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Grantee List
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California
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AnewAmerica Community Corporation
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Location
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1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A
Berkeley, CA 94707
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Phone Number
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510-540-7785
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0204
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Grant Amount
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$317,857
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.anewamerica.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Sylvia Rosales-Fike
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Project Description
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AnewAmerica Community Corporation proposes the AnewAmerica San Jose Business Incubation Center to serve low-income individuals including TANF recipients, new Americans, and other eligible low-income residents of Santa Clara County. AnewAmerica San Jose Business Incubation Center will focus training on creating businesses in the areas of service, green business, and child care. AnewAmerica Community Corporation’s project proposed to create 32 jobs through 36 newly created microbusinesses.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 32
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 36
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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Neighborhood House of Calexico, Inc.
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Location
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506 East 4th Street
Calexio, CA 92231
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Phone Number
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760-357-6875
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0199
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Grant Amount
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$436,502
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Ricardo Ortega
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 40
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Mission Economic Development Association
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Location
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3505 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
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Phone Number
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415-282-3334
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0192
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Grant Amount
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$438,300
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Luis Granados
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 60
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Colorado
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Bayaud Industries, Inc.
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Location
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333 West Bayaud Avenue
Denver, CO 80223
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Phone Number
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303-830-6885
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0203
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Grant Amount
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$262,586
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. David E. Henninger
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Connecticut
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All Our Kin, Inc.
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Location
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134 Grand Avenue
New Haven, CT 06513-3938
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Phone Number
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203-772-2294
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0214
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Grant Amount
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$290,000
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Project Period
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9/30/2011 - 9/29/2014
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Website
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http://allourkin.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Jessica Sager
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Project Description
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All Our Kin proposes to provide mentorship, materials, training and support to family, friend and neighbor caregivers in New Haven and Bridgeport, Connecticut, enabling 50 new providers to establish licensed family child care businesses. Through this project, All Our Kin will expand and build on its successful efforts to date, recruiting, training, and supporting low income individuals, TANF recipients, and refugees. All Our Kin proposes to create 50 new licensed family child care businesses; each family child care business will provide self-employment for one individual.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 50
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 50
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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Florida
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Manatee Community Action Agency, Inc.
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Location
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302 Manatee Avenue East, Suite 322
Manatee, FL 34208
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Phone Number
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941-827-3001
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0206
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Grant Amount
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$317,500
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.manateecaa.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Timothy Polk
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Project Description
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Manatee Community Action Agency proposes a Microenterprise Development (MED) program that will create 55 new, full-time jobs with self-sufficiency level income in the home-based childcare, landscaping, property management, and specialty transportation businesses. The MED program will facilitate 30 business start ups that will create full-time employment for the business owner plus an additional 25 jobs created by the newly started businesses or by existing businesses that expand the number of full-time employees. The MED program will provide customized training and technical assistance to help clients develop and implement business plans that reflect market analysis, competition, pricing, management structures and processes, finances, and customer service, as well as refining the product. In addition, 20 % of the grant funds will be made available for loans and grant funds for business clients, SCC will also have over $500,000 in loans funds available to these clients.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 25
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 30
- Funds to be leveraged: $78,860
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The Institute for Community Collaboration, Inc.
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Location
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3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140
Hollywood, FL 33021
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Phone Number
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954-985-4416
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0200
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Grant Amount
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$436,502
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Carolyn Dekle
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 30
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Georgia
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Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Inc.
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Location
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235 Peachtree Street, North Tower, Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30303
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Phone Number
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404-450-9900
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0193
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Grant Amount
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$438,300
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Felicia Jones
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 30
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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The Center for Working Families, Inc.
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Location
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477 Windsor Street
Atlanta, GA 30312
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Phone Number
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404-223-3303
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0207
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Grant Amount
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$316,997
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.tcwfi.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. David Jackson
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Project Description
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The Center for Working Families, Inc. (TCWFI) proposes the TCWFI Construction Solutions Initiative, which will train and employ qualified TANF recipients and low-income individuals from a high poverty area of Atlanta, Georgia known as Neighborhood Planning Unit V (NPU-V). Project participants will be trained in rehabilitation and weatherization of dilapidated homes in NPU-V. TCWFI proposes to create 19 new jobs, preserve 108 affordable housing units, weatherize 288 affordable housing units, clean and board 228 abandoned homes, and rehabilitate two homes to serve as family day-care homes.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 19
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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The Center for Working Families, Inc.
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Location
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477 Windsor Street
Atlanta, GA 30312
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Phone Number
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404-223-3303
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0186
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Grant Amount
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$474,402
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Project Period
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9/30/2008 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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http://www.tcwfi.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. David Jackson
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $748,417
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Kentucky
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Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission
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Location
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717 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
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Phone Number
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859-581-6607
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0196
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Grant Amount
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$438,300
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Tandy Florence
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Louisiana
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The Good Work Network
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Location
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1824 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70113
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Phone Number
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504-309-2073
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0198
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Grant Amount
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$436,502
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Phyllis Cassidy
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 30
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Massachusetts
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Community Teamwork, Inc.
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Location
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167 Dutton Street
Lowell, MA 01852
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Phone Number
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978-459-0551
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0209
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Grant Amount
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$317,437
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.comteam.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Karen Frederick
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Project Description
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Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI) proposes to assist and develop self-employment in microenterprises in the fields of family child care, construction, and farming. The enterprises will create 16 new full-time jobs for low-income and TANF clients. Project participants will have access to business development training opportunities, extensive support including case management, and the social services necessary to overcome barriers to achieving self-sufficiency. The project will provide critical financial assistance in the form of small loans to obtain materials and establish a secure foundation for their businesses.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 16
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 16
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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Partners for Community
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Location
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11-13 Hampden Street
Springfield, MA 01103
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Phone Number
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413-272-2299
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0202
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Grant Amount
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$436,500
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Herbierto Flores
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Roca, Inc.
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Location
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101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
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Phone Number
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617-889-5210, Ext. 221
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0191
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Grant Amount
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$474,478
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Project Period
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9/30/2008 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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http://www.rocainc.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Marty Baldwin
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $1,747,584
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Maine
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MaineStream Finance
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Location
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262 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
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Phone Number
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207-973-3663
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0183
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Grant Amount
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$449,277
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Project Period
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9/30/2008 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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http://www.mainestreamfinance.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Kevin Washburn
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $167,000
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Nebraska
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Center for People in Need
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Location
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3901 North 27th Street, Unit 1
Lincoln, NE 68521-4177
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Phone Number
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402-476-4357
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0211
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Grant Amount
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$290,000
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Project Period
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9/30/2011 - 9/29/2014
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Website
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www.centerforpeopleinneed.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Beatty Brasch
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Project Description
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Center for People in Need will focus on training up to 120 refugees on TANF/ADC and/or RCA to become licensed home-based child care providers, and help up to 72 of them become licensed. By starting such a business, these clients will start on a path to economic self sufficiency, and become vital service providers for their friends and neighbors. The project addresses economic and social needs of low-income, refugee TANF/ADC and RCA women by providing 16-week training sessions, some of which will be taught by native speakers of Arabic and Karen. The training is structured to teach participants every aspect of child care, including child development, health and nutrition, and business management skills needed to run a child care business.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 72
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 72
- Funds to be leveraged: $515,172
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North Carolina
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Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc.
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Location
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293 East Water Street, P.O. Box 115
Belhaven, NC 27810
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Phone Number
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252-943-3058
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0194
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Grant Amount
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$246,400
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Gorman W. Horne
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 8
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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New Jersey
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Latin American Economic Development Association
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Location
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129 North Broadway, Suite 300
Camden, NJ 8102
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Phone Number
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856-338-1177
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0195
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Grant Amount
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$438,300
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Raymond Lamboy
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 53
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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New Mexico
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Help-New Mexico, Inc.
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Location
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5101 Copper NE
Albuquerque NM 87108
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Phone Number
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505-265-5412
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0210
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Grant Amount
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$172,925
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.helpnm.com/
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Jerry Otero
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Project Description
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HELP-New Mexico, Inc. proposes to establish The Helpful Hands Childcare Center, located at 4300 Blake Rd. SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Helpful Hands Childcare Center will create a much needed infant and toddler child care center in the distressed area of Bernalillo County and create a minimum of 15 fulltime positions, 100% of which will go to TANF recipients or eligible low-income individuals.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 15
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $10,000
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New York
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Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
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Location
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85 South Oxford Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1607
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Phone Number
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718-205-3773
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0212
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Grant Amount
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$290,000
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Project Period
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9/30/2011 - 9/29/2014
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Website
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http://www.bocnet.org
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Nancy Carin
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Project Description
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The Business Outreach Center Network (BOC Network), Family Child Care Business Project will focus on low-income and refugee groups in Brooklyn, Queens, Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. The project will support self employment / microenterprise development and job creation in the high demand childcare sector for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) recipients and other low-income individuals. The project will create 40 new self employment / microenterprise childcare jobs and further the availability of quality child care by creating 250-450 new child care spaces. Services will be offered in multiple languages to reach refugee/asylee and immigrant groups.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 40
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 40
- Funds to be leveraged: $314,851
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Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
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Location
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85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Phone Number
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718-624-9115
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0205
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Grant Amount
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$317,857
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.bocnet.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Nancy Carin
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Project Description
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The Business Outreach Center Network (BOC Network) proposes the Child Care Microenterprise Project, an innovative public/private partnership in New York City that focuses on the newly-targeted neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. The project supports self-employment and microenterprise development through the creation of jobs in the high-demand child care sector for Temporary Assistance for Needy families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals. BOC Network will offer financial literacy training, business planning, counseling, access to financing, and legal and accounting assistance services in both English and Spanish to project participants. The project will create 40 new jobs in the child care industry.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 40
- Funds to be leveraged: $326,230
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Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
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Location
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85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Phone Number
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718-624-9115
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0182
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Grant Amount
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$475,000
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Project Period
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9/30/2008 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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http://www.bocnet.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Nancy Carin
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1
- Funds to be leveraged: $438,000
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International Rescue Committee, Inc.
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Location
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122 East 42nd Street, Floor 12
New York, NY 10168-1289
Project Address:
5348 University Avenue Suite 205A
San Diego, CA 92105
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Phone Number
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619-641-7510
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0213
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Grant Amount
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$290,000
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Project Period
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9/30/2011 - 9/29/2014
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Website
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http://www.rescue.org/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Patricia Long
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Project Description
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) San Diego has designed a training and technical assistance project that will help low-income refugees create sustainable businesses and become self sufficient through self-employment as in-home childcare business owners. The project’s approach will be to provide individual case management, technical assistance, and training to already-licensed child care providers who are still below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. The project will result in the creation of 24 full-time jobs.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 24
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 24
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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Ohio
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Serve City, Inc.
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Location
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622 East Avenue
Hamilton, OH 45031
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Phone Number
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513-858-1738
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0201
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Grant Amount
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$436,502
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Linda Kimble
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 15
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Wisconsin
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ADVOCAP, Inc.
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Location
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19 West 1st Street, P.O. Box 1108
Fond du Lac, WI 54936
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Phone Number
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920-922-7760
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0197
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Grant Amount
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$393,824
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Project Period
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9/30/2009 - 9/29/2012
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Website
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http://www.advocap.org
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Authorizing Official
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Mr. Michael Bonertz
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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
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 25
- Funds to be leveraged: $
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Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
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Location
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2745 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
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Phone Number
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414-263-5450
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Grant Type
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
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Grant Number
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90EO0208
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Grant Amount
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$317,857
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Project Period
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9/30/2010 - 9/29/2013
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Website
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http://www.wwbic.com/
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Authorizing Official
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Ms. Barb Kueny
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Project Description
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The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) proposes to will create 34 businesses in such industries as child care services, advance manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, information technology, recycling, and transportation. The “Job Title: Business Owner” project proposes to create 16 full-time, full-year jobs within the first two project years.
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Proposed Project Outcomes
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- Number of jobs to be created: 16
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 34
- Funds to be leveraged: $0
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