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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (3)
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Presidential Library Staff.
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Clinton Presidential Records
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Americorps
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HOPE UI
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Eli J. Segal
THROUGH:
Jim Scheibel & Shirley Sagawa
FROM:
Tim Silard
RE:
Hope VI Update
DATE:
June 8, 1995
Following is an update you requested regarding the Hope VI.
I.
Status of Community Service Plan Approval
Of the 34 implementation sites, as of June 1, 1995 revised community service
plans had been received from 19 grantees. Of those, the Corporation has
approved 15 and requested additional clarification or information from 4. We
have reviewed draft plans from 7 other sites and anticipate submission of
final plans within 60-90 days. The remaining 8 sites have not yet submitted a
community service plan.
II.
Visits and Hands-on Assistance
Corporation Headquarters staff, consultants and State Program Office staff
have conducted a total of 60 visits to all but two of the 34 HOPE VI sites. In
a number of sites, State office staff have participated in many meetings with
residents, housing authority staff, and local partners to develop quality
community service plans.
III.
Resource Materials
The Corporation has developed two principal publications to assist HOPE VI
grantees: "Guidelines for Developing HOPE VI Implementation Plans" and
"Self-Help in Public Housing: A Handbook for Developing Successful
HOPE VI Community Service Programs". In production are five sets of
instructional materials on community service in public housing around public
safety, education, human needs, neighborhood environment, and small
business development. The Corporation has also made a number of
publications and materials available to HOPE VI grantees on specific topics
such as: creating intergenerational community service programs, involving
youth in community policing and public safety, community service and the
delivery of comprehensive health services, etc.
IV.
Conferences and "Community Service Plus"
The Corporation has sponsored community service workshops at two national
conferences for HOPE VI grantees sponsored by HUD. From June 21-24, all
32 grantees will participate in the Corporation's intensive, nuts-and-bolts
conference designed to prepare all grantees to launch their community service
programs. The June conference also focuses on what we call "Community
Service Plus" -- mechanisms for leveraging HOPE VI service dollars through
collaborations with the private sector, universities, and other local partners.
V.
AmeriCorps*VISTA HOPE VI Leaders
The Corporation has recruited 20 AmeriCorps VISTA Leaders to assist
HOPE VI sites to develop and launch high-quality service programs.
AmeriCorps* VISTA Leaders are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers or
VISTA volunteers who have completed a year or more of service. These
Leaders will be trained at the end of June and placed with 15 HOPE VI
Grantees. In addition, Leaders will be placed with the "I Have a Dream"
Foundation and National Council of the Churches of Christ.
VI.
National Partnerships
The "I Have a Dream" Foundation has targeted six HOPE VI sites
interested in establishing "IHAD" chapters. IHAD raises endowment funds
from private individuals to assist current 8-9 year olds to attend college if
they complete high school. In addition, IHAD runs after-school and summer
enrichment programs to ensure that the children will indeed graduate. In
some existing sites, IHAD has doubled high school graduation rates.
Residents and college students will serve with IHAD to raise private
endowments and to tutor the children.
The National Council of the Churches of Christ has raised private
dollars to provide loans for very-low income Americans to start their own
businesses. NCC, working with the Columbia University School of Business
and the Kauffman Foundation, has targeted HOPE VI sites for loans and
technical assistance to public housing residents and their neighbors interested
in starting businesses, particularly as vendors to local health care providers.
HOPE VI community service participants will gain skills with which they can
then start their own enterprises in fields such as home-based health care.
The Corporation is working with the Child Welfare League of
America and the Bureau of Primary Health Care to provide technical
assistance to HOPE VI sites around comprehensive primary health care and
prevention services. HOPE VI community service participants will be trained
to work with public and private health care providers to increase birth
weights, counsel mothers on nutrition and early childhood development,
address senior health needs, and educate their neighbors to prevent substance
abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, and violence.
The Corporation has also partnered with the Department of Justice to
engage community service participants in HOPE VI sites to prevent and
address youth violence, delinquency, and gang participation in their
communities.