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AUSTIN COMING TOGETHER

January 25, 2017

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Austin Weekly News, January 25, 2017

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“Thank You” from Austin Coming Together ACT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers

Sharif Walker, Chair Program Director, After School Matters

Jacob Lesniewski, Secretary

Assistant Professor, Dominican University Graduate School of Social Work

Ruth Kimble, Vice-Chair

Jack Macnamara, Treasurer

Executive Director, Austin Childcare Provider’s Network

Visiting Scholar, Center For Urban Research And Learning

Directors Reverend Reginald E. Bachus

Sharon Morgan

Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church

Director, Graduate Support & Community Outreach, Catalyst Schools, Circle Rock Charter

Dawn Ferencak Associate Publisher, Austin Weekly News

Mildred Wiley

Tenisha Jones

Community Organizer, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (Founding Board Chair)

Director of Education, Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corp

Reginald Little

Deborah Williams Senior Consultant, DW Provision Consulting Services

Consumer Loan Officer, ABC Bank

Larry Williams Broker, State Farm Insurance

ACT Member Organizations Academy of Scholastic Achievement American Red Cross ABC Bank

Circle Urban Ministries

KIPP Create

Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest

Literacy Works

Sarah’s Inn

Loretto Hospital

St. Anthony’s Hospital

Manufacturing Renaissance

St. Leonard’s Ministries

Mary Shyrese Daycare

Teach for America

Christ the King Jesuit College Prep

Austin Childcare Providers’ Network

Dominican University

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Erikson Institute

Banner Schools Be Strong Families

First Institute Training and Management

Because I Care

Friendship Baptist Church

BUILD, Inc.

Friendship Community Development Corporation

By the Hand Club Channing’s Child Care Chicago Community Loan Fund

First United Church of Oak Park Gone Again Travel I.C. Stars

Central Austin Neighborhood Association

Inspiration Corporation

Chicago Children’s Choir

Institute for Nonviolence Chicago

Chicago Jesuit Academy

Jane Addams Resource Corporation

ChildServ Church on the Block

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New Moms

The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership

Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry

The Peace Corner Youth Center

Oak Park Regional Housing Center

Valerie Leonard Inc.

Positive Attitudes, Inc.

Westside Health Authority

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Pyramid Players Productions

Worldvision

Prevention Partnership

Youth Guidance

Project Exploration Rape Victim Advocates Safer Foundation

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Austin Weekly News, January 25, 2017

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Welcome to Austin

ver the past 6 years, Austin Coming Together (ACT) has grown from a small network of 20 member organizations, to over 70 entities that are committed to building a thriving Austin community. ACT’s membership includes local organizations, like the Westside Health Authority and the Austin Childcare Providers’ Network, historical religious institutions like Friendship Baptist Church, and other groups that help to bring resources to Austin’s families and institutions. ACT’s mission is to convene and coordinate all of our members, so that together, we can increase our collective impact on EDUCATION and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT outcomes in the Austin community.

In April we’ll be reporting on the impact that our members had in 2016, as part of our Thrive 2025 agenda. In this issue, we are reporting on what our goals were for 2016, as well as our ten-year goals for the year 2025 (see next page).

Additionally, in 2017 we look forward to engaging more community leaders than ever. Thanks to a new partnership with LISC Chicago, and our ongoing support from the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, ACT will engage hundreds of community members in making a Quality of Life Plan to help us achieve our Thrive 2025 goals. Please Join us along the way to help us make big plans for Austin, to hold ACT and our members accountable, and to build power in the Austin community so that we can achieve great things together.

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INCREASE 3RD GRADE READING LEVELS Population trends indicate that, by 2025, there will be between 4,000 and 4,500 children under the age of 5 in the Austin community. Our goal is to ensure that at least 90% of these children access quality early learning programs so that by 3rd grade, they will be reading proficiently and ready for educational success.

In order to increase the number of 3rd graders reading proficiently, we will 1) increase access to childcare, preschool, and other early learning programs 2) increase the number of childcare centers, homes, and preschool programs that are high quality

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f$ = 200 Enrollments Goal for 2016: 390 enrollments Goal for 2025: 3900 enrollments

DECREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT Unemployment rates in Austin consistently hover around 20%, almost twice the citywide unemployment rate. Our goal is decrease this rate by preparing Austin's workers for living wage work.

In order to reach our goal, ACT members will increase access for Austin residents to quality job training programs and employment opportunities.

ACT, our members, and partners will also need to create new jobs in the community in order to support 500 Austin residents attain living wage work by 2025.

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Goal for 2016 : 20 residents supported to attain living wage work Goal for 2025 : 500 residents supported to attain living wage work

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DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME In 2015, Austin's violent crime rate was 1,771 (1,771 crimes per 100,000 people. Our goal is to decrease this rate significantly by 2025 by fostering a culture and norms that promote unity, peace, and nonviolence.

In order to reach our goal, community members young and old need spaces where they can come together to resolve conflicts, restore relationships, and heal.

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Goals for 2016 : 30 conversations

Goals for 2025 : 365 conversations

INCREASE HOUSING VALUES Over the past 10 years, housing values in Austin have been decimated because of foreclosures and abandonment. Our goal is to reverse this trend and stabilize the housing market in Austin.

In order to reach our goal, ACT's members will work in tandem with block club leaders and other stakeholder to identify property owners and renters who are in need of assistance and help them stabilize their properties.

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* = 5 Properties Goals for 2016 : 5 properties stabilized Goals for 2025 : 75 properties stablized

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Manufacturing Training Opportunities Expand Manufacturing Renaissance, Jane Addams Resource Corp. and CPS Join Forces to Offer Training Programs to Adults

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By Lacey Sikora

n 2009, Manufacturing Renaissance realized plans to build a bridge between the Austin community and manufacturing industries in the Chicago area with the installation of a Manufacturing Center for training at Austin High School, now called Austin College and Career Academy.

Erica Swinney Staley, Program Director for Manufacturing Renaissance, says the program initially was designed with the intent to provide high-quality skills training for Austin students to help them later get jobs in the manufacturing industry.

“It’s an intentional training program to achieve nationally-recognized skills and was accredited in 2011 by the National Institute for Metal Working Skills. As we continued working with the students, it was a no brainer that if we could open this up for adults in the evening, it would make a lot of sense,” she notes.

Swinney Staley says that Manufacturing Renaissance realized that the adult population would need more than just technical training, and when Darnell Shields, Executive Director of Austin Coming Together (ACT) suggested looking to the Jane Addams Resource Corp. (JARC), the partnership just clicked.

Shields highlights that this partnership is a great example of how Austin Coming Together carries out its collective impact mission. Shields explains, “ACT assists organizations to identify gaps in services in the community. Then we help them leverage and coordinate the collective resources of our network to fill those gaps. As a result, Austin residents can continue to access resources that help them improve their lives that would have otherwise disappeared in the community.”

Swinney Staley says of the pairing, “Manufacturing Renaissance and JARC share values of serving adults on the West Side. JARC brings with them the Center for

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Adult students gain skills and credentials at the metal working training facility at Austin College and Career Academy.

Working Families and wrap-around trainManufacturing is also a natural fit for ing, providing financial skills and social many adults in the Austin Community. A supports that many adults need to access career in manufacturing provides famicareer-track employment.” ly-sustaining wages and career pathway For JARC’s Manny Rodriguez and Hayley models. Rodriguez also points out that the Crabb, the adult manufacturing training industry is friendly to people with barriers, program is a natural fit for the community. such as ex-offenders.

They cite statistics that Chicago is the secRodriguez, Senior Director of Replication ond largest manufacturing center in the and Strategic Partnerships for JARC, calls employment engagement.”

With plans to open the Manufacturing country, as well as one of the top sources working with Manufacturing Renaissance Center to adults for evening classes in Febof metal manufacturing with close to 4,000 and Austin College and Career Academy a metal firms in the area. A recent Crain’s good synergy. “They have been doing this ruary Manufacturing Renaissance and article shed light on the fact that there are for the kids, and we provide customized, JARC will bring a thriving community asover 30,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs in high-end job training for adults. We can set to adults in the community, relatives of Chicago. offer bridge programming that can take students, and former students who could Crabb, Senior Director of Development adults who might be reading at a fifth grade benefit from the training.

For Swinney Staley, the combined efforts to the ninthprograms or tenth grade levand Communications for JARC, says these reading Ourlevel training in Austin will give you the skills facts made them jump on the opportunity to el they need to complete the training. An- of ACT, Manufacturing Renaissance and of creating a better Austin. part need of the synergy is that the same JARC are bring manufacturing training to the West other you to find employment inpart the manufacturing Side. “Austin is a neighborhood of great people working with the students during “The Manufacturing Center is a great reschool day will work with the adults in source that we can be proud of. It’s a great need and great opportunity. So many adults the sector. who need opportunity can excel at these the evening. Pablo Varela will work as an example of organizations coming together to solve problems.” and Deedee Jones will workat with jobs.”

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Austin Weekly News, January 25, 2017

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