Louisville, KY (blackchipstocks.com) - Goshen Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Capital Corporation (OTCBB:CCCN) today announced after almost a year of due diligence, research, and evaluation that the company has decided to expand into the Bio Energy Arena. Goshen's first planned investments will be in the area of B100 biodiesel fuel production. The company will be exploring capital options to fund the development and expansion of its biodiesel production facilities. City Capital Corporation is led by one the youngest Black CEOs of a publicly traded company in America, Ephren W Taylor II. http://www.emergingminds.org/magazine/content/index.php?itemid=5154 =================================== .....not even one month after this announcement City Capital announced that it was selling the majority of their real estate portfolio, causing further confusion about the direction of the company. |
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IBSA, in partnership with Gatlin Education Services (GES), offers online open enrollment programs designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional level positions for many in-demand occupations. |
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U.S. Department of Labor youth-related grants advance education and employment connections for troubled youth More than $41 million awarded for collaborations with state, local and other programs WASHINGTON � Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced the award of six sets of youth-related grants to invest in the education and career skills of troubled youth nationwide. "These $41 million in grants will help at-risk youth access valuable education and skills training which will put them on a path to job success," said Secretary Chao. "Investing in a brighter future for these young people and enabling them to access opportunities can make a world of difference for them, their families and their communities." The Labor Department's overall youth vision addresses the nation's most persistent workforce crises through the implementation of collaborative approaches to youth development modeled on the department's Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative. The grants respond to the 30 percent dropout rate among high school students and are aimed at providing them alternative educational opportunities and improved employment pathways. "In regions throughout the country, high tech, high growth industries are demanding skilled workers who have the education and know-how to succeed in today's competitive marketplace," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco. "Seed money provided today will help young people reconnect with educational opportunities and prepare themselves for rewarding careers." These grants are part of the department's ongoing response to the 2003 White House Task Force Report on Disadvantaged Youth. They focus on preparing America's neediest young people, especially dropouts or those at risk of dropping out, to succeed in the 21st century economy. By engaging state, local and federal partners, the department will not only help educate young people but also help build pipelines of skilled workers that meet the demands of the country's growing industries. For more information on Department of Labor youth programs, please visit www.doleta.gov/youth_services. Note: Program descriptions and lists of awardees follow. Shared Youth Vision Pilot Projects: Working with federal agency partners, the department is assisting regions in 16 states with integrating strategies for connecting at-risk youth with other educational, health and social services that support employment outcomes. States participating in the $1.6 million pilot project are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Utah. Multiple Education Pathway Blueprints: The department is providing $2.95 million in funding to six cities to " blueprint" and implement systems that can connect young people who have dropped out of high school to alternative learning opportunities. Each city will receive $491,666. Efforts will be focused on engaging youth in career preparation and encouraging them to pursue postsecondary education. This funding is intended to serve as a catalyst and will bring together community partners in Gary, Ind.; Des Moines, Iowa; Metairie, La.; Brockton, Mass.; Fall River, Mass.; and Pittsburgh, Pa. Beneficiary-Choice Contracting Program: The department is awarding $5 million to five grantees who will assist ex-offenders ages 18 to 29 with transitioning from prison to the workplace. Participants will be able to choose service providers from pools of faith-based and community groups, thereby encouraging them to take personal ownership in choosing the services they believe best fit their needs. The grantees receiving $1 million each are: Arizona Women's Education and Employment Inc. of Phoenix; Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment; the City of Chicago; the Indianapolis Private Industry Council Inc.; and the Director's Council of Des Moines, Iowa. High Growth Youth Offender Initiative (HGYOI): Slightly more than $6 million is being awarded to 13 prior recipients of HGYOI grants. This initiative began in July 2005 and is designed to prepare young people who have been involved in the juvenile justice system for careers in high-growth industries. Organizations receiving awards will each use their $464,380 in funding to strengthen existing educational programs by expanding applied academic models that will enhance basic reading and math outcomes, and ultimately lead to higher levels of academic achievement. Today's grantees are: Colors of Success, Cochise, Ariz.; Goodwill Industries, Phoenix, Ariz.; The Bridge, Imperial, Calif.; Aspen Diversified, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Goodwill Suncoast, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Suncoast Workforce Board, Sarasota, Fla.; Quad Area Community Action, Hammond, La.; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Improved Solutions for Urban Communities, Dayton, Ohio; the state of Oklahoma; Oregon Consortium, Albany, Ore.; Work Systems, Portland, Ore.; and Community Learning Center, Dallas, Texas. Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS): More than $1.9 million in funding is being awarded to this organization and will be used to assist 488 offenders ages 18 to 35 who have been, or will be, released soon from prisons near St. Louis. Funds will be used to support the St. Louis ARCHS Community Action Re-entry Employment System (CARES) collaborative project, which focuses on job skill development and placement, job retention, increased earnings and reduced recidivism among ex-offenders. Public School District Strategies for Reducing Youth Involvement in Gangs: The school districts of Baltimore; Chicago; Milwaukee; Orange County, Fla.; and Philadelphia each will receive $4.8 million to combat gang involvement. The $24 million in overall funding will be used for a variety of educational and employment programs � all designed to reduce the dropout rate and the number of youth in grades eight through 12 involved in gangs. Programs must include at least one component aimed at increasing the educational achievement and decreasing the dropout rate among juvenile offenders and at-risk youth. They also must have at least one component aimed at providing paid work experience and internships for out-of-school juvenile offenders, and at least one aimed at reducing youth gangs and youth violent crime. |
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If you are a Minority or Women-Owned business, and are interested in bidding on federally-funded work for the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority, you need to register your business and area of work with them in order to receive 'invitations to bid'. Questions regarding their bidding process and what information you need to submit can be addressed by contacting Ms. Barbara Collins, Modernization Secretary for the KCK Housing Authority, 1124 North 9th Street, KC, KS 66101. You can reach her by phone at (913) 281-3300. If you need assistance in understanding 'invitations to bid', completing the bid application, or locating financing and additional development resources you can contact an IBSA business specialist at (913) 240-6247 www.kckha.org |
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Dear Friend: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is conducting an online survey of public opinion on current policy issues as they relate to African Americans. The information gathered will allow your voice to be heard on issues such as immigration, education, and police misconduct. The NAACP will use the survey results to inform its advocacy approach as well as share them with state and federal policy makers to assist in impacting policy in these areas. Tell us what you think! To participate in the survey, click on the following link http://www.naacp.org/survey/index.php?sid=3 . If you cannot directly access the survey by clicking on the link, copy and paste it into your browser. The survey will take approximately 6 minutes to complete and will be active until August 19th. Your answers to this survey will be confidential and all responses will be reported only in the aggregate. Thank you in advance for your participation, and please feel free to forward this invitation email to others who might be interested in taking this survey. Best regards, Hilary O. Shelton Director, NAACP Washington Bureau Shelly Anderson Director, NAACP Research Department |
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Every day government and corporations are buying products and services to maintain their operations. This is comprised to cover a variety of industry's like screenprinted specialty items to catering special events. It can be demolishing properties or fixing/adding curbs. From mowing large lots to providing temp services for-profit,,, industry-driven business opportunities are available for those looking to make extra money or generate a primary income. In order to prepare to 'talk shop' with companies and government, you will need to have a clear idea of what you have to offer, can you deliver, and will it be profitable for you to do so; considering what your alternatives are? This document is your business plan to success. Whether starting a new business or buying an existing one, any entrepreneur must fully understand if investing hard earned money and time will bring the the financial reward that being in business is all about. If you have been thinking about owning your own business, then this course is for you. First Step FastTrac Business Training Course *An introduction to this microenterprise course will be August 30 at 6 p.m. at the Topeka/Shawnee County library. *All of the classes will be on Thursday nights at the Topeka/Shawnee County library. *One Saturday Class on September 22. (required) *Interested persons need to call the Topeka Chamber of Commerce to register or for more information. (785) 231-6000 *There is a $50.00 fee to participate in this course. *Program graduates are eligible for additional business development services and kept informed about other community resources and networking opportunities. |
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The Opportunity Compact: Blueprint for Economic Equality concentrates on four major areas - children's welfare, jobs, homeownership and entrepreneurship - considered by the Urban League movement as important in achieving the American dream. They are represented through four guiding principles: the opportunity to thrive, the opportunity to earn, the opportunity to own and the opportunity to prosper. The league is offering its top-10 legislative recommendations to achieve the goals laid out by these principles. National Urban League's 'Opportunity Compact' Opportunity to Thrive (Children)
Thanks to Head Start and other early childhood education programs, the youngest black children are nearly keeping pace with their white counterparts in terms of school readiness - scoring at 94 percent of whites, according to our State of Black America 2007. They've even surpassed whites in terms of some home literacy activities such as being taught words or numbers three times a week. Moreover, as educational attainment increases, black earnings as a percentage of white earnings increases. According to recent Census Bureau statistics, blacks with high school degrees made 81 percent of what similarly-educated whites did. For college-educated blacks, that percentage increases to 87 percent.
Even with Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, African- American children are twice as likely as whites to go uninsured. Some, due to no fault of their own, fall through the cracks because their parents are unaware of their eligibility for government-backed health insurance or exceed income limits. An estimated 9 million children nationwide are without coverage, 90 percent of them from working families.
Working families, especially those led by single mothers, face major obstacles - such as getting to work, finding affordable childcare and upgrading their education and skills -- in the way of their financial independence. A relatively small investment in policies that lend low-income working families a hand will go a long way toward improving their economic situation as well as keeping them off federal and state aid programs. Opportunity to Earn (Jobs) 4. Create an urban infrastructure bank to fund reinvestment in urban communities (i.e. parks, schools, roads). Modeled after the World Bank, the Urban Infrastructure Bank would help jumpstart the ailing economies of urban communities by infusing funds into them to help rebuild infrastructure and at the same time put local residents to work. The bank would be financed by a stream of federal bond revenue used to create a large pool of funds for rebuilding public roads and infrastructure, schools, parks, playgrounds, community centers and recreation centers, It would also require that local residents 5. Index the minimum wage to inflation and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit to more working families It is not enough just to raise the wage every decade if it doesn't keep pace with inflation. At least four states - - Florida, Washington, Oregon and Vermont - already employ indexing. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the cost of adjusting the current federal minimum wage for inflation over the past 10 years would have amounted to just $1.33 an hour. For such a small investment, our leaders could prevent millions of American workers already in precarious economic positions from losing ground in their pursuit of the American dream. By adjusting the wage for inflation, the lowest-paid employees will be afforded the same cost-of-living increases as congressional members and Social Security recipients, among others. Why should America's working poor be treated any differently? The league also urges expanding the EITC's reach through simplification of the process used to claim the credit, better outreach to eligible families and an increase in the size of benefits for all eligible families, including ones without minor children. 6. Expand "second chance" programs for high school dropouts, ex-offenders and at-risk youth to secure GEDs, job training and employment. With as much as 30 percent saddled with records and up to 50 percent unemployed, so-called disconnected black youth -- who are out of jobs and out of school -- need specialized assistance to get them on track to economic success. Opportunity to Own (Housing) 7. Adopt the "Homeowner's Bill of Rights" as recommended by the National Urban League in March of 2007 The bill of rights includes: a) The Right to Save for Homeownership Tax-Free Similar to 529 educational saving plans and 401-K retirement plans, these matched-savings homeownership development accounts would be administered by employers. Parents could set up accounts for their children at birth so that by the time they become adults they'd have enough money for down payments. It would give young adults, who have a hard enough paying rent, an incentive to set aside money. b) The Right to High-Quality Homeownership Education Congress should double the $42 million currently spent by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for homeownership counseling and require the agency to offer post-purchase education after homebuyers close on homes to ensure that they make a smooth transition from renting to owning. c) The Right to Truth and Transparency in Credit Reporting Understanding a credit report is critical to financial success so we need to ensure that Americans understand the process. The credit reporting system currently suffers from a lack of transparency. It's too complicated to digest. It needs to be demystified and a system of penalties for inaccurate reporting should be instituted. d) The Right to Production of Affordable Housing for Working Families We urge our nation's leaders to create a new Workforce Housing Tax Credit similar to that for low-income housing. It would help spur the production of housing units for working families who provide essential yet not well-compensated services to our nation's cities. Local governments should consider following the lead of New York City, which requires developers to devote 30 percent of their units to workforce and low-income housing to be eligible for property tax abatements. e) The Right to be Free from Predatory Lending Congress should pass a comprehensive bill regulating the subprime loan industry, which is currently governed by a patchwork of 50 state laws. These loans have "jack in the box" interest rates that start out at a low level only to rise substantially later down the line and are sometimes offered to borrowers who could qualify for lower-cost lower-interest mortgage loans. The Durham, N.C.-based Center for Responsible Lending predicted that one in five subprime loans made in the last few years will go into foreclosure. According to recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data from lenders, over half of African American homeowners hold such loans. f) The Right to Aggressive Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws Our nation's leaders should authorize a HUD Task Force to vigorously investigate and prosecute violations of fair-housing laws as well as hold oversight hearings to ensure accountability. In a 2005 HUD-funded study, the National Fair Housing Alliance found that 87 percent of potential homebuyers were steered to neighborhoods comprised mostly of their own ethnic group, demonstrating that housing discrimination is alive and well. Such laws are meaningless unless the executive branch aggressively and seriously enforces them. 8. Reform public housing to assure continuing national commitment to low-income and working families The federal government needs to overhaul its HOPE VI program designed to create mixed-income neighborhoods. The program is broke, busted and disgusted. There have been successes here and there but there are many more examples of projects never getting off the ground. The league urges a return to the core-stated tenets of the program - to transform public housing communities from islands of despair and poverty into a vital and integral part of larger neighborhoods and to crease an environment that encourages and supports movement toward self-sufficiency. Opportunity to Prosper (Entrepreneurship) 9. Strongly enforce federal minority business opportunity goals to ensure greater minority participation in government contracting Changes in the government contract landscape - more subcontracting, bundling and coding errors -- have resulted in pushing more and more small firms out of the market. In 1996, minority firms received only $0.57 for every dollar they would have been expected to receive based on their availability. 10. Build capacity of minority business through expansion of micro-financing, equity financing and the development of strategic alliances with major corporations Minority-owned business development has been hamstrung by lack of access to capital, business networks and intergenerational wealth that helps their white counterparts get off the ground. Micro-financing, which has been successfully in spurring micro-business development in Third World countries such as India and Pakistan, enables them to start up at lower risk than taking out traditional bank loans. Equity financing and development of strategic alliances enable established minority-owned companies to take the next step. "A nation that can develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, a nation that can create the International Monetary Fund to build the world, a nation that can rally around a war in Iraq can certainly rebuild its urban communities and put its less-fortunate citizens on track to achieving the American dream," Morial observed. |
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You are receiving this email because somewhere our paths crossed to a point we learned something about each other and our conversation must have covered some community, youth, welfare, business or workforce issue needing to be addressed. For over 15 years our agency (IBSA) has taken great care to place our energy and efforts on helping those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale reach a higher plateau in life. Not only have we had to help some meet their most basic socioeconomic needs, but doing such while also meeting our own organizational demands on a shoestring budget.
Now, with years of experience and accomplishments behind us we are prepared to move forward in a way that can establish a lasting opportunity to meet the unmet needs anticipated by economic uncertainty at the Local, State and National level. In 1995 representatives from Washburn University KTWU, area Unified School Districts, and community nonprofit organizations were a part of the National Campaign Against Youth Violence sponsored by PBS. It was brought about due to high instances of youth violence and low achievement, and worked to identify community action around building sound coalitions, solutions and partnerships.
Then, as now, youth when asked, offer solutions they feel could stem the violence that impacts them. What is done with that information is then on those in the community that have the influence, finances and sometime the courage, to make it happen. One recurring suggestion from youth and young adults from disadvantaged communities is always the desire to have a central place to safely socialize with their friends and peers after school. A place that is not so much government or church sponsored, but one whereas they are a part of establishing the rules and procedures in a process that they feel as fair. Having a cross-section of city youth involved allows those who only see each other at a game or at the mall an opportunity to work together when coordinating activities for, and with, their peers.
To meet the unmet challenges facing disadvantaged youth, low-income adults, ex-offenders with employment & training, and small businesses needing ongoing support and proper advocacy, we are raising the required funds to secure the building we occupy at 629 SE Quincy, and the adjacent buildings on 7th Street between Quincy and Kansas Avenue. 112-114, 116, and 118 SE 7th. This is IBSA's most challenging effort to-date and we hope to reach our objective of raising the necessary amount needed to complete this important project in a timely fashion. With several levels of support to choose from, we believe raising required funds as proposed will offer many in the community a chance to give in their own small way. It is apparent that many adults would like to have an active role in creating a positive environment for Topeka youth so that they may stay engaged in making good decisions. The community has also shown concern for those at the lower rung in life, but statistically, certain populations always end up on the short end. Therefore we are hopeful that other relevant agencies will accept our offer to collocate programs or activities in the facilities so that they can more effectively reach people in a centrally located place. I thank you in advance for your continued support and will meet with you or your committee to discuss how your contribution to this effort will assure the implementation of this exciting project. Thanks in advance for your consideration. http://kansassmallbizpromotions.com/bldgfund.htm IBSA, Inc. - Main Office www.ibsa-inc.org Community Foundation, donors receive the simplicity and tax advantages of a public charity combined with the personal recognition, involvement and flexibility of a private foundation. Donors also gain access to the highest level of strategic thinking on ways to meet community challenges. |
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