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Community Development Fund
Bridge Street Builds in Bed Stuy
July 19, 2010
Last week, Bridge Street Development Corporation, a community development nonprofit based in Bedford Stuyvesant, unveiled Joshua Court at 300 Putnam Avenue.
The HOPE Program
Description:
Support for HOPEworks. A work readiness training program targeting New Yorkers living in poverty. Program is coupled with comprehensive social services all offered on site.
Support for HOPEworks. A work readiness training program targeting New Yorkers living in poverty. Program is coupled with comprehensive social services all offered on site.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Ex Offenders
Formerly Homeless
Adults
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
Description:
Support for a workforce development program that helps unemployed New Yorkers obtain skills training, certification and job placement, and that provides access to career ladders in important sectors of the city's economy.
Support for a workforce development program that helps unemployed New Yorkers obtain skills training, certification and job placement, and that provides access to career ladders in important sectors of the city's economy.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Crown Heights
East Flatbush
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Ex Offenders
Adults
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
The Resource Training Center Inc.
Description:
Support for Sunset Park-based program that trains previously unemployable individuals leaving rehab as licensed CASAC substance abuse counselors, and places its graduates in internships and permanent jobs.
Support for Sunset Park-based program that trains previously unemployable individuals leaving rehab as licensed CASAC substance abuse counselors, and places its graduates in internships and permanent jobs.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Ex Offenders
Adults
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Community Voices Heard
Description:
Operating support to develop tenant leaders in Brooklyn public housing developments. They will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on developing leaders at the Kingsborough Houses, Red Hook Houses and ENY Houses.
Operating support to develop tenant leaders in Brooklyn public housing developments. They will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on developing leaders at the Kingsborough Houses, Red Hook Houses and ENY Houses.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville
Bushwick
Ocean Hill
Population Served: Families
NYCHA Resident
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Housing + Solutions
Description:
Operating support to sustain and expand the Women@Work program, to offer family therapy to more families, and to operate seven Sunflower Houses and the Family Alternative to Incarceration model in ENY, Bushwick and Brownsville.
Operating support to sustain and expand the Women@Work program, to offer family therapy to more families, and to operate seven Sunflower Houses and the Family Alternative to Incarceration model in ENY, Bushwick and Brownsville.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Formerly Homeless
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
NPower NY
Description:
Support to launch a three-year drive to expand its innovative IT workforce development program to serve an average of 100 disconnected Brooklyn youth each year by 2012 (+100%). It will also strengthen and enhance the program in several ways.
Support to launch a three-year drive to expand its innovative IT workforce development program to serve an average of 100 disconnected Brooklyn youth each year by 2012 (+100%). It will also strengthen and enhance the program in several ways.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
CAMBA
Description:
Operating support to develop a national housing model and strategic partnership with Kings County Hospital: 202 units of affordable and supportive housing, re-using hospital property into two energy-efficient buildings.
Operating support to develop a national housing model and strategic partnership with Kings County Hospital: 202 units of affordable and supportive housing, re-using hospital property into two energy-efficient buildings.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Churches United for Fair Housing
Description:
Operating support for comprehensive outreach and public education campaign about affordable housing in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford Stuyvesant.
Operating support for comprehensive outreach and public education campaign about affordable housing in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford Stuyvesant.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
Williamsburg
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Description:
Support to continue development of affordable housing in Cypress Hills. CHLDC has 82 units currently under construction, 95 in pre-development, and another 200 (+) in the pipeline. And, $10K for Summer Matters program.
Support to continue development of affordable housing in Cypress Hills. CHLDC has 82 units currently under construction, 95 in pre-development, and another 200 (+) in the pipeline. And, $10K for Summer Matters program.
Grant Amount: $35,000
Neighborhoods Served: Cypress Hills
East New York
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
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