04-28-14 Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of Directors

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In Recommendation #46 of the Northside Plan, City Council directed staff to: Utilize the Three Track Training Program offered by Harris County for Target Area Non-Profit Organizations to mobilize and assist interested partners, including non-profit organizations, to develop more community engagement and develop opportunities for workforce development/training. Comments: th 1.After further discussion with the City Council on Saturday, April 12, staff understands that the City envision staff supporting local efforts by volunteers and non-profit organizations by putting them in touch with training programs and resources that will enable them to be successful. 2.Three Track Training Program 3.However the Community Development Department of Harris County recommends working with an organization called the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) of Greater Houston 4.The LISC is the largest community development organization in the nation, which focuses on a more comprehensive community development model to build a sustainable community. 5.The LISC takes a collaborative approach to helping neighbors build communities and offers financial resources (loans, grants), technical assistance (consulting), and relationships with local and national policymakers to local community development corporations. 6.The LISC takes a resident-led approach to comprehensive community development. Since 1989, the LISC and its affiliates have invested over $187 million in Houston, with an additional $443 million leveraged. 7.The Community Development Department at Harris County also recommends that we consider a Technical Assistance & Capacity Building 8.Go to www.lisc.org/houston/about_us/index.php for more information. 9.If the Council wishes to investigate a partnership with the LISC further, then please consider authorizing staff to meet with the LISC staff to determine the needs for a working relationship.