Community Profile

Maryland Baltimore BIP Target Areas

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2008 Housing TypologyShare Unemployed Residents 25 - 64

by Educational Attainment, 2009

The Baltimore Award

Total Living Cities Funding $2.77 million in grants $15 million in program-related investments and commercial debt

Goal: Reconnect low-income Baltimore City residents who are predominantly African American to the regional economy, maximize the linkage between physical and human capital development, and to reinvest in targeted inner-core neighborhoods so that they become regionally competitive, economically diverse, sustainable communities of choice.

The BIP Partnership

State of Maryland

City of Baltimore

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Associated Black CharitiesThe Goldseker Foundation

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative

Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative

Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland Institute College of Art

Central Baltimore PartnershipCentral Maryland Transportation Alliance

East Baltimore Development, Inc

Job Opportunities Task Force

Public College/University

NonprofitPhilanthropic

Community Development Financial Institution

The Reinvestment Fund

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Coordinator

University of BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland- BaltimoreBaltimore City Community College

Baltimore Metropolitan Council

BIP Strategies / Activities

Connecting Low-Income Neighborhood Residents to Family Supporting Employment Neighborhood Pipelines/ Access Points Bridge and Occupational Training

Making Economic Inclusion Business as Usual Capital Investments Anchor Institutions 

Attracting and Deploying Capital for Building Communities and Expanding Opportunity CDFI Capacity Building Aligned Investment in Catalytic Projects Small Business Supports

Aligning and Accelerating Effort to Achieve Durable Change Regional and State Initiatives Policy and Systems Change

EBDICBP

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BIP Areas Eligible for CapitalWorkforce Pipeline

Photography by Greg Pease

Connecting to EmploymentCommunity-Based Workforce Pipelines

Photography by Greg Pease

Connecting to Employment Workforce Development PartnersMayor’s Office of Employment Development- WIA System

Greater Homewood / Central Baltimore Partnership- Central Pipeline Partner

East Baltimore Development, Inc- East Pipeline Partner

Job Opportunities Task Force - JumpStart Program- Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training

Episcopal Community Services of Maryland- Construction/Deconstruction Training*

Baltimore Reads- Accelerated GED Preparation

The Caroline Center- CNA, GNA, and Pharmacy Technicians

*For individuals transitioning from incarceration**Funded by Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaboration***For participating employees at MICA and JHU

St. Vincent de Paul**- Culinary / Food Preparation

Humanim- Retail/Hospitality

Biotechnical Institute of Maryland- Laboratory Associate

Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare- Career Coaching at Anchor Institutions***

Attracting and Deploying CapitalTRF Profile

Real Estate Development

Policy & Information Services

Business Lines

Lending & Investing

$1 billion in cumulative investments and loans throughout the mid-Atlantic

Currently manages $700 million in capital, with nearly 830 investors PolicyMap

The Reinvestment Fund builds wealth and opportunity for low-income people and places

through the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible development.

Attracting and Deploying CapitalGoals and Screening

1. Create short or long term employment opportunities2. Offer opportunities residents / employees to build equity 3. Increase/improve neighborhood amenities and services to create opportunity

and deliver tangible benefits;4. Make improvements to community conditions by addressing blight and vacant

property through new construction and/or rehabilitation of existing uses based on a community plan or through demonstrated community support

**Projects Must Meet 2 of 4 Criteria

BIP Catalytic Project Screening Criteria

Economic Inclusion Goals

1. Local workforce goals for residential (20%) and commercial (15%) construction.

2. Contracting goals for African American Businesses (27%).3. First source hiring for open construction and permanent positions.

Attracting and Deploying Capital for Building Communities and Expanding Opportunity

Attracting and Deploying Capital

Photography by Greg Pease

Telesis - Barclay

Lillian Jones – Johnston Square

Mi Casa – Johnston Square

The Chesapeake – Station North

Economic InclusionAnchor Institutions

Anchor Institutions influence the BIP Target Areas Eastside (JHH) Central Baltimore (UB, MICA, and JHU) Westside (UMB, Coppin, Bon Secours).

Opportunity: Build on proximity of these institutions as influencing agents in the target areas for the revitalization and the workforce development opportunities that they may offer particularly through: Local hiring practices Procurement activities (local small /minority businesses) Capital investments (both revitalization and job opportunities)

Making Economic Inclusion Business as Usual

Baltimore City Eds/Meds Anchor Institutions

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Over the last 40 years, Baltimore City’s share of job opportunities has declined while suburban Baltimore and DC have grown considerably.

Aligning and Accelerating EffortPartnering to Broaden Application of Ideas

Sustainable and Equitable Economic Development Initiative

Baltimore Sustainable Communities Initiative

Baltimore IntegrationPartnership

Partner Policy & System Changes

CDFI serving Baltimore for Redevelopment Financing Employ Baltimore Executive Order Maryland Department of Transportation’s 0.5% ($1 million in workforce funding) MD DHCD New Sustainable Communities Requirements JHU Economic Inclusion Policies EARN Legislation ($4.5 million in workforce funding)

Ban the Box Legislation Ease Drivers Restrictions for Adults New Microenterprise Lending Train Baltimore Baltimore City Lets Get to Work Initiative Anchor Local Hiring/Purchasing Practices

Completed and Ongoing Policy and System Work

Other Key Developments CDFI Roundtable Baltimore City Anchor Plan – In Progress BRIDGE Workforce Development – In Progress Study of Anchor Food Sector – In Progress Small Business Ecosystem Study – In Progress