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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-07-0015 Cover MemoSEOPW & Omni Boards of Commissioners Meeting March 26, 2007 Item # 6 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones Date: March 19, 2007 File: 07-00335 and Members of the CRA Board From: James H. Villacorta tj Executive Director Subject: Grant to VETS for Hospitality Institute, Job Training, and Job Placement Pilot Program References: Enclosures: Supporting Documentation and Legislation BACKGROUND: The attached Resolution of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community ,Redevelopment Agency (CRA) authorizes a grant, in an amount not to exceed $100,000, to The Veterans Employment Transition Services, Inc. ("VETS") for the purposes of creating, in concert with area hotels, a hospitality institute, job training, and job placement pilot program in Overtown. JUSTIFICATION: The Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan, at Page 13, Section III B, lists as a specific objective "[providing] better employment opportunities and upward job mobility for [Overtown] residents". The Veterans Employment Transition Services, Inc. ("VETS") has developed a seven -step employment process that recruits, prescreens, provides job readiness and job skills training, matches skills with employer needs, and places qualified clients on jobs. VETS has successfully implemented a job placement pilot program in the Model City community and with this grant VETS will be able to expand its services to the Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Area. FUNDING SOURCE: $100,000 from SEOPW General Operating Fund, Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000 entitled "Grants and Aids." JHVIeh