Atlanta, GA  30312

Phone Number

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

http://www.tcwfi.org/

Authorizing Official

David Jackson

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 50
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $748,417

Workforce, Inc.

Location

754 North Sherman Drive
Suite 220
Indianapolis, IN  46201

Phone Number

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

http://www.work-force-inc.com/

Authorizing Official

Gregg Keesling

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 48
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $251,240

The Good Work Network

Location

1824 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
New Orleans, LA  70113

Phone Number

(504) 309-2073

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0167

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.goodworknetwork.org/

Authorizing Official

Phyllis Cassidy

Project Description

The Good Work Network (GWN) in collaboration with the Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) will expand existing micro-enterprise development efforts through the Safe at Home Child Care Business Development program, which will create self-employment and career opportunities for local residents through home-based child care centers.  The Safe at Home Child Care program will provide the following child care business and life skills development activities: credit counseling, financial literacy training, life skills/personal effectiveness training, entrepreneurial training and technical assistance, assistance in accessing capital, and administrative and accounting support.  This program will create 65 permanent, full-time jobs and 65 new small business opportunities.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 65
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 65
- Funds to be leveraged:

Roca, Inc.

Location

101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA  2150

Phone Number

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

http://www.rocainc.org/

Authorizing Official

Marty Baldwin

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 32
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $1,747,584

Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc.

Location

28380 Crisfield-Marion Road
Marion, MD  21838

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

http://www.indianwatertrails.com

Authorizing Official

Rudy Hall

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 50
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 0
- Funds to be leveraged: $1,000,000

National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies

Location

1010 Wayne Avenue 
Suite 310
Silver Spring, MD  20910

Phone Number

(301) 587-2781

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0177

Grant Amount

$482,163

Project Period

9/29/2007 - 9/29/2010

Website

http://www.navasa.org

Authorizing Official

Huy Bui

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 0
- Funds to be leveraged: $21,897

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

Location

36 Water Street
P.O. Box 268
Wiscasset, ME  4578

Phone Number

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

http://www.ceimaine.org/

Authorizing Official

Jacqueline Wardell

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 75
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged:

Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc.

Location

1010 Antietam Avenue
Detroit, MI  48207

Phone Number

(313) 877-9060

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0166

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.deibus.org/

Authorizing Official

Cathy McClelland

Project Description

The Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc. (DEI) will provide business development services to TANF participants and other low-income individuals through the purchase and improvement of  a new facility and the creation of three sector-specific business incubators.  DEI will use their Building Sustainable Businesses (BSB) program to encourage the expansion and retention of existing companies that have completed DEI's core program. The 30,000 sq. ft. structure will allow for the development and implementation of the three incubator projects: a commercial kitchen, a retail incubator, and a manufacturing incubator.  Participants will recieve: one on one consultation; advanced level business services such as accounting and legal assistance; industry specific training; and technology education, training, and specialized workshops.  BSB hopes that entrepreneurs recieving BSB business development services will grow and provide job opportunities to other TANF participants and low-income individuals.  BSB will create 60 jobs through the establishment of new businesses, expansion of existing businesses, and new employment opportunities within DEI.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 3
- Funds to be leveraged: $135,000

Justine Petersen Housing & Reinvestment Corporation

Location

5031 Northrup Avenue
St. Louis, MO  63110

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

http://justinepetersen.org

Authorizing Official

Sheri Flanigan-Vazquez

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 60
- Funds to be leveraged: $236,200

Mountain Bizworks, Inc.

Location

29 1/2 Page Avenue
Asheville, NC  28801

Phone Number

(828) 253-2834

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0163

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.mountainbizworks.org/index.php

Authorizing Official

Greg Walker-Wilson

Project Description

Mountain Bizworks, Inc. will provide 36 hours of comprehensive classroom training, along with 10 hours of individual business coaching, to promote successful micro-business start-ups in Asheville, North Carolina.  This program will create 160 jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 160
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 160
- Funds to be leveraged:

Lincoln Action Program

Location

210 O Street
Lincoln, NE  68508

Phone Number

(402) 471-4515, Ext. 108

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0160

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.lincoln-action.org/

Authorizing Official

Sue L. Hinrichs

Project Description

The Lincoln Action Program will create, Self-Employment Opportunities in Lawn Care/Landscaping Operations (SOLO), which will provide micro-enterprise development services to TANF participants, non-custodial parents, and other low-income individuals. SOLO will address obstacles faced by low-income individuals by providing project participants with the following:
- Individual support for human service needs;
- One on one and group micro-enterprise training;
- Technical business assistance;
- Lawn care/landscaping training;
- Website development and e-commerce training;
- Help developing a revolving loan fund;
- Networking with a mentoring group;
- Formation of a social enterprise lawn care/landscaping company;
- Tax preparation services to access Earned Income Tax Credit; and
- Individual Development Accounts (IDA).
Participants will acquire the skills and confidence to establish their own lawn care/landscaping service or other micro-enterprise, utlimately reducing thier need for public asssistance.  SOLO will create 100 micro-enterprises.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 100
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 100
- Funds to be leveraged: $342,049

Catholic Charities, Diocese Of Camden, Inc.

Location

1845 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ  8103

Phone Number

(856) 342-4107

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0171

Grant Amount

$499,847

Project Period

9/29/2007 - 9/29/2010

Website

http://www.catholiccharitiescamden.org

Authorizing Official

Jennifer L. Dyer

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 100
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 64
- Funds to be leveraged:

Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.

Location

85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY  11217

Phone Number

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

http://www.bocnet.org/

Authorizing Official

Nancy Carin

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $438,000

Urban League Of Rochester, NY, Inc.

Location

265 North Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY  14605

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

http://www.ulr.org/

Authorizing Official

William G. Clark

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 48
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 24
- Funds to be leveraged:

Ohio CDC Association

Location

33 North 3rd Street
Suite 200
Columbus, OH  43215

Phone Number

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

http://www.ohiocdc.org/

Authorizing Official

Patricia Barnes

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 34
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $281,000

Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.

Location

P.O. Box 1335
Durrant, OK  74701

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

http://www.ruralenterprises.com

Authorizing Official

Tom Smith

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 60
- Funds to be leveraged:

Umpqua Community Development Corporation

Location

605 S.E. Kane Street
Roseburg, OR  97470

Phone Number

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

http://www.umpquacdc.org/

Authorizing Official

Mickey Beach

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 14
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $40,000

Baptist Child & Family Services Health and Human Services (BCFS)

Location

909 N.E. Loop 410
Suite 800
San Antonio, TX  78209

Phone Number

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/

Authorizing Official

Nanci Gibbons

Project Description

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.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 45
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $414,450

Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development

Location

1123 Babcock Road
Suite C
San Antonio, TX  78201

Phone Number

(210) 227-8900

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

http://communityinitiatives.org/

Authorizing Official

John Egeolu

Project Description

The Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development, Inc. (CECID) will implement STEP (Self-sufficiency through Technical Employment/Entrepreneurships Project), which will provide technical and financial assistance to private employers in the community for the creation of specialized jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in the area of information technology (IT).  STEP is designed to assist TANF particpants and low-income individuals achieve self-sufficiency through the development of employment and capital resources through starting and expanding small businesses.  STEP will provide focused training and financial and technical assistance to increase the number of businesses owned by low-income individuals, as well as increase employment and capital resources.  STEP will create 105 IT jobs and 24 IT entrepreneurial opportunities.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 105
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 24
- Funds to be leveraged: $510,220

Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc.

Location

195 US Route 302 - Berlin
Barre, VT  05641

Phone Number

(802) 479-1053

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0168

Grant Amount

$466,103

Project Period

9/30/2006 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.cvcac.org

Authorizing Official

Hal Cohen

Project Description

The Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. (CVCAC) will provide technical and financial assistance for micro and small businesses across the state of Vermont.  CVCAC will provide business assistance to micro-enterprises who have received or are applying for micro-loans through its capital accesss partners - the Vermont Job Start Program and other micro-lenders, such as Community Capital of Vermont.  Services will be provided to 100 businesses each year and will include technical assistance with developing financials, marketing assistance, loan application packaging, government and institutional contracts seminars, and other services designed to help businesses grow and create additional jobs.  This project will create approximately 65 jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 65
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 100
- Funds to be leveraged:

ADVOCAP, Inc.

Location

19 West First Street
P.O. Box 1108
Fond Du Lac, WI  54936

Phone Number

(920) 922-7760

Grant Type

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)

Grant Number

90EO0152

Grant Amount

$642,786

Project Period

9/30/2005 - 9/29/2009

Website

http://www.advocap.org

Authorizing Official

Michael Bonertz

Project Description

ADVOCAP, Inc. will establish a rural business incubator program without walls, ADVOCAP Rural Incubiz Project, to serve rural Green Lake County in East Central Wisconsin.  The program will build upon previous projects to develop and implement a competency-based training and technical assistance model (BIzSmart) and development of a Technology Opportunities Resource Center in Berlin, where the incubator will be located.  This project will create at least 35 new businesses, enable 10 existing businesses to strengthen/expand their operations, and create 90 new jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 90
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 40
- Funds to be leveraged: $645,100