Programs
Affordable Housing Program
The Affordable Housing Program was developed to provide single families with affordable housing while aesthetically restoring the French town community. The first phase of this program is to construct five homes through out the community. Each home has three bedrooms, two baths, and a two cars garage totaling over 2000 sq. ft. The floor plan includes a living room, dining room, breakfast nook and a fully furnished kitchen with custom-built cabinets. The master bedroom suite is very spacious with and equally impressive bath that includes his and her sinks, a shower, oversized tub, and a large walk-in closet. There are two additional bedrooms, a bathroom with a shower, and a laundry room that is accessible from both the inside of the house and the garage. Each home requires a construction loan in the range of approximately $123,000 to $175,000.
The Mount Olive Micro Enterprise Development Program
The Mount Olive Micro Enterprise Development Program provided micro-enterprises within the eligible area of Leon County (Tallahassee) Florida access to start up, expansion capital, training, and technical assistance. The program services addressed major start-up and expansion problems of 12 micro-enterprises that were under-capitalized and lack access to capital. The Mount Olive Micro Enterprise Development Program disseminated program loan packages, utilize a technical advisory and loan committee, develop, and implement a technical assistance and training module, conduct educational workshops regarding program, provide at least 12 loans to residents or business owners and generated additional sources of funding equal to 25% of the amount of original micro loan pool.
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Restore Housing Rehabilitation Program Application
The purpose of the RESTORE Housing Rehabilitation Program is to provide a grant to homeowners in economically distressed communities in Volusia and Orange counties that have been impacted by the hurricane Ian disaster. The objective is to repair the homes, remove health and safety hazards, and to restore the property to pre-disaster living conditions. The maximum funding provided by the program is $25,000 owner-occupied units with an average of $14,000 per unit.
The Peacock Centre
The Peacock Enterprise Centre offers a COVID-19 response/defense training program for businesses. The training facilitates and assist small and medium size businesses in becoming aware and compliant with CDC, state and county COVID-19 guidelines and regulations. Mount Olive Housing and Community Development Corporation (Mt. Olive) knows businesses are going through a lot during this pandemic. We are here with fellow business owners to help navigate the new normal with directions to access to capital, learning guidance, and mentorship.
Mt. Olive conducts a series of educational and engagement sessions, as well as training modules for businesses. Mt. Olive business COVID-19 response training program will assist in strengthening, protecting, and growing the county’s economy. Training modules feature best practices in COVID-19 defense designed industry by industry by line of business. Each module provide instruction on listed equipment needed to protect against COVID-19: personal protective gear, touchless thermometers, face shields, Plexiglas and other weapons that are now required and social distancing, mask requirements, adjustments to business model for safety and efficiency in the COVID era. We prepare businesses for full re-opening by teaching new safety protocols to handle the novel coronavirus and how to protect their patrons from “something that is unseen.” In this COVID-19 era, it is imperative that businesses’ staff is trained in the right protocol to keep themselves and the business customers safe. Instructions on proper cleaning techniques, using hospital-grade disinfectants, at appropriately scheduled times with be instilled as a standard practice. Ultimately, businesses learn how to conduct a risk assessment of their potential exposure and develop a workforce COVID-19 preparedness plan. “We are not safe until all of us are safe!”
Through prior grant cycles we established the infrastructure for The Peacock Enterprise resource/training Centre. We provide retraining and up-skilling for people whose employment has been interrupted due to COVID-19 (Microsoft 365). We continue our unemployed/underemployed retraining program. Our current emphasis is on Veterans, returning citizens and felons whose employment has been impacted by the pandemic. We have added those at risk of becoming homeless to our focus. We also added training modules to equip people with the skills needed to work in tech, at employers seeking to fill high-tech positions. The free training prepares people for entry-level support positions in areas like coding, cloud-computing, machine learning or cybersecurity. Unemployment compensation is ending. As such, it is our intention to provide direct financial assistance to 20 persons as an off the street incentive to take our training, conduct 4 community engagement events and contract facilitators.
Retraining
Across our community there are hundreds of people whose employment has been interrupted due to COVID-19 and those job may not be returning. Mt. Olive’s unemployed/underemployed retraining program is conducted in a physical setting. The training room workspace is outfitted with dividers to keep trainers and trainees safe. Our retraining places an emphasis on Veterans, returning citizens and felons whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All trainees will receive skilled training that will improve their competitiveness and livelihood as they embark on new careers. The Centre is a registered Certiport training and exams testing center. Certiport certifications are globally recognized.
Entrepreneurship Training
Entrepreneurship training shall be offer to person who are interested in transitioning into business ownership. In collaboration with FAMU Small Business Development Center, Mt. Olive will provide training that will take the perspective entrepreneur from proof of business concept through business planning.
Unemployment Aid
Additionally, we will aid with unemployment compensation application and assist with follow-up for unemployment compensation recertification and appeals. We shall work with DEO to use participation in our program to satisfy work search and work registration requirements.