Profile
Key Accomplishments
Major Grants Written and Funded
Development Initiatives
   
 
 
Major Grants Written and Funded
Urban League of Hudson County
 


YouthBuild:

Funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Two Grants: 1995 $1,000,000 and 1996 $700,000. YouthBuild is a comprehensive employment training program for 16-24 year old high school dropouts. It features academic remediation (GED/ABE), counseling leadership development and construction skills training through building/rehabilitating affordable housing.

AmeriCorps:
Funded by the Corporation for National Service.
Three year grant (requiring annual re-applications), 1995-1997, totaling $650,000. First year of a second three year cycle, 1997-1998, $250,000.
The program empowers low-income persons, mostly receiving public assistance, through community service activities. Most of the Members’ service work focuses on providing literacy readiness education to children in day care centers serving low-income minority children. The renewal grant expanded services to include Charter Schools.

Starting Points:
A 300+ child day care center formerly operated by the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services. The center serves abused, neglected, and/or low- income children from mostly minority inner city families. Privatized in 1995, annual operating budget $1,700,000+.

Jersey City Community Charter School:
One of seventeen charters granted by the State of New Jersey in the first round of charters in State history. Charter granted in 1997, first year budget $1,000,000+. The school consists of two programs:
1) A model academic elementary school serving inner city children Grade K and growing by one grade per year.
2) A Second Chance Program for 15-21 year old dropout youth and those effectively dropped-out.