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FY 2008 WEED AND SEED COMMUNITIES APPLICATION ~.~~; ~. ~ ~-~ ,,~- ~. GANG ENFORCEMENT GRANT -Partnership with U.S. Department of Justice. Project Safe Neighborhood Violent Gang and Drug Reduction Grant that targets suspects thata are involved in gang and drug activity in South Bend. Gang Unit will be supplied with the necessary technology and software to identify, track, map and target gang, drug and weapon crimes. Grant amount of $21,000. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION GRANT -Partnership with U.S. Department of Justice. Project Safe Neighborhood's Violent Drug and Gang Crime Reduction Grant that targets drug houses and dealers, gang activity, firearm reduction and felons wanted on warrant. Grant for $33,600. GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANT -Partnership with Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Funds to train South Bend Police Officers in Gang Resistance and Education and provide anti-gang education to youth at participating South Bend Community School Corp. intermediate and elementary schools. Grant for $60,000. State Partnerships/Collaboration: Local PartnershieslCollaboration: ^ SOUTH BEND POLICE YOUTH PROGRAM -Funded by the City of South Bend to partner with several SB schools, neighborhood centers, faith based organizations and Parks Department Facilities to create a safe and educational alternative to South Bend's .youth after school as well as throughout the summer. The program is both education and recreational in nature, run by police officers to create a positive LE and youth relationship as well as the fostering and development of good citizens. Grants for $90,000. ^ SOUTH BEND POLICE EXPLORERS- city-wide program to pair South Bend's youth with Police Officers to learn how to become good citizens, learn about LE as a career, and foster positive relationships between our communities youth and LE. ^ NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION ACTIVITES -Partnership with Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc and South Bend Heritage Foundation. These Community Development Corporations work to rehabilitate homes and revitalize neighborhoods (work is done within the proposed area). These organizations are partnering with the City of South Bend to implement a component of the City's Vacant and Abandoned Housing Strategy. • SOUTH BEND HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SBHIP) and REAL Services- SBHIP provides assistance for home repairs, such as roof, furnace, electrical or plumbing. The SBHIP also helps with exterior structural repairs that will make a positive impact on the neighborhood. The SBHIP provides either a grant or a loan/grant combination to make needed repairs. Eligibility for assistance is based upon total household income. SBHIP will be a supportive element to REAL Services request to seek a grant to finance the assessment and development of a program plan for supportive service to the older population "aging in place". ^ REWARD PROGRAM -Partnership with Housing Development Corporation (HDC). Real Effort Wins Affordable Residential Dwellings is a training program to prepare people for home ownership. The REWARD program's goal is to enable all of its clients to purchase a home and successfully meet all their financial obligations. This would be accomplished through training sessions and personal counseling appointments. HDC partners with CHC, the NNN and SBHF to offer this program to their clients. • MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM -Partnership with Community Homebuyers Corporation (CHC), a consortium of seven local financial institutions pooling their resources to provide mortgage loans for clients who are low to moderate income F:\DATA\SHARE\DPND\Weed&Seed\2008 Application\2008 Application\Final format for application.doc 31