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  2005 CAPER
    Executive Summary
    Introduction
      What's in the CAPER
      Public Participation
      Summary of
      Accomplishments
      Administration
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        Inspections
        Institutional
        Structure and
        Cooperation
        Pursuing Additional
        Resources
        Anti-Poverty
        Strategy
  
    Summary of
    Annual Objectives
  
   Affordable Housing
     Outcome Indicators
     Output Measures
     Overview
       City Housing
       Ordinances
       Fair Housing
       Continuum of Care
       Lead Paint
       Public Housing
     Goals, Strategies &
     Funded Activities
       Priority 1:  Produce
       Affordable Housing
       Priority 2:  Promote
       Homeownership and
       Household Mobility
       Priority 3:  Preserve
       and Upgrade the
       Existing Housing
       Stock
       Priority 4:  Protect
       the Vulnerable
       Priority 5:  Press
       Regional Solutions
       to Housing Issues
  
   Economic Development
     Outcome Indicators
     Outputs
     Overview
       Technical Assistance
       Tax Incentives
       Refugee and DBE
       Businesses
       Major Development
       Projects
     Goals, Strategies &
     Funded Activities
       Priority 1: A Strong
       and Vital Downtown 
       Priority 2:
       Waterfront
       Priority 3: North
       Street and Other
       Neighborhood
       Activity Centers
       Priority 4: South End
       Arts & Business
       District (Enterprise
       Zone)
       Priority 5: Intervale
       Priority 6: Growth
       and Development of
       Locally-Owned
       Businesses
       Priority 7:
       Brownfield
       Redevelopment
       Priority 8: Equal
       Opportunity /
       Livable Wage /
       Child Care 
       Priority 9: 
       Transportation
       Priority 10:
       Targeted Industries
       Priority 11:
       Cooperative
       Relationships
  
   Social Services
     Outcome Indicators
     Output Measures
     Overview
       Homelessness and
       Housing Retention
       Food Security
       Seniors and People
       with Disabilities
       Early
       Childhood/Childcare
       Health and Public
       Safety
       Youth After School &
       Summer
       Recreational
       Programming
     Goals, Strategies &
     Funded Activities
       Priority 1: Basic
       Services
       Priority 2: Families
       and Youth
       Priority 3: Seniors
       and People with
       Disabilities
       Priority 4: Equal
       Access / Civil and
       Human Rights
       Priority 5: Health,
       Prevention, Public
       Safety and Quality
       of Life
  
   Neighborhood
   Development 
     Outcome Indicators
     Output Measures
     Overview
     Goals, Strategies &
     Funded Activities
       Priority 1:
       Neighborhood
       Infrastructure and
       Public Facilities
       Priority 2:
       Environmental
       Quality
       Priority 3:
       Waterfront
  
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2005 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report
Economic Development Goals, Strategies and Funded Activities

Priority 8: Targeted Strategies - Equal Opportunity / Livable Wage / Child Care

Goal: Quality employment supports and opportunities are available for those who are traditionally underserved, and workers are earning a livable wage.

Five-Year Focus:

  • Support businesses which provide livable wage jobs. 
  • Encourage the development of livable wage programs. 
  • Maintain and strengthen efforts in the field of women's economic opportunity. 
    • Support the Women's Small Business Program. 
  • Support the startup and expansion of immigrant and refugee owned businesses and the Vermont Refugee Microenterprise Program operated by the Micro Business Program. 
  • Support programs to assist non-college bound youth. 
  • Work to establish and support innovative programs (such as ReCycle North and the Good News Garage) for job training and adult education, targeted to the resident population most in need. 
  • Encourage state agencies to eliminate disincentives such as loss of benefits for those entering the workforce from public assistance programs. 
  • Upgrade transportation services for low-income residents. 
    • Improve transportation connections between areas where low-income residents live and areas where jobs exist. 
    • Support the Good News Garage in its efforts to provide affordable vehicles and rideshare alternatives for low-income residents. 
    • Encourage coordination of the myriad of transportation services currently being offered and ensure outreach to make sure the services are reaching those in need. 
    • Support assistance to the targeted population in obtaining transportation vouchers, coordinating ridesharing, and acting as an advocate on their behalf. 
    • Support expansion of public transportation routes and hours of service. 
    • Support the development of a new Bike Path through the Intervale linking the Old and New North End. 
  • Support and expand quality pre-school and daycare programs for working parents and for parents attending education and training programs. 
    • Make child care more affordable. 
    • Support expansion/strengthening of state funding mechanisms for child care, such as the Early Care and Learning Initiative and increased childcare subsidies. 
    • Support national accreditation of early care and education programs. 
    • Support efforts to increase wages and skills of child care providers. 
    • Encourage on-site childcare. 
    • Explore opportunities to develop group health insurance policies for childcare providers. 
  • Support the efforts of the Vermont Department of Employment & Training to develop new training programs for industry and for businesses in the region. 
  • Work through the Community Outreach Partnership Center and its University of Vermont economic impacts project to expand economic opportunity for Burlington residents.

Annual Action Plan

The City expended Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds on the following projects and programs in program years 2003-05 to further the priority of equal opportunity, livable wages and childcare:

Project Title  Relation to Consolidated Plan Program Year CDBG Funds Expended Other Funds Leveraged Projected Accomplishments Actual Accomplishments

Bike Recycle Vermont

Repair donated bicycles and give them to low-income residents, including refugees

 2005 $200 $5,195 Provide repaired donated bicycles to 75 low-income residents Cancelled
             
Burlington Children’s Space Provide quality, affordable childcare for low and moderate income families through a sliding tuition scale 2003 $6,000 $538,890 Serve 55 children 56 children served
2004 $6,000 $581,942 Serve 55 children 52 children served
2005 $5,500 $353,572 Serve 55 children 53 children served
             
Burlington Sustainable Economic Development Strategies General financial and technical assistance to small and large businesses; targeted assistance to employers with livable wage jobs and to businesses playing a key role to downtown vitality; development of affordable space for small and micro businesses; waterfront development; and redevelopment of vacant or abandoned property 2003 $96,351 $17,945,000 Participate in employer roundtables on workforce training and identify 2 new training programs for livable wage jobs Co-facilitated DET Community Resource Center meetings, expanded to include UVM

Helped organize focus group on IT needs

Organized Chief Information Officers Assoc. meeting

VTHITEC established training program for hospital technology needs
2004

$110,328

$30,400,000

Participate in employer roundtables on workforce training and identify 2 new training programs for livable wage jobs

Participated in DET community meetings

Helped to support/establish 2 new training programs: Aviation Training Center and Information Technology Apprenticeship Readiness slots at Dealer.com
2005 $127,190 $42,148,973 Participate in employer roundtables on workforce training and identify 2 new training programs for livable wage jobs 3 training programs established
             
Business Financing & Technical Assistance Promote economic independence for entrepreneurs by providing them technical assistance and access to capital to start or expand their businesses

2003

 $100,401 $2,315,000 Provide information, financing and/or technical assistance to 140 people 210 people assisted
Help to start 17 new businesses and retain/expand 8 businesses 17 new business start-ups and 11 retained/expanded
Create/retain 44 jobs Created/retained 63 ½ FTE jobs
Maintain the Commercial Space database Requests for the database average 8-15 per month
Update Guide to Doing Business in Burlington Updated and now includes a cd/web version with government forms, planning templates and financial spreadsheets
Assist refugee entrepreneurs Assisted 10 refugees
2004

$183,462

$330,006

 Provide information, financing and/or technical assistance to 160 people    169 people assisted  
Help start 12 new businesses and retain/expand 10 businesses 9 new business start-ups and 17 retained/expanded
Create/retain 60 jobs 183 jobs created/retained
Maintain the Commercial Space database Updated monthly, averaging 12 requests per month
Distribute Guide to Doing Business in Burlington Available on disc (around 350 distributed) and online
Assist refugee entrepreneurs Provided technical assistance to10 refugees
2005 $107,892 $182,900 Provide information, financing and/or technical assistance to 160 people 251 people assisted
Help start 12 new businesses and retain/expand 10 businesses 12 new business start-ups and 15 retained/expanded
Create/retain 60 jobs 96 jobs created/retained
Maintain the Commercial Space database Responded to 144 requests for information
Distribute Guide to Doing Business in Burlington Updated guide and distributed 1,300 copies (plus internet available)
Assist refugee entrepreneurs 11 refugee entrepreneurs assisted
             
Good News Garage Construct a new facility at the former Vermont Transit Bus Barns site

2003

 $15,000 $1,809,830 1 new facility 11,000 sq. ft. facility completed
Create 2 jobs 2 jobs created
             
Lund Child Care Program Childcare and preschool for low-income families at the Lund Family Center 2003 $5,500 $279,150 Serve 20 children 33 children served
2004 $5,500 $324,638 Serve 53 children 44 children served
             
King Street Kids Are Kids (Melting Pot) Childcare and early childhood education programming for children of low and moderate income parents who are working or in school 2003 $4,000 $75,000 Serve 17 children 19 children served
2004 $4,000 $79,000 Serve 17 children 16 children served
2005 $3,969 $80,000 Serve 17 children 15 children served
             
ReCycle North Facility Renovation Provide employment and training to homeless individuals and others in transition, reduce the amount of reusable and repairable household items dumped in landfills and make vital household goods available to low-income residents 2003 $0 $0 Facility improvements to increase materials handling and processing space Facility improvement postponed until next program year
Increase reuse sales by 14%
Create 2 jobs
Train 30 homeless, welfare t0 work and other disadvantaged residents in computer hardware / networking skills
Sell over $1 million and give $68,000 in recycled goods annually

2004

2005

 $3,695 $14,997

Leased new space, renovated and fitted up
             
Women’s Small Business Program Foster economic independence by giving women the skills needed for entrepreneurial success 2003 $10,000 $54,087 Provide technical assistance to 8 entrepreneurs 13 low-mod entrepreneurs assisted
Create/retain 3 jobs Created 5 FTE jobs
2004 $10,000 $46,000 Provide training to 32 entrepreneurs 31 entrepreneurs assisted (20 low/mod)
2005 $10,000 $54,000 Provide training to 8 low/mod entrepreneurs 13 low/mod entrepreneurs trained
11 business start-ups/businesses revitalized 19 businesses started/planned/revitalized
             
YouthBuild Build and rehabilitate affordable housing while training and educating at-risk and out-of-school youth 2003 $5,034 $2,957 Create/rehab 2 units Rehabbed 1 unit
Train 20 youth Trained 14 youth
2004 $10,513 $34,145 Create/rehab 1 unit Construction underway
Train 8 youth 8 youth trained
2005 $49,487 $81,500 Create/rehab 2 units Construction complete at 24 Volz St.
Train 13 youth 13 youth trained
             
 
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