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The $420,000 Health and Human Services Community Economic Development grant will enable YNDC’s REVITALIZE Project to grow and further develop a viable business model that both figuratively and literally builds people and neighborhoods in the City of Youngstown.
For the REVITALIZE depth (people) strategy, YNDC will remove both the personal and community barriers that prevent Youngstown residents with low-income from obtaining and holding jobs and successful careers by providing case management and linking employees to supportive services through community partnerships, including legal assistance, family and financial counseling, transportation, and other critical services. For the REVITALIZE breadth (pipeline) strategy, YNDC will build a pipeline of work across a range of skills and construction related activities in to improve Youngstown neighborhoods, including the rehabilitation of vacant housing and other stabilization activities.
A total of $420,000 in HHS CED funds will be used to increase the scale and impact of the existing REVITALIZE program by hiring of an additional Construction Site Supervisor/Trainer to allow for the creation of an additional construction team, a Program Coordinator/Case Manager to provide case management and service coordination to low-income employees, and purchasing additional equipment and supplies needed to increase the volume of work to a level that will sustain 21 new construction team members, creating a total of 23 jobs over a three year period.