Archives: Funding

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Community Development Financial Institutions – Technical Assistance

Business Ownership Initiative (BOI), the anchor program of the Indy Chamber’s Entrepreneur Services division, was certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). BOI was also granted $125,000 in CDFI Program Technical Assistance Awards to serve low-income and underserved communities lacking adequate access to financial resources.

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Women’s Business Center (WBC) Program

The Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Center Program provided technical assistance to the Business Ownership Initiative to provide technical support to women entrepreneurs seeking to optimize their finance, management, and marketing strategies.

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Housing Counseling Program

Funds awarded to INHP through HPN are used to support the INHP Homeownership Preparation Program. The INHP Homeownership Preparation Program provides low- and moderate-income families with comprehensive, practical, and goal-driven direction empowering them to repair their credit, learn what to expect during the home buying process, select a suitable loan program, and ultimately close on

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Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training

RecycleForce will use the funds received by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recruit, train, and place formerly incarcerated individuals with the work experience and certifications needed to secure full-time employment in a recycling facility.

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Brownfields Assessment Program

The FY18 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant funded Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments on potentially contaminated parcels in and around the Indy East Promise Zone.

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Education and Outreach Initiatives

In addition to its Private Enforcement grant, the FHCCI received an Education and Outreach grant under the Department of Housing and Urban Developments Fair Housing Initiatives Program, which allowed it to conduct educational programming that helped Promise Zone neighbors effectively identify and report housing discrimination.

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Private Enforcement Program

With its Fair Housing Initiatives Program – Private Enforcement Initiative grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FHCCI investigated possible violations of fair housing laws and assisted renters and homebuyers who had reason to believe that they were discriminated against in housing transactions.

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OCS Community Economic Development Program

Through funding from a Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Economic Development (CED) grant, Englewood CDC created 32 jobs in partnership with TWG Management and Jefferson Electric, both of which worked with the John Boner Neighborhood Centers to recruit low income residents to begin their careers in property management and solar panel installation\maintenance.

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Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program

In pursuit of increased access to affordable, healthy, and locally-grown food, awarded funds through the Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program were used by the Hoosier Farmers Market Association to provide technical assistance and educational workshops for farm-oriented businesses in the Promise Zone.

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Private Enforcement Program

With its Fair Housing Initiatives Program – Private Enforcement Initiative grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FHCCI investigated possible violations of fair housing laws and assisted renters and homebuyers who had reason to believe that they were discriminated against in housing transactions.

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