Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TITLED COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKER MODEL: INNOVATIVE CAREER CERTIFICATION FOR CREDIBLE MESSENGERS. IT IS AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT LED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER & ROSEMARY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL (POIC+RAHS), TO PROFESSIONALIZE THE FIELD OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK, TRANSFORMING IT INTO A VIABLE CAREER PATH WITH A LIVABLE WAGE. THE COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKER (CSW) MODEL IS A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM, CONSISTING OF 200 HOURS OF COURSEWORK ACROSS FOUR MODULES COUPLED WITH FULL-TIME WORK IN THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION FIELD.PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE OUTREACH WORKERS AT POIC+RAHS AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION STAFF AT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO IDENTIFY AS CREDIBLE MESSENGERS AND HAVE A HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, VIOLENT CRIME, AND/OR GANG VIOLENCE. THE PROGRAM WILL EQUIP THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY PRACTICES. THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR THE PROJECT IS THAT A MINIMUM OF 40 VIOLENCE PREVENTION STAFF WILL COMPLETE THE CSW CERTIFICATION ACROSS TWO COHORTS. POIC+RAHS LAUNCHED THE FIRST CSW COHORT AS A PILOT IN JUNE 2024 WITH 22 INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS. FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENT A SECOND COHORT OF 25 TRAINEES FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION (CVIPI) WORK. THE CSW MODEL TRAINS CREDIBLE MESSENGERS WHO PROVIDE DIRECT VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS DEFINED AS HIGH RISK. POIC+RAHS CRITERIA FOR HIGH-RISK INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND/OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, AGES 18 TO 35, WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONIES AND WERE OR ARE CURRENTLY ON PROBATION, HAVE BEEN OR ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A GANG, AND/OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHOT OR CONNECTED TO A RECENT SHOOTING OR HOMICIDE VICTIM. THE SERVICE AREA IS PORTLAND, OREGON, SERVING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER-THAN-AVERAGE VIOLENT CRIME RATES (97024, 97030, 97103, 97211, 97117, 97218, 97220, 97130, 97233, 97236, AND 97266).

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

RECIPIENT NAME: PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER AND ROSEMARY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL (POIC RAHS)PROJECT TITLE: WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING (WOT)FUNDING REQUEST: 500,000CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR: JEFF MERKLEY AND RON WYDENREQUESTED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 24 MONTHSPROJECT LOCATION PORTLAND, OREGONPROJECT PURPOSE AND GOALS: WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING (WOT) PROGRAMMING REDUCES BARRIERS TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND INCREASES ACCESS TO CAREER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SKILLS, AND LIVING WAGE JOBS FOR LOW INCOME, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE 500 PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: - 12-WEEK CONSTRUCTION PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (3 COHORTS YEAR)- 12-WEEK THE KITCHEN CULINARY ACADEMY (3 COHORTS YEAR)- YEAR-ROUND SERVICES TO OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH TO SUPPORT CAREER READINESS AND PLANNING, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNSHIP, AND WORKFORCE PLACEMENTSEXPECTED OUTCOMES:- 80 OF PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS- 60 OF PARTICIPANTS TO BE PLACED IN APPRENTICESHIPS OR CAREER LEVEL JOBS AT THE TIME THEY GRADUATE FROM WOT PROGRAMS OR WITHIN 6 MONTHS.- 30 TRAINEES YEAR ENROLLED IN THE KITCHEN CULINARY ACADEMY AND FOOD-BASED CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM.- 40 TRAINEES YEAR ENROLLED IN CONSTRUCTION PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THREE COHORTS WILL BE OFFERED PER YEAR.- 1,500 CAREER-RELATED CLASS PROGRAM HOURS DELIVERED PER YEAR THROUGH THE TRANSITION CENTER.- 1,800 CAREER COUNSELLING SESSIONS CONDUCTED PER YEAR THROUGH THE TRANSITION CENTER.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:- YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 16-24, WHO ARE NOT IN SECONDARY OR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND ARE UN- OR UNDER-EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF ENROLLMENT.- 100 QUALIFY AS LOW-INCOME, AND A MAJORITY IDENTIFY AS A PERSON OF COLOR (AT LEAST 50 IDENTIFY AS BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN).- INDIVIDUALS LOCATED THROUGH MULTNOMAH, CLACKAMAS, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

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