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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-22-0027 BackupJames McQueen, Executive Director South East Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency 819 NW 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33136 Re: 2021- 2022 CRA Overtown Employment Assistance Center Dear Mr. James McQueen: Please find attached for consideration Community Work Training Program, Inc. proposal to continue to manage the Overtown Employment Assistance Center. We are requesting Grant funds to continue and expand our successful efforts in providing employment assistance to the residents of the Overtown Community. Overtown Employment Assistance Center over the last 53 months has had over 7,800 residents to visit our office seeking employment assistance, During that same time period we have registered over 1,060 residents seeking employment and have referred over 1,212 residents to over 1,582 various positions, which has yield 309 job placements. Community Work Training Program has also begun to track the income that the program participants are generating through being employed within the community on SEOPW CRA funded projects. For example St. John Apartments has had approximately 8 residents on average working on the site earning an average of approximately $15,000.00 per month in income, Lyric Plaza Apartments has had approximately 10 residents on average working on the site earning an average of approximately $25,000.00 per month in income, Town Park South Project has had approximately 7 residents on average working on the site earning an average of approximately $12,000.00 per month in income, over the last 53 months we have tracked over 1.5 million dollars paid directly to the residents We have placed on jobs throughout the community. Community Work Training Program goals at the Overtown Employment Assistance Center is to document that the SEOPW CRA is delivering on the promise of responsible wage paying Jobs, social and economic support that assist the residents and create a pathway to economic revitalization to the residents of Overtown. The 3 SEOPW CRA projects mentioned above has employed approximately 25 residents on average, earning approxillately $52,000.00 per month in income to Overtown residents. With the upcoming Sawyer Walk project we anticipate between 100-150 residents will be employed and the Employment Assistance Center thru the SEOPW CRA support is laying the foundation for families to build their future success. M Community Work Training Program, Inc. respectfully request the renewal of our grant in the amount of $200,000.00 to cont work at hand in the Overtown Community. Sinc rely manuel ashin ton g 1490 NW 3 RDAvenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136 Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc com Website: www.communityworkprogram.com Ll 2U21 -LULL OVERTOWN EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE CENTER Overtown is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the City of Miami. initially designated as a community for Blacks when Miami was incorporated in 1896. It was inhabited by people who worked on the railroad and other early industrial and commercial ventures, and was a thriving center of commerce and culture for the Black community, particularly for music and entertainment in the 1940s and 1950s. Over the decades, the area declined economically due to migration of middle-class Blacks and the construction of I-95 and I-395 that bisected the community. In recent years there have been efforts to preserve the historical churches and the Lyric Theatre and to revitalize the entire Overtown area. The City of Miami and Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency in their infinite wisdoms has not forgotten the promises that were made to the people of the Overtown community to restore the neighborhood. The SEOPW CRA recognizes that structural revitalization of a community with new buildings, infrastructure and state of the arts facilities without economic revitalization of the existing businesses and employment opportunities for the residents, recognizes that it would be inconsistent with its goals to foster progress and growth that reflects the vision and priority of the community. The Overtown community has transformed over the past decade, it has become one of the fastest growing and most desired place to live, work and play in South Florida, which makes Overtown a point of destination for many. On June of 2015, the City Council of the City of Miami Gardens, Florida issued an ordinance; ordinance number 2015-06-341. This ordinance is known as the City of Miami Gardens Business and Resident Economic Plan or CMG-BREP. This economic plan is designed to ensure that the residents and the businesses of Miami Gardens not only see and enjoy the structural revitalization of the community, but this ordinance guarantees that they will take part in the economic revitalization and be assured that the dollars that the City of Miami Gardens gets from its residents and the dollars that they get on behalf of its residents, will now find its way back into the homes of the residents they serve. The City of Miami Gardens Community Development Department has a motto that says, "Connecting the pieces for a stronger community." This motto echoes the SEOPW CRA written policies that will connect the Overtown community to its resources and make it stronger. "HISTORY Continue" The City of Miami Department of Community & Economic Development mission statement is to assists in creating a viable urban community for the neediest people in our City while reducing poverty, embracing diversity, assisting with economic development, and improving the overall quality of life. In November 2004 the SEOPW CRA conducted the Dover Kohl study that outlined 14 guiding principles aimed to facilitate the redevelopment of the Overtown community. In 2009 the City of Miami Planning Department updated the plan to further focus and defined the guiding principles to structurally and economically revitalize the Overtown Community. Within the plan, principle number 4 of 14 states "There must be variety in employment opportunities" and an EMPLOYMENT CENTER should be located within the neighborhoods to accommodate those who wish to live in proximity to their work and reduce dependence on the automobile and long commutes. In conclusion the general consensus in the community was that employment opportunities should bJa high priority and made available to the existing residents of the Overtown Community. "PROBLEM" Overtown is faced with a unique situation when it comes to employment, not only are the residents faced with high unemployment and underemployment. Overtown has a recidivism problem, when we hear the word RECIDIVISM we often think about the revolving doors of crime in our community, whereby men, women and children are caught up in the cycle of the criminal justice system. They commit crimes, go to jail and serve time in jail, get out of jail and sadly, but often find themselves committing another crime and falling back into the cycle of RECIDIVISM. Well just like the RECIDIVISM of CRIME, the Overtown Community is faced with the RECIDIVISM of UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, There is a vicious cycle that Overtown residents face, many residents are employed or underemployed and all of sudden they just quit the job or maybe even get terminated or just laid off. 1490 NW 3 RDAvenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136 Pg 3 Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc com Website: www.communityworkprogram.com "PROBLEM Continue" There are many reasoning behind these dilemmas, the Community Work Training Program has identified these causes and the residents that face these problems need to undergo an intense and highly structured employment mentoring program. The Community Work Training Program has created a highly effective comprehensive approach to successfully deal with the problems. The Community Work Training Program is poised and dedicated to connect the pieces in the Overtown Community as it pertains to the complex employment issues the residents face. "SOLUTION" "Continuance and expansion of the Overtown Employment Assistance Center" Community Work Training Program, Inc.(CWTPINC) unique approach in assisting local residents in overcoming the inconsistencies to maintaining steady employment and mentoring them to become a stable part of the local workforce over the past 53 months has been unprecedented. CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center located at 1490 NW 3rd Ave Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136, over this same 53 months time period has had over 7,800 visitors come to our office seeking employment assistance and job opportunities. CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has registered over 1,060 residents seeking employment assistance. CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has referred over 1,212 residents seeking job opportunities to over 1,582 job opportunities. CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has Placed over 309 residents seeking job opportunities. 1490 NW 3 RDAvenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136 Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc.com Pg•4 Website: www.communityworkprogram.com "SOLUTION CWTPINC has provided an Individual Employment Success Plan (l.E.S.P.) for each participant, we use this tool to track and document the success of the individual we register and refer to jobs opportunities. CWTPINC are registering and enrolling residents into available training and apprenticeship opportunities. CWTPINC are providing basic work tools and personal protection equipment for resident participant that need hard hats, safety vest, safety glasses, gloves, hammers, screw drivers, work shirts to start working initially. CWTPINC has established relationship with over 50 employers that has opened their Human Resource Departments and are posting all of their job opportunities with CWTPINC. CWTPINC has been tracking the income impact of the jobs that the resident participants have been earning on CRA funded projects such as Lyric Plaza, Lyric Point, Island Living, Courtside Apartments, St. John Apartments, The World Center, Town Park South, Town Park North and Town Park Village has yielded more than $75,000.00 per month which equates to over $900.000.00 in annual income revenue to the Overtown residents. CWTPNC has been providing basic Financial Literacy to resident participants about budgeting and developing a pathway to homeownership. CWTPINC has been providing resident participants with mentoring and conflict resolution skills to assist them with the capacity to keep the job. 1490 NW 3 RDAvenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136 Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc.com Website: www.communityworkprogram.com 2021 - 2022 OVERTOWN EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE LINE ITEMS PROGRAM OPERA T/ON; PROGRAM COORDINATOR ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM / F/CO-PR LIABILITY CENTER OPERA T/ON; INSURANCE COMMUNICATION BUSINESS LICENSES FEES OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES PARTICIPANT SUPPLIES COMPUTER & SOFTWARE OFFICE SUPPLIES RENT TOTAL CENTER BUDGET $50, 000.00 $35, 000.00 $35, 000.00 $35, 000.00 $23, 000.00 $2, 500.00 $4, 000.00 $1, 000.00 $1,000.00 $1000.00 $3, 000.00 $1, 500.00 $8, 000.00 $200, 000.00 1490 NW 3RDAvenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136 Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc com Website: www.communityworkprogram.com ':E