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Home My WebLink About2024 - ODI Annual Report Filed in Clerk's Office Bianca Tirado City Clerk,South Bend, IN 2024ReportAnnual City of South Bend DIt' , , • \'<</ • et Office of Diversity & Inclusion - • \// Nolsc\- City of South Bend Indiana c�lion circ'e C2 a., workplace - together friends ■ C, CZ relation relationship versIcu ethnic lii oW Es, decent communitinteqration company = o ulation g � j c3 p p i grants indigenous group culture reli sous respect . racial — 9 Pam_ Yg c� co different ovariationg3, identitg aU_. ._ i osoK33 c=, c2- ethnicitg arit . o = ' demographics :175—i-eil • lifest le p g = happiness g voice > a z pp . business E g SOcidl ideologies City of South Bend Indiana • Background on ODCI • Mission and Vision Statements Contents • 2024 Accomplishments/Highlights • Internal Staffing Updates • 2025 Projected Activities & Goals City of South Bend : * : Indiana ., : Background Disparity Study In response to the 2020 disparity study, the City of South Bend identified areas where city spending could improve in utilization and spending with minority and women-owned business enterprises. Consequently, the Office of Diversity, Compliance and Inclusion prioritized their efforts, starting with Public Works projects. The disparity study pinpointed specific NAICS codes and helped the city set weighted goals to encourage prime contractors to utilize more minority and women-owned business enterprises. City of South Bend Indiana ' �' Mission Statement Mission We provide access to tools and resources that foster inclusive workplaces, workforces, communities, and city procurement opportunities. We deliver inclusive policy infrastructure, and public/ private program partnerships that expand access to talent pools, enforce fair and equitable employment, housing, public accommodations, education practices, and assist in fostering vibrant and inclusive city economies. City of South Bend Indiana ,on Vision Statement Our Vision is for South Bend to be an open, connected community where everyone can thrive regardless of background, well known as a place where talent meets purpose in pursuit of shared goals. At our core, our Values in our administration and in our community are: • Inclusion- reflect, support and develop the community we serve in opportunity, access, and decision making • Empowerment- encourage a culture of contribution to create a safe, health, and meaningful life in South Bend • Excellence- be the best in Indiana or in the 25% nationally for major area service delivery and resident well-being • Accountability- be transparent stewards of government resources and hold one another to high standard of respect and support of our community • Innovation- deliver better services more efficiently and developing the best ideas through creativity, inquiry, and evidence to continually improve City of South Bend Indiana •�� MWBE Certified Spend • The City's spend with minority and women owned business enterprises in 2024 was over $14,700,000. This was an increase of $2,000,000 **from what was spent with minority and women owned businesses in 2023. ($12,000,000)** * • MWBE(certified) spend in 2024 was $7,421,461. Although a number of our minority and women owned businesses are not yet certified, the City spent $5,144,541 with these businesses in 2024. • The Office of Diversity & Inclusion continues to encourage all minority and women owned businesses who are included in the City's spend to become certified. City of South Bend Indiana DFO 7,858,292 B2G 3,724,877 MLK DC 3,138.318 $14,721 ,387 City of South Bend } - Indiana Accomplishments Increase • In 2024, the number of certified Minority and Women Business Enterprises totaled 55, which is an increase from a total of 44 in 2023. • The City spend included approximately 106 minority/and or women owned businesses in 2024. (72 in 2023) • Assisted in increasing the number of certified businesses by holding three cohorts for Certification sessions. These sessions were held in March, June, and September of 2024, and were very successful with 69 participants engaging in the training, of which 15% became certified. Sessions will be held on a quarterly basis to increase MWBE capacity. City of South Bend Indiana Accomplishments Cont' d Small Business Assistance Suite (B-Suite) The Office of Diversity & Inclusion in partnership with IMPower, was able to strengthen partnerships, stabilize operations, implement key process improvements, and lay the groundwork for more consistent, high quality service delivery within the Small Business Suite Program and provided the following in 2024: • Participants served 75 (49 completed,26 in progress) • Total Coaching Hours Administered 193 • Tax Vouchers Administered 2 • Bookkeeping Vouchers Administered 16 • Legal Vouchers Administered 16 City of South Bend Indiana �� 2024 Performance Highlights Program Reach: o Served 75 participants Participant Demographics: ./ Over 90% minority representation 50% women representation Service Delivery: / 193 total coaching hours delivered S� Professional Service Vouchers Distributed: a • 16 Bookkeeping vouchers 1 C,s 16 Legal vouchers 2 Tax vouchers City of South Bend Indiana Participant Engagement & Feedback "The experience was overall amazing and "This one program set my business up to have its helpful... I have doubled my sales." most profitable year yet in 2024... I hope that - NeKisha Roberson every new business owner utilizes this service. have benefited so much from it. Thank you!" "The B Suite was an absolute blessing and Leroy -Felicia Seals Buchanan King went above and beyond to not only inform but he also inspired and encouraged and "This was the MOST tiring and exhausting step to motivated me to just go for it." figure out and if it wasn't for the B Suite -Corry Coleman (also became a certified MBE) seriously don't know where we'd be." -Kamika Perry (also became a certified MBE) City of South Bend Indiana Partnerships 2024 ODCI was invited to participate as presenters at several events. • SPARK Business Accelerator icm«sue-...-* • South Bend Entrepreneurial Adversity Program (SBEAP) - ,,- A FA Thank you! • Women's Entrepreneurial Summit - , • NDU Center for Social Concerns .; v - • IDEA Week x • Reparatory Justice Commission • St. Joseph County Public Library .. ..., „ • Intercultural Relationship Institute's Thought WEDNESDAY MAY22 # 5:3Dpm EDT Leadership Conference 'illSPEAKER ` t:444 .' • Indiana Black Expo Black Business Training Institute _: • NIMBAen �. � • NDU Procurement Team tk At. • WSBT Hometown Living City of South Bend Indiana 2025 Planned Enhancements - • Introduction of topic-specific workshops • Enhance networking events such as The Prime & Sub ConnectIL_ • - & Community Conversations with ODCI • Implementation of new KPIs aligned with Mayor's Office objectives Grovving . Strengthen participant follow-up protocols, by allowing 41124irW likellb Nbfr continued engagement with business coaches. . Enhance performance measurement systems • Optimize resource allocation across service categories City of South Bend Indiana 2025 Planned Enhancements Cont' d • Assist with focusing on building a culturally competent and inclusive workforce within the city's departments. • Provide training, resources, and , co,�, strategies to improve diversity and inclusion. [Executive Order No. c�01-2016] *111:4°? w. ,� co • Aim to support departments in assessing and implementing Diversity and Inclusion strategies. City of South Bend Indiana Focused on increasing the participation • of Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) lie and Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) in city contracts by 5% 2025 Supplier • Provides guidance and resources to help I these businesses navigate procurement Diversity . . . processes. Goals Providing quarterly networking ♦ , opportunities for Prime contractors '••, and subcontractors to connect and build relationships. fi) City of South Bend Indiana Staffing • The Office of Diversity & • Michael Szymanski is Contract Inclusion had one staffing Compliance Administrator and is change (Contract Compliance responsible for assigning goals to g p Public Works'.projects for the Administrator) in 2024 and is inclusion of minority and women now staffed with the following: owned businesses, as well as monitors certified MWBE inclusion. • Bianca Jones is the Manager of our • Cynthia Simmons-Taylor, a 28- Inclusion Project, and she organizes year City employee is the programing, partnerships, Officer of Diversity, Com liance certification and other education p and outreach efforts to build out & Inclusion and oversees the our eco system. department. City of South Bend Indiana ��• Objective & Policy • Our objective is to promote • South Bend's policy is to equal opportunity for minority ensure nondiscrimination in and women-owned business, the award and administration including small local and of City contracts and to take emerging businesses (SLEBE), affirmative steps to address and to encourage utilization p of such businesses in City past discrimination by creating contracting and procurement a level playing field on which by helping to remove the underutilized minority and barriers to the participation of women business enterprises underutilized minority and can compete fairly for City women business enterprises. contracts. ,„ City of South Bend Indiana -a CONCLUSION • Office of Diversity & - ' 1/ 9 . T Inclusion: The City of South f - Bend's drivingforce continues r - , to be committed to fostering - ` a diverse, compliant, inclusive, and equitable environment. ..; 0 . We believe that supporting Y , `-f , 4 Illtinkli local businesses from various backgrounds is a crucial step \ k:,_ in achieving these goals. Ili* - • -, eit; City of South Bend Indiana