Project Grant 19VSANJ008
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Housing Partnership Inc., doing business as Community Partners, a $186,975 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013). The grant will support a Community Partners of South Florida AmeriCorps VISTA project through August 2023. Ten VISTA members and one lead will perform community outreach, service expansion in underserved neighborhoods, and leadership...
- This $155,453 project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps VISTA program (CFDA 94.013) will support Village Community Services in delivering poverty alleviation services in Snohomish County, Washington from April 2023 through August 2024. The grant funds capacity building for community sites and job training, healthcare access, and healthy community development assistance for low-income individuals, including those experiencing homelessness, opioid addiction...
- The Urban League of Central Carolinas (ULCC) was awarded a $899,936 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to implement the EMPOWER Black Men program. The program aims to reduce recidivism, displacement, desistance from crime, and unemployment among justice-involved Black men in Western North Carolina. Through partnerships with three correctional facilities, the EMPOWER program provides...
- This Project Grant award of $548,342.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) will enable the County of Union in Elizabeth, New Jersey to provide critical services to address homelessness in the local community. The funding will support the delivery of permanent housing, transitional housing, and supportive services to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families, while minimizing the trauma of homelessness. The County of...
- The federal Project Grant award of $838,633 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) will fund the Garden State Community Development Corp (doing business as Jersey City Episcopal C D C) to provide a range of housing and supportive services to address homelessness in the Union City, New Jersey area. Specifically, the funding will support activities across five CoC program components: permanent housing (including permanent...
- This $150,000 Project Grant award to New Opportunities Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) program will fund an economic development planning initiative. The goal is to promote economic self-sufficiency in underserved Connecticut communities through activities such as job creation, business development, and supportive services benefiting low-income...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded Family & Community Services, Inc. a $2,250,826 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to address root causes of poverty through senior volunteer service from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grantee will engage an estimated 736 unduplicated RSVP volunteers in 15 Ohio counties to serve in economic opportunity, education, and healthy futures initiatives. Volunteers...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) will enable the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, to provide culturally responsive services to crime victims and survivors from historically underserved and marginalized communities in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant will fund an integrated support system to promote healing,...
- This federal Project Grant award of $583,963 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) supports efforts by the County of Union in Elizabeth, New Jersey to address homelessness. The funding will be used to quickly house homeless individuals and families through a range of eligible activities, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and...
- This $912,000.00 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant supports workforce development and community enhancement initiatives delivered by the non-profit organization East River Development Alliance Inc., operating as Urban Upbound, headquartered in Long Island City, New York. The funding will enable Urban Upbound to provide a range...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR MORE THAN 54 YEARS SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, THE MISSION OF UNITED COMMUNITY CORPORATION (UCC) HAS BEEN TO ASSIST IMPOVERISHED, HOMELESS, LOW-INCOME, DISADVANTAGED, AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH A CONTINUUM OF CARE, SOCIAL SERVICES, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND REFERRALS TO PARTNERING AGENCIES, WHICH WILL MOTIVATE AND EMPOWER THEM TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND STABILITY WHILE ENHANCING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND STANDARD OF LIVING. THE PROPOSED UCC VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE FY 2019 CNCS FOCUS AREA OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE PRIORITIES OF EMPLOYMENT/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING. THESE ARE TWO PRIMARY AREAS OF NEED THAT UCC ADDRESSES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK. THE UCC VISTA PROJECT GOAL IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GROW OUT OF POVERTY BY IDENTIFYING THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH AN UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WILL ASSIST UCC IN THE RE-ALIGNMENT WHERE NECESSARY OF ITS EXISTING PROGRAMS AND IDENTIFYING NEW OR EMERGING NEEDS THAT ARE BARRIERS TO BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE WAR ON POVERTY. UCC SERVES APPROXIMATELY 9,000 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS EACH YEAR THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS VISTA PROJECT. IT OUR THE BELIEF THAT THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED WILL INCREASE IN YEARS 2 AND 3 OF THE VISTA PROJECT AS NEW COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED, UCC CAPACITY IS INCREASED, EXISTING UCC PROGRAMS ARE RE-ALIGNED WHERE NECESSARY AND NEW PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED AS A RESULT OF THE NEW COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE FIVE (5) VISTA MEMBERS THAT UCC IS REQUESTING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS GOAL DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROJECT BY PERFORMING IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SURVEY DEVELOPMENT, COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF DATA, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS AND WORKING WITH UCC STAFF ON PROGRAM DELIVERIES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 4/11/19 |