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Community Economic Development Projects

RecycleForce will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand its workforce by targeting opportunities to secure greater volumes of e-waste predominantly from retail returns, consumer recalls, and corporate and medical e-waste, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The funding will support RecycleForce’s increased need for workers, a short-term subsidy for the 32 jobs to be created and provide

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Education & Outreach Initiative (FHIP)

Through this grant, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana will provide fair housing education opportunities to housing providers, housing consumers, advocates, government officials, and others to learn about rights and responsibilities under fair housing laws to decrease incidents of housing discrimination. Education opportunities will also inform people who may be victims of housing discrimination

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Young Adult Reentry Program (YARP)

RecycleForce is receiving $4.5 million from the the U.S. Department of Labor Youth Adult Reentry Partnership grant to help connect 550 people throughout Indianapolis, ages 18-24, who have been involved in the justice system with employment. The grant will also help 100 people in Bloomington and 70 in Gary. A primary goal of the Young

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Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded BOI $180,000 through its Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs (PRIME) to continue funding BOI’s Re-Entry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi) for current and formerly incarcerated individuals to explore small business ownership as a means of self-sufficiency.

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Full Service Community Schools Program

The Martindale-Brightwood Education Zone with Edna Martin Christian Center serving asthe lead will implement the Full-Service Community School program targeting three schools inthe Martindale-Brightwood neighborhoods in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Education & Outreach Initiative (FHIP)

Through this grant from HUD, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana will be able to improve and expand its programming to inform renters and homebuyers of their rights in order to ensure that housing discrimination is brought to the attention of authorities and that violators of discrimination laws are prosecuted.

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Private Enforcement Initiative

The organization will fund investigations to uncover allegation and systemic forms of housing discrimination. The organization will also provide a limited number of education deliverables under this grant to expand fair housing knowledge. This grant was administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Pathway Home

RecycleForce has been awarded funding through the Department of Labor’s Pathways Home program. The project will identify inmates incarcerated in the Marion County jail who are interested in training for employment in specific high demand industries in the community, including logistics, recycling, manufacturing, hazardous material handling, and construction.

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Housing Counseling Program

INHP applied as a sub-grantee of Housing Partnership Network through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Counseling Program. Funds awarded to INHP through HPN are used to support the INHP Homeownership Preparation Program at all four INHP locations, including the John Boner Neighborhood Center. The grant will partially underwrite the salaries and benefits of the INHP Homeownership Advisors providing one-on-one homeownership advising to clients.

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Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training

RecycleForce will use this funding from the EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place formerly incarcerated individuals with the work experience and OCS certifications needed to secure full-time employment in a recycling facility.

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