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President Bill Clinton and Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman today
announced 49 winners in 34 states who will receive grants to fund innovative
projects to help the hardest-to-employ welfare recipients acquire the skills,
work experience and resources they need to find and keep good jobs. The grant
winners competed for the funds based on collaborative, community based
programs.
"We have to do more to help former welfare recipients succeed in the
workplace," the President said. "The employers today told me that some of the
hardest things for people moving from welfare to work is providing
transportation, providing child care, making sure that smaller businesses that
may not be able to afford all the training and education have the support they
need. We have to do more."
The President released new figures today showing that welfare caseloads
have fallen to 8.9 million, a record drop of 3.3 million since he signed
welfare reform into law in August 1996. Since the President took office,
welfare caseloads have dropped from 14.1 million cases to 8.9 million cases for
a reduction of 5.2 million since 1993. The Administration has pledged to reduce
the caseload even more.
"We have known all along that the last cases would be the toughest
cases," Herman said. "This money will help local communities in both urban and
rural areas fund programs that will help eliminate some of the barriers keeping
those who want to work from finding the jobs that will lead to
self-sufficiency."
Of the 49 winners, 70 percent are in urban areas, 30 percent are in
rural communities. They represent the first round of a two-year, $711.5 million
grant competition which seeks to encourage communities to develop new,
results-oriented ways to help long-term welfare recipients gain a secure
foothold in the labor market.
These competitive grants are part of the Administration's response to
the historic changes in welfare reform. This money will enable community-based
organizations to partner with government entities, employers and workers so
they can tailor their own strategies for moving people from welfare to work.
Community-based groups, faith-based organizations, workforce
development organizations, private for-profit and nonprofit employers,
educational institutions, cities and counties were among those who applied for
these competitive grants. Grants were awarded to projects in areas with the
greatest need for assistance and operated by government agencies and
organizations with a successful track record. Community partnerships were a
required component of successful proposals.
"I am pleased that we are able to help finance some of the strategies
that are helping long-term recipients get off welfare," said Herman. "Those who
are still on the welfare rolls ache for the dignity of work but may have
limited math and reading skills, poor work histories or problems with substance
abuse."
The programs being funded are diverse and represent a wide array of
innovative approaches to move the hardest to serve from welfare to work. They
include programs to help fathers get jobs so they can pay child support; to
provide intensive skills training; and to offer child care with non-traditional
hours to meet the needs of workers with unusual work schedules.
The grants are part of a $3 billion national effort to reduce
dependency among welfare recipients who face the most difficult barriers to
employment. In addition, under the 1997 Budget Reconciliation Act, $2.2 billion
is being allocated non-competitively during the same two-year period to states
based on their population of poor people and adult recipients of Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families.
The 49 awardees were chosen from among more than 600 proposals
submitted in response to a Federal Register notice issued Dec. 30, 1997. The
awardees will have up to three years to spend the funds. A second solicitation
for the balance of funds for Fiscal Year 1998 competitive grants awards was
issued April 15 with a closing date of July 14.
Editor's Note: A list of the awardees is attached.
U.S. Department of Labor
Welfare-To-Work
Competitive Grantees
United Way of Central Alabama
Harry L. Brown
Vice
President, Planning & Agency Relations
3600 8th Ave.
S.
Birmingham, AL 35232
Grant Amount: $4,997,966
City of Phoenix
Human Services Department
Employment and Training Division
Alton J. Washington
Human
Services Director
200 W. Washington, 18th Floor
Phoenix, AZ
85003-1611
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
The City of Little Rock
Cy Carney
City Manager
500
West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
The Cambodia Family
Rifka Hirsch
Executive Director
1111 E. Wakeham Ave. St. E
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Grant Amount:
$1,216,167
CHARO Alliance WtW
Cynthia Flores
Executive
Vice-President
4301 East Valley Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Grant
Amount: $3,999,650
Community Rehabilitation Industries &
Goodwill Industries of
Long Beach and
South Bay
Becky Tschirgi
Executive Director
1500 East Anaheim St.
Long Beach, CA
Grant Amount: $3,669,874
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Donald J.
Smith
Executive Director
2600 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90057
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Los Angeles County Private Industry Council
Kenneth
Kessler
Director
3175 West Sixth St.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Grant Amount: $3,000,000
Merced County Community Action Agency
Harry Dull
Executive Director
561 W. 18th St.
P.O. Box 2085
Merced, CA
95344-0085
Grant Amount: $1,879,120
Oakland Private Industry Council
Evelyn Ashcroft
Director
of Operations
1212 Broadway, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
Grant
Amount: $5,000,000
Private Industry Council of San Francisco Inc.,
Steve
Arcelona
President
1650 Mission St., Suite 300
San Francisco, CA
94103-2490
Grant Amount: $4,189,231
Richmond Private Industry Council &
Rubicon Programs
Isiah Turner
Deputy City Manager
330 25th St.
Richmond, CA
94804
Grant Amount: $3,271,577
Riverside County Economic Development Agency/ Workforce Development
Board
Richard G.E. Galope
Assistant Program Manager Access Project
Manager
1151 Spruce St.
Riverside, CA 92507
Grant Amount:
$4,450,000
Rocky Mountain Service
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Charles
Tafoya
Executive Director
P.O. Box 11148
Denver , CO 80211
Grant Amount: $1,460,864
The Workplace, Inc.
John M. Carbone
President and Chief
Operating Officer
350 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Grant
Amount: $5,000,000
Coalition of Family Employment
Service Providers
Coalition
for the Homeless
Michael L. Ferrell
Executive Director
1234
Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite C-1015
Washington, DC 20005
Grant Amount:
$1,965,601
Florida Developmental Disabililties Council
Joe Krieger
Executive Director
124 Marriot Dr., Suite 203
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Grant Amount: $1,660,396
Pinellas Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Bruce Baptist
Executive Director
13770 58th St., North, Suite 312
Clearwater, FL
33760-3759
Grant Amount: $1,500,000
Mayor's Office of Citizens Employment and Training/ Private Industry
of Atlanta, Inc.
Reka R. Eaton
Executive Director
818
Washington St., SE
Atlanta, GA 30315
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Bethel New Life
Mary Nelson
President
367 North
Karlov
Chicago, IL 60624
Grant Amount: $2,739,506
City of Chicago
The Workforce Board
Karen Salmon
Assitant to the Mayor
510 N. Pestigo Ct., Suite 2A
Chicago, IL
Grant Amount: $3,000,000
DePaul University
Dr. Majorie Piechowski
Coordinator of
Institutional &
Research Grants
2320 N. Kenmore
Chicago, IL
60614
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Indianapolis Workforce Alliance
C. M. Corbin
Chief
Operating Officer
17 West Market St., Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN
46204
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
River Valley Resources, Inc.
Margo Olson
Deputy
Executive Director/Vice President
1315 Clifty Drive
Madison, IN 47250
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Louisville and Jefferson County
Private Industry Council
Pam Anderson
Executive Director
410 West Chestnut Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Grant Amount: $4,999,898
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Steven R. Landau
Chief Economic Planner
60 Temple Pl.
Boston, MA 02111
Grant
Amount: $4,082,065
City of Detroit
Employment and Training Department
Willie
Walker
Director, Employment and Training Department
707 West
Milwaukee Avenue
Detriot, MI 48202
Grant Amount: $4,880,013
City of Kalamazoo - Metro Transit System
Carmine Lewis
Administrative Supervisor
530 N. Rose
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Grant
Amount: $375,000
County of Union
Frank Guzzo
Director
Union County
Department of Human Services
County Administration Building
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Hudson County
Department of Health and Human Services
Carol Ann Wilson
Director
Department of Health and Human Services
595 County Avenue, Building 2
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Grant Amount:
$4,914,297
Catholic Social Services of Albuquerque, Inc.
Greg Kepfere
Executive Director
1410 Coal Avenue, SW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Grant Amount: $1,343,133
Consortium for Worker Education
Robert G. Norris
Deputy
Executive Director
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Grant
Amount: $4,966,000
Non-Profit Assitance Corporation
William Grinker
President
915 Broadway, Suite 1703
New York, NY 10010
Grant Amount:
$4,871,904
Southeastern Community College
Teresa Triplett
Associate
Dean of Continuing Education
JobLink Career Center
P.O. Box 151
Whiteville, NC 28472
Grant Amount: $2,638,601
The Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development
Roger W.
McCauley
Executive Director
P.O. Box 787
1 Pinchot Lane
Athens,
OH 45701-0787
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Private Industry Council of Philadelphia, Inc.
Patricia
Irving
President
1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA
19102
Grant Amount: $4,351,247
Resources for Human Development, Inc.
Monique Hales
Program Coordinator
4333 Kelly Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Grant
Amount: $1,866,460
Houston Works
Rod Snyder
Manager, Contract
Administrator
600 Jefferson, Suite 1300
Houston, TX 77002
Grant
Amount: $5,000,000
Northern Community Investment Corporation
Paul S. Denton
President
20 Main Street
P.O. Box 904
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Grant Amount: $3,132,517
Hampton University
Elnora D. Daniel III
Executive Vice
President and Provost
Hampton, VA 23668
Grant Amount: $1,898,288
Total Action Against Poverty, Inc. (TAP)
Annette Lewis
Director - Employment
TAP - THIS VALLEY WORKS
P.O. Box 2868
Roanoke, VA
Grant Amount: $2,736,272
Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County
William J.
Malone
Workforce Development Adminstrator
101 West Pleasant Street,
Suite 201
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Grant Amount: $4,262,054
MULTI-SITES
National Association of Private Industry Council
Robert
Knight
President
NAPIC
1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20005
Grant Amount: $4,912,658
National Goodwill Industries WtW Consortium
R. Lee Waits
Consortium Chairman
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast
10596 Gandy
Boulevard
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Grant Amount: $10,300,000
YouthBuild USA
Anne Wright
Special Projects
Coordinator
58 Day Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Grant Amount:
$4,718,238
IAM CARES, MD
(International Association of Machinists,
Center for Administering Rehabilitation and Employment Services)
Angela
Traiforos
President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD
20772
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
CET - Welfare-To-Work Program
Antonio Sanchez
Director of
Research, Planning & Fund Development
701 Vine Street
San Jose, CA
95110
Grant Amount: $4,003,294
The NOAH Group, L.L.C.
Charles J. Baumgardner
Chief
Executive Officer
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD
20814
Grant Amount: $7,800,000
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family
Revitalization
Charles A. Ballard
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
1146 19th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C.
Grant
Amount: $4,427,318
MULTI-SITES
National Association of Private
Industry Council
Robert
Knight
President
NAPIC
1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20005
Grant Amount: $4,912,658
National Goodwill Industries WtW Consortium
R. Lee Waits
Consortium Chairman
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast
10596 Gandy
Boulevard
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Grant Amount: $10,300,000
YouthBuild USA
Anne Wright
Special Projects
Coordinator
58 Day Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Grant Amount:
$4,718,238
IAM CARES, MD
(International Association of Machinists,
Center for Administering Rehabilitation and Employment Services)
Angela
Traiforos
President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD
20772
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
CET - Welfare-To-Work Program
Antonio Sanchez
Director of
Research, Planning & Fund Development
701 Vine Street
San Jose, CA
95110
Grant Amount: $4,003,294
The NOAH Group, L.L.C.
Charles J. Baumgardner
Chief
Executive Officer
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD
20814
Grant Amount: $7,800,000
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family
Revitalization
Charles A. Ballard
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
1146 19th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C.
Grant
Amount: $4,427,318
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