House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1690 Rehab of Substandard Housing to Train, Employ, and House the Homeless
Requester:	Claudette Bruck		Organization:		Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc.
Project Title:	Rehab of Substandard Housing to Train, Employ, and House the Homeless		Date Submitted:		01/30/2000 11:05:36 PM
District Member:	Debbie Wasserman-Schultz		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Broward
Recipient:	Broward Partnership For The Homeless, Inc.		Contact:		Robert Higdon
	920 NW 7th Ave.		Contact Phone:		(954) 779-3990 304
	Ft. Lauderdale 33311
Project Description:
The Broward Partnership For The Homeless (BPHI) as operators of the Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center/Huizenga Family Campus proposes to design, implement, and operate a public-private partnership pilot project which would select abandoned and substandard dwelling within a target neighborhood and rehab these structures using homeless individuals referred to the Homeless Assistance Center. Women and men selected for the rehabilitation project would receive basic education, job skill training, on the job training, and all necessary supportive services to effectively move them from homelessness and dependency to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. BPHI foresees a consortum of state and local education, training and employment agencies, private industry representatives, building contractors, and trade representatives and a new or existing neighborhood development corporation to plan, implement, and operate the pilot project. BPHI would serve as the financial conduit and retain overall management and financial responsibility.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The proposed pilot would provide: (a)Skill and on-the-job training to Broward County Homeless persons; (b)A living wage to program participants while receiving training; (c)Post program placement in the building trades; (d)Removal of abandoned and dilapidated housing from the community; (e)Increased number of permanent and transitional affordable housing units for the homeless; (f)Provide participating private sector companies with attractive federal, state, and local tax incentives; (g)An increase in the pool of trained individuals in the trades; (h)A vehicle for the return of previously dependent individuals to the tax rolls; (i)A boost in interagency and public-private agreements which would provide efficiency and economy in mounting local homeless initiatives; and (j)A magnet for new private and federal funding.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The proposed pilot would yield the following measurable outcomes: (a)Homeless clients receiving and completing training; (b)Wages paid at program entry and at completion; (c)Wage increments; (d)Elimination of significant non-training related problems that contribute to homelessness; (e)Number of pilot project participants securing long term transitional or permanent housing; (f)Number of structures rehabilitated; (g)Accrued contribution of taxable structures to the local jurisdiction; (h)Return on investment(per person, per structure); (i)Dollars leveraged as a result of the project; and (j)New private or public funding resulting from the private-public venture.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$1,000,000
Total cost of the project:		$1,000,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations and Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?				Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?				No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?				No
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?				No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?				No
Is there a documented need for this project?				Yes
	Documentation:	Broward County Homeless Continuum of Care Needs Assessment for FY 1999
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?				No