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ISAAC Issues Convention Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 6:30-9:30 p.m. St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Faith & Democracy in Action! April 2008 ISAAC Newsletter Health Care Campaign Underway!
Nurse-Family Partnership Funding Re-instated!
Workforce Development Funding Won!New local construction trades pre-apprenticeships are now being funded by the Michigan Department of Transportation, for minorities, women and people with low incomes! Gamaliel of Michigan affiliates, including ISAAC, worked for this outcome for two years. Locally, the Kalamazoo County Poverty Reduction Initiative and ISAAC, with numerous other partners, co-convened the Southwest Michigan Regional Workforce Development Project to guide the local recruitment and training. Funding has been approved and recruitment and testing for the training has begun. The initial 5-week training is scheduled to begin in mid-April--a first step on a skilled trades career path. Kalamazoo River Clean-up Coalition Progress MadeAn unprecedented meeting was held with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to discuss the draft of the remedial investigation report for the Portage Creek/Allied Disposal Site. The EPA committed to connect the Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition with the Redevelopment Coordinator regarding plans for returning the site to productive use. This is remarkable because the EPA is only required to clean up the site, not return it to use. ISAAC United Region Task Force leaders have been active members of the Coalition for the past year, working for the conversion of creek and river brownfields into productive, people-friendly use.
Friends of Transit Progress Made
Inclusionary Housing & “Housing First” Progress MadeISAAC brought David Rusk, national expert on Inclusionary Housing, to talk with local officials last May, and is getting his message out: “Some of the nation’s biggest builders know they can make money at this [including a modest percentage of low-price units within market-rate developments]. Even in a soft market this can work, when there’s a rezoning, for example.” The ISAAC Housing Task Force is also working with the LISC Affordable Housing Partnership to increase our community’s commitment to “Housing First”, the rapid placement of homeless people into permanent housing—which not only improves their lives but saves taxpayer money spent on emergency rooms and nursing homes. |
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