1. The Promotion of Welfare Employment Resources (POWER) project was developed by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a community development corporation in Wiscasset, Maine partnered with Employment Trust Inc (ETI) to create 92 new, permanent, high quality jobs for low-income people. CEI's president is Mr. Ronald Phillips. The project director is Kathleen Kearney. The POWER project will create a loan pool to assist small business expansion, creating jobs for which POWER participants will be trained to fill. Some 10 to 15 companies will be assisted in this manner, and will have made a commitment to hire low-income participants trained by the POWER project. ETI will use its Managed Work Services "job coaching" method with participants and companies willing to hire them in a unique approach to permanent job placement for people who are difficult to place. ETI's role is to match JOLI participants with newly created jobs and "coach" them into permanent placement by assisting with training, paying wages and benefits while participants are training on-the-job, providing continued training and support, and eventually graduating them into full time hires by the host company. The evaluator for this project is Charles Morris. The grant amount for this project is $500,000 at a cost per job of $5,435.

2. The JOLI project of the Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) of Boston, Massachusetts will take place in several low-income neighborhoods of Boston. JVS is a non-profit, nonsectarian agency that provides employment, training and educational services to residents of Greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. JVS's Executive Director is Ms. Barbara Rosenbaum. The JOLI project will target AFDC recipients and other low-income individuals in these neighborhoods, most of whom are public housing residents, members of racial or ethnic minorities and female heads of households. Some 75 to 90 individuals who are potential entrepreneurs with interests or hobbies that can be converted to microenterprises will be invited to participate in this project. JVS will concentrate its recruitment efforts towards those individuals who are non-exempt, according to new welfare rules in Massachusetts, from losing public assistance after a designated period. Participants will be provided with entrepreneurial training as well as personal skills training, and will be encouraged to join peer lending groups to receive ongoing technical and financial support. It is anticipated that at least five of the new microenterprises developed in this project will create between 18 and 21 additional jobs beyond those of the business owners. With a grant amount of $500,000, the cost per job is estimated to be between $5,555 and $6,667. The evaluator will be Ms. Nancy Nye.

3. The Meaningful Employment Training and Linkages (METAL) project was designed by the Washington County Council on Economic Development (WCCED) of Washington City, Pennsylvania, a community development corporation active in southwestern Pennsylvania. WCCED's executive director, Mr. Malcolm Morgan, will also be the project director for METAL. The METAL project is a collaboration with Community Action Southwest (CAS) to create 120 jobs in the metalworking industry, partly through expansion of 12 metal working companies in southwestern Pennsylvania and partly through microenterprise development. The METAL's project approach will enhance the growth of a specific industrial sector while creating jobs and business opportunities for low-income residents. The project will provide JOLI participants with classroom training as well as metalworking skills and advanced electronics skills needed by the industry as well as the plastics industry, which is also active in the area. Participants will be assisted with job placements, while those who select self-employment will be provided with entrepreneurial training and technical assistance for business start-ups. The grant amount for METAL is $500,000 at an estimated cost per job of $4,166. The evaluator will be Michael Weir, Ph.D., of the Pennsylvania Economy League.

4. Business Enterprise for Section Three (BEST) is a project of Barry Farm Resident Council (BFRC), a community action agency of Washington, DC, whose president, Ms. Dorothea Ferrell, is also executive director of the project. BEST will assist 45 low-income individuals to become self-sufficient small business owners. It is expected that while 15 of these will continue as one-person enterprises beyond the end of the project, 30 will go on to hire as many as 60 additional full time workers, for a project total of 105 new jobs. BEST will provide participants with training and technical assistance in microenterprise development in an incubator setting. This would help sustain fledgling businesses beyond the start-up period and provide ongoing technical assistance. BFRC's partnership agreements for this project has provided a loan pool that will offer loans of $500 to $7,000. Other partnerships will also provide marketing assistance, which BEST considers to be a key to successful new business ventures. The grant amount for this project is $500,000, at a cost per job of $4,762. A third party evaluator will be selected through competitive bid.

5. Project Empowerment is a business expansion and new business project of the Greater Atlanta Small Business Project (GRASP). The executive director is Mr. Maurice Coakley. Project Empowerment will be active in the City of Atlanta's Empowerment Zones, whose populations are largely made up of minorities. In this project, two businesses will be expanded and a third created that will hire participants trained for the newly created jobs. These businesses are in an incubator setting, providing a nurturing environment with long-term management assistance and marketing expertise. GRASP is providing financial assistance for expansion through its loan fund. A key element of the project's expansion plan is the provision of employee ownership through employee stock ownership plans. Project Empowerment's target is to create 117 full time jobs. In addition to training and other support, participants will be provided with lifestyle training. The grant amount for Project Empowerment is $492,274 at a cost per job of $4,207.

6. Women in Highway Construction (WHC) a project of the Kentucky River Foothills Development Council (KRFDC) of Richmond, Kentucky, is a pioneering project that aims to place specially trained women in non-traditional jobs. KRFDC's executive director is Mr. Adriel Woodman. WHC's project director is Ms. Melinda Mershon. While new jobs are being created because of Kentucky's six-year development plan, including highway construction projects, that has spurred the general growth of the construction industry, women's participation rates in these industries has not kept pace. WHC plans to change that by recruiting low-income women from rural areas of western Appalachia and giving them the specialized training needed in highway construction. Women who participate in this project would have shown interest in entering non-traditional jobs as well as demonstrated suitability for highway construction. The training program will include construction skills, apprenticeship, orientation on non-traditional and male-dominated jobs, the social environment, harassment and discrimination. WHC will provide individualized job search for graduates of their training program, and will work with contractors that hire their graduates on discrimination and harassment issues. Some 105 women are expected to complete the training and be employed in highway construction by the end of the grant period. The grant amount is for $496,411, at a cost per job of $4,728. The project will be evaluated by a professor of construction technology at Eastern Kentucky University.

7. The Day Care Entrepreneur Assistance (DCEA) project is a microenterprise development project designed by Lincoln Action Program (LAP) of Lincoln, Nebraska. Ms. Beatty Brasch is the executive director of LAP, a non-profit community action agency active in development projects targeted towards low-income residents of the city of Lincoln and Lancaster and Saunders counties. DCEA's project director is Ms. Gaylene Barstow. DCEA will attempt to create 125 new in-home day care jobs or businesses. At least 350 AFDC recipient families will be recruited and screened to make sure they meet the minimum housing requirements for day care. Technical assistance will be provided to those that qualify to bringing houses up to regulations and to obtain day care licenses. Participants will receive training in day care special skills as well as business training necessary for starting up and sustaining a business. In addition, workshops will be held for participant families on parenting skills. This project's grant amount is $500,000 at a cost per job of $4,000. The evaluator is Dr. Virginia Murphy-Berman.

8. The Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) is a project of the Metropolitan Development Council (MDC) of Tacoma, Washington. MDC's president is Mr. Linsey Hunand, J.D. CEO's project director is Ms. Teresa Lemmons. The CEO project will assist AFDC recipients and other low-income individuals in developing microenterprises or becoming self-employed. At least 300 participants will participate in the project over the three-year project period, with 45 expected to start a business by that time. A further 45 will have achieved self-sufficiency by obtaining jobs as a consequence of the training they received in this project. MDC hopes that of the 45 who start a new business, at least 29 would still be in business after one year. All participants will be provided with entrepreneurial training, specifically in writing a business plan, completing a loan application and in business management. Participants who start up a business will be provided advanced technical assistance as part of the follow up to the project. The grant amount of the project is $499,670 at an average estimated cost per job of $5,552. The evaluator is Dennis McBride, Ph.D. of Puget Sound Research Associates.

9. The Community-based Lead Abatement Demonstration Project (CLAD) is a lead abatement project of the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development of Memphis, Tennessee with a subgrant to United Way of the Mid-South who will administer the project and carry out the training and community education components. The lead abatement component of the project will carry out a needs assessment, testing 1,000 at-risk children and identifying and prioritizing potentially hazardous housing units. Community outreach and education will include reaching 10,000 residences in 25 low-income census tracts in the Memphis area. Two groups of 10 AFDC clients will be trained to make community presentations about lead-paint hazards and abatement, along with a Visiting Nurse Association nurse who will advise and inform 100 families on lead hazards. United Way of the Mid-South will train health care professionals and lead abatement professionals. The project plans to train a total of 15 Licensed Practical Nurses and 80 lead abatement workers, including technicians, risk assessors, supervisors and planners. The JOLI grant amount is $500,000 at an average cost per job of $5,263.

10. The Job Development Initiative (JDI) is a lead abatement and job training project of the Oakland Private Industry Council (OPIC) of Oakland, California. The chief executive officer is Ms. Gay Plair Cobb. JDI will abate 50 housing units in Alameda county, in the process training at least 80 lead abatement workers and supervisors. In addition, OPIC has subcontracted Proteus Inc to provide lead abatement training and job development in three additional Bay Area counties. An additional 39 jobs are expected to be created in this manner. Proteus will also train 66 of OPIC's Alameda county-based participants, for a total of 105 trained lead abatement workers and supervisors. JDI will achieve 50 new jobs in lead abatement and will place 50 additional participants as workers or supervisors with abatement contractors. The JOLI grant amount is $500,000 at a cost per job of $6,250.

11. LEADJOBS is a lead abatement project of the City of Milwaukee Health Department and Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development (LAND) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. LAND's chief executive officer is Mr. Michael Soika. LEADJOBS will train at least 20 low-income individuals in lead abatement to work in low-income neighborhoods in Milwaukee. This project will augment current activities in lead abatement and in community outreach, which involves extensive community education in lead hazards. The OCS grant amount for LEADJOBS is $175,000, at a cost per job of $8,750.

12. The California Lead Hazard Reduction Program is a lead abatement project by the California Department of Economic Opportunity, based in Sacramento, California, and Proteus Inc., based in Visalia, California. Mr. William M. Maguy is the chief executive officer of Proteus. The project plans to improve housing conditions and public health through reduction of lead-paint content in homes of minority and low-income families while improving employment opportunities through skills training and job placement in the same low-income communities. The project will take place in ten low-income neighborhoods, two in Los Angeles, and one each in Humboldt, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Tulare. Up to 90 jobs will be created either as new jobs with existing contractors or as self-employment enterprises in the lead abatement industry. The project also aims to abate 110 dwellings during the project period, ten of which will be used as training demonstrations. The OCS grant amount for this project is $235,305 at $2,615 per job.

13. A Community-based Lead Abatement Demonstration Project will be undertaken by the Chicago Department of Health (CDOH) and Bethel New Life Inc. (BNL) in Chicago, Illinois. The project will develop a lead-abatement business, train lead abatement workers, and provide jobs in the lead abatement industry. At least 80 residents of low-income neighborhoods will be trained and provided with pre-employment training and support services. A minimum of 25 new jobs will be created. BNL will assist prospective lead-abatement contractors in microbusiness development so they can hire project trainees. This project also aims to abate 110 dwellings during its term, using ten of them as training demonstration models. The OCS grant amount is $350,000, at a cost per job of $14,000.

14. Get the Lead Out (GLO) is a lead abatement project of the Missoula Housing Authority and Women's Opportunity and Resource Development (WORD) of Missoula, Montana. Ms. Barbara Riley is chairperson of WORD's Board of Directors. GLO will take an unconventional approach, aiming to train at least 10 low-income women in lead abatement professions, leading to jobs or creation of their own businesses in lead abatement. In order to achieve this, WORD will work to provide support for participants to overcome barriers and prejudices to working in untraditional jobs, and to overcome employer reluctance to hire women in such jobs. GLO will also work on raising public awareness of lead hazard and provide microbusinesses willing to hire abatement project trainees with technical assistance. GLO plans to abate 20 dwellings during the term of the project in addition to 36 others that will be used as abatement demonstrations. The OCS grant amount is $175,000, at a cost per job of $17,500.