In the initial days of Phase I, there were allocations taken "off the top" of NRP funds that went to the Mpls. Public Schools and Hennepin County. We have come to call those funds the "7 1/2%" pools.
Both the MPS and Hennepin County have processes for neighborhoods to access these funds. Hennepin County decided what the neighborhood allocations would be based on poverty information. They published a list of what each neighborhood would receive from the county 7 1/2% funds and criteria for use of the funds. Neighborhoods use basically the same process to access these funds as they do the NRP funds in a neighborhood action plan. The difference is that the county funds require county board approval to access and the school funds require MPS board approval. The MPS used their pools as matching funds to neighborhood groups making investments in their schools. Both of these fund pools have been used to do a wide variety of things in neighborhoods. Longfellow used the MPS matching funds to do projects at all four of it's schools. Phillips used the matching funds for Anderson School. and Midtown Phillips recently used it's county funds to fund a computer education program at Anderson school that targets the Mexican Latino parents in the neighborhood. Ventura Village allocated it's county NRP funds to the Franklin Av. Safety Center. In addition, the Youth Coordinating Board is given an allocation from NRP. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
