HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-20-0024 Back-upCornelius Shiver, Executive Director
South East Overtown Park West
Community Redevelopment Agency
819 NW 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor
Miami, FL 33136
Re: 2020 CRA Overtown Employment Assistance Center
Dear Mr. Cornelius Shiver:
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 35 months has had over 3089 residents to visit our office seeking employment
assistance, During that same time period we have registered over 994 residents seeking employment and have referred over 988
residents to over 1323 various positions, which has yield 260 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 35 months we have tracked over 1.2 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 approximately
$52,000.00 per month in income to Overtown residents. The Employment Assistance Center thru the SEOPW CRA support is laying
the foundation for families to build their future.
Community Work Training Program, Inc. respectfully request the renewal of our grant in the amount of $150,000.00 to continue the
work at hand in the Overtown Community.
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Sincerely
Emanuel Washington
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
2017
July - 95 Visitors
August - 118 Visitors
September - 132 Visitors
October - 190 Visitors
November - 95 Visitors
December - 52 Visitors
2017 Total 682 Visitors
2020
January - 78 Visitors
February - 90 Visitors
March - 71 Visitors
April - 0 Visitors
May - 17 Visitors
June - 0 Visitors
July - 0 Visitors
August - 22 Visitors
2020 Total 278 Visitors
2017
July - 45 Registrations
August - 33 Registrations
September - 41 Registrations
October - 39 Registrations
November - 34 Registrations
December - 10 Registrations
2017 TOTAL 202 Registrations
2020
January - 19 Registrations
February - 19 Registrations
March - 12 Registrations
April - 1 Registration
May - 1 Registration
June - 0 Registration
July - 3 Registration
August -15 Registration
2020 TOTAL 70 Registrations
Overtown Employment Assistance Center
2017-2020 Summary Report
July 2017-August 2020
Total Visitations 3.111
2018
January 79 Visitors
February - 88 Visitors
March - 65 Visitors
April - 154 Visitors
May - 58 Visitors
June - 103 Visitors
July - 140 Visitors
August - 128 Visitors
September - 58 Visitors
October - 82 Visitors
November - 87 Visitors
December - 51 Visitors
2018 TOTAL 1093 Visitors
Total Registrations 1,012
2018
January - 23 Registrations
February - 48 Registrations
March - 27 Registrations
April - 11 Registrations
May - 19 Registrations
June - 31 Registrations
July - 45 Registrations
August - 43 Registrations
September - 19 Registrations
October - 35 Registrations
November - 31 Registrations
December - 17 Registrations
2018 TOTAL 349 Registrations
2019
January - 104 Visitors
February - 66 Visitors March
- 71 Visitors
April - 76 Visitors
May - 97 Visitors
June - 144 Visitors
July - 109 Visitors
August - 64 Visitors
September - 69 Visitors
October - 102 Visitors
November - 78 Visitors
December - 78 Visitors 2019
TOTAL 1,058 Visitors
2019
January - 67 Registrations
February - 17 Registrations
March - 25 Registrations
April - 27 Registrations
May - 35 Registrations
June - 60 Registrations
July - 38 Registrations
August - 21 Registrations
September - 17 Registrations
October - 38 Registrations
November - 20 Registrations
December - 26 Registrations
2019 TOTAL 391 Registrations
1490 NW 3"Avenue, Suite 106 Miami, Florida 33136
Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811 Email: cwtp@cwtpinc com
Website: www.communityworkprogram.com
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2017
July - 26 Individuals to 32 Referrals
August - 20 Individuals to 23 Referrals
September - 34 Individuals to 38 Referrals
October - 20 Individuals to 100 Referrals
November - 47 Individuals to 63 Referrals
December - 15 Individuals to 20 Referrals
2017 TOTAL 162 Individuals to 276 Referrals
2020
January - 22 Individuals to 28 Referrals
February - 28 Individuals to 37 Referrals
March - 20 Individuals to 27 Referrals
April - 6 Individuals to 9 Referrals
May - 16 Individuals to 16 Referrals
June - 21 Individuals to 25 Referrals
July - 10 Individuals to 12 Referrals
August -19 Individuals to 21 Referrals
2020 TOTAL 142 Individuals to 175 Referrals
2017
July - 10 Placements
August - 9 Placements
September -17 Placements
October - 22 Placements
November - 7 Placements
December - 0 Placements
2017 TOTAL 65 Placements
2020
January - 8 Placements
February - 7 Placements
March - 15 Placements
April - 0 Placements
May - 0 Placements
June - 0 Placements
July - 2 Placements
August - 3 Placements
2020 TOTAL 35 Placements
2017
October - $59,877.93
November - $50,567.01
December - $45,069.36
TOTAL $155,514.30
2017-2020 Summary Report
July 2017- August 2020
1,038 Individuals to 1,381 Total Referrals
2018
January - 30 Individuals to 48 Referrals
February - 49 Individuals to 109 Referrals
March - 23 Individuals to 27 Referrals
April - 16 Individuals to 16 Referrals
May - 25 Individuals to 32 Referrals
June - 22 Individuals to 24 Referrals
July - 34 Individuals to 39 Referrals
August - 42 Individuals to 54 Referrals
September -15 Individuals to 17 Referrals
October - 37 Individuals to 41 Referrals
November - 27 Individuals to 29 Referrals
December - 15 Individuals to 16 Referrals
2018 TOTAL 335 Individual to 452 Referrals
25.53% Referral to Placement Ratio
Total Placements 265
2018
January - 5 Placements
February - 3 Placements
March - 5 Placements
April - 3 Placements
May - 7 Placements
June - 5 Placements
July - 23 Placements
August - 16 Placements
September - 5 Placements
October - 7 Placements
November - 1 Placements
December - 6 Placements
2018 TOTAL 86 Placements
Total Income Generated $1,195,914.25
2018
January - $42,132.68
February - $42,033.12
March - $56,644.18
April - $52,639.72
May - $55,908.24
June - $66,243.68
July - $80,214.00
August - $90,320.20
September - $79,141.42
October - $83,071.18
November - $59,512.68
December - $60,872.86
TOTAL $768,733.96
2019
January - 36 Individuals to 41 Referrals
February - 25 Individuals to 32 Referrals
March - 38 Individuals to 54 Referrals
April - 32 Individuals to 38 Referrals
May - 34 Individuals to 45 Referrals
June - 60 Individuals to 66 Referrals
July - 39 Individuals to 44 Referrals
August - 37 Individuals to 48 Referrals
September - 17 Individuals to 19 Referrals
October - 37 Individuals to 40 Referrals
November - 17 Individuals to 20 Referrals
December - 27 Individuals to 31 Referrals
2019 TOTAL 399 Individual to 478 Referrals
2019
January - 1 Placements
February - 5 Placements
March - 9 Placements
April - 8 Placements
May - 2 Placements
June - 8 Placements
July - 10 Placements
August - 11 Placements
September - 6 Placements
October - 7 Placements
November - 8 Placements
December - 4 Placements
2019 TOTAL 79 Placements
2019
January - $59,012.00
February - $52,544.36
March - $48,901.86
April - $ 56,568.41
May - $54,639.36
TOTAL $271,665.99
2020
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 policie,
that will connect the Overtown community to its resources and make it stronger. jo
"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 be a
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 5
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 35 months has been unprecedented.
CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center located at 1490 NW 3rd Ave Suite 106 Miami,
Florida 33136, over this same 35 months time period has had over 3089 visitor come to our office
seeking employment assistance and job opportunities.
CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has registered over 994 residents seeking
employment assistance.
CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has referred over 988 residents seeking job
opportunities to over 1323 job opportunities.
CWTPINC Overtown Employment Assistance Center has Placed over 260 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
Website: www.communityworkprogram.com
"SOLUTION
CWTPINC has provided an Individual Employment Success Plan (1.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
EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE CENTER
LINE ITEMS
PROGRAM OPERA T/ON:
PROGRAM COORD/NA TOR
ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION:
BUDGET
$45,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
PROGRAM/ F/CO-PRLIABILITY
------------------------$10,000.00
CENTER OPERAT/ON.
INSURANCE
------------------- -----------�--
$2,500.00
COMMUNICATION
-------------------00.00
BUSINESS LICENSES FEES
--- ------------------------------- $00.00
OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
--------------------------------- $00.00
PARTICIPANT SUPPLIES
------------- ------ --- $00.00
COMPUTER & SOFTWARE
-------------------------------- $00.00
OFFICE SUPPLIES
------------------------------- $00.00
RENT
------------------------------- $2,500.00
$150,000.00
TOTAL
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1490 NW 3RDAvenue, Suite 106
Miami, Florida 33136
Phone: (855) 298-7462 Fax: (888) 689-4811
Email: cwtp@cwtpinc com
Website: www.communityworkprogram.com