City of Milwaukee - File #: 141191

• File #: 141191
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/7/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 12/16/2014
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the use and allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds awarded to the Milwaukee Promise.
• Sponsors: ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, SOCIAL CONCERNS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/29/2014	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/16/2014	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
12/8/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Individuals present: Ald. Hamilton Steve Mahan - Community Block Grants Administration Ald. Perez moved to accept Proposed Sub A. There were no objections. Ald. Davis wants to see specific employment statitistics from the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board specifically full-time permanent jobs rather than transitional jobs from the CBGA Office. Clarene Mitchell -- Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin Ald. Davis asks that the Administration ask the Housing Authority for matching $30,000 in funds for the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Micro Summits Initiative. Norma Valentine and Harriet McKinney - Safe and Sound.	Pass	4:0
12/8/2014	2	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	AMENDED	Pass	4:0
12/8/2014	2	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
12/3/2014	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/3/2014	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/11/2014	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/7/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
141191
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
130773
Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the use and allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds awarded to the Milwaukee Promise.
Analysis
This resolution approves the allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds for the Milwaukee Promise as follows:

1. $50,000 to Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board for the Employment Readiness initiative.

2. $100,000 to Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board for the Youth Employment and Engagement initiative.

3. $75,000 to Black Health Coalition for the Trauma-Informed Care Assistance and Referral initiative.

4. $30,000 to the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee for the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Micro Summits initiative.

5. $2,500 to Urban Strategies, Inc. for the Youth Police Listening Circles Initiative.

This resolution also allocates $10,000 to Lead2Change for the Learn, Earn and Achieve with Police program and $32,500 of the $42,500 remaining balance to Word of Hope Ministries for the Milwaukee Job Training and Placement program

Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Promise Zones Report attached to this file demonstrates the need to address issues of poverty, education, health care and workforce development in impoverished areas of the city; and

Whereas, Examination of 2012 U.S. Census Bureau data finds that, for the Promise Zones identified in the Milwaukee Promise Zone Report:

1. Fewer than 62% of 18- and 19-year-olds are enrolled in school, compared to 76.9% citywide and 77.1% statewide.

2. Fewer than 11% of residents age 25 and over have attained a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 21.7% citywide and 26.4% statewide.

3. Over 45% of households make less than $25,000 annually, compared to 36% citywide and 22% statewide.

4. The median household income is less than $26,000, compared to nearly $36,000 citywide and over $52,000 statewide.

5. In some Promise Zone areas, more than 56...