Contact:
Malissa T. Sutherland MPA
Office of Grants Administration
444 SW 2nd Ave., 5th Floor, Miami, FL 33130
T: 305-416-1005, email: [email protected]
On September 23, 2014, the Miami City Commission approved Resolution No. 14-0362 establishing the Anti-Poverty Initiative (“API”) program, with funds divided by commission district. Each commission office utilizes their funds to aid local entities serving City of Miami residents. The entities in turn must enter into an agreement prior to the funds being disbursed.
The Anti-Poverty Initiative guidelines were updated and passed on May 23, 2019, to ensure that the accountability and utilization of the program funds meets the intent of initial resolutions as well as anti-poverty related Sunshine meetings held in 2014.
Funding:
The $2.6 million funding allocation is divided among the commission districts based on the poverty census rates for each commission district. The purpose of the Anti-Poverty Initiative is to reduce poverty within the City of Miami communities and funding shall be utilized to meet the needs of poor residents.
To date, the funds have assisted with college scholarships, allowing local small businesses time in a kitchen incubator, work and life skills training, business and finance training for new entrepreneurs, a home painting program for senior citizens, youth sport sponsorship, college campus tours for high school students, much more.
Existing Projects:
View Existing API projects by district
Strategy:
The City of Miami created the Anti-Poverty Initiative to address poverty based on a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards the City’s residents achieving self-sufficiency.
This initiative focuses on projects and programs providing services directly benefitting disadvantaged City of Miami residents in the following priority areas:
- Educational Programs for children, youth and adults
- Crime Prevention
- Elderly meals, transportation, recreational and health/wellness related activities
- At-risk youth or youth summer job programs
- Transportation services andprograms
- Job development, retention and training programs
- Homeless Services