Daytona Times - May 01, 2014

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YEAR 39 NO. 18

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Sign up for Section 8 in New Smyrna without waiting in long line BY ASHLEY D. THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES aysheldarcel@gmail.com

From June 8-15, the Section 8 online pre-application for the New Smyrna Beach Housing Authority will be available for those interested in applying. There will be no pre-applications accepted before or after these dates. Section 8 is a government program that dates back to the Housing Act of 1937 available to low-income tenants. The most popular program is the voucher choice program, which will pay either a portion of the tenant’s rent or all of the tenant’s rent depending on the individual tenant’s financial situation.

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SunRail was to pick up its first official passenger at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday from the DeBary station.

SunRail service starts this week The commuter rail system, which travels from DeBary to Orlando, will be free until May 16. BY ASHLEY D. THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES aysheldarcel@gmail.com

The long-awaited SunRail commuter rail system was scheduled to begin regular service on Thursday, May 1. Commuters will have the opportunity to ride for free for the first two weeks until May 16. The free service is designed to allow passengers to experience the comfort and ease of commuting on SunRail, and become familiar with SunRail schedules. The grand opening celebration held Wednesday to debut SunRail has been deemed a success. “Everything went great today. Everything went as planned and we were even ahead of schedule,” said Please see SUNRAIL, Page 3

Section 8 accepts applications for just a short time every few years. Brian Clark, executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of New Smyrna Beach (NSBHA) says that the weeklong pre-application period will last for one week. Pre-applications are only accepted online at the Housing Authority’s website, www.newsmyrnahousing.com. “We like to recommend that people who are handicapped, disabled or Internetchallenged organize with local libraries to get them to help,” Clark said, who manages the operations of the Housing Authority under U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) directives. “The wait list will be open for the week and during that time, 24 hours a day, folks can fill out a pre-application.” The application process will be open the morning of June 8 and close at midnight on June 15. Clark added that filling out multiple applications would not give an applicant or a family a better chance at being selected by the system. “We take those (the applications) and remove the personal information and give them a numerical reference and then out of that reference we have a third company randomize and select the recipients,” Clark continued. For instance, if 8,000 families apply for the program and 6,000 families meet the eligibility requirements, the entire 6,000 will be put through the third party system that will randomly choose who will receive a voucher. The number of available vouchers has not been finalized.

Different approach

Spectators wait for one of the many ceremonies held Wednesday at each station.

“What we’ve seen is that in the past is that folks tend to think they are first-come, first-serve,” Clark added. “The Section 8 vouchers are so sought after; we’ve seen people lining up weeks and weeks in adPlease see SECTION 8, Page 2

B-CU, INROADS partner for corporate development program FROM STAFF REPORTS

Calvin Stafford, 19, always knew he wanted to be an accountant but had no idea how he would get a job in the corporate arena. “I plan to get my CPA, and all of that is great. But I really had no plan on how to get an internship in a Fortune 500 company,” the Atlanta native said. A new partnership between Bethune-Cookman University and INROADS, a national organization that prepares college students for corporate careers, will aid Stafford and others to get their foot in the door. The Bethune-Cookman University Corporate Development (BCUCD)/INROADS program will build requisite skills and qualifications of sophomores, ju-

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niors and seniors so that they are competitive and successful as they enter the workforce.

22 selected Since February, 40 of B-CU’s best and brightest students began the interview process for consideration to be a part of the inaugural cohort of the BCUCD/ INROADS initiative. To date, 22 students have been selected to represent Bethune-Cookman in this partnership. INROADS was founded in 1970 by the late Frank C. Carr. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s landmark “I Have a Dream” speech, Carr quit his executivelevel corporate day job and committed to taking swift and decisive action to increase ethnically

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President Edison Jackson (center) stands with 22 students who have been selected to to be a part of the inaugural cohort of the BCUCD/ INROADS initiative. diverse employees in corporate management in the U.S., and to help change the way these candidates gained entry into the business world.

International organization Carr launched INROADS in his hometown of Chicago with just 25 college student Interns and

17 sponsoring corporations. Today, INROADS is an international organization with over 35 offices serving nearly 2,000 interns at Please see INROADS, Page 2

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