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."
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