Employment & Industries

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Performance Update1

as of December 31, 2009

At Admission

18%

In Permanent Housing

Permanent Housing6

At 12 Months

80%

In PermanentHousing

Chart

NationalAverage

EmployedCara

Students

50.0% 73.0%

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Job Retention

Comparative Indicators

Fact AmountCumulative Hours Worked 451,750Annualized Earnings $5,217,900Annualized Tax Contributions $782,685

Employment FactsTop Employers

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Mission Statement

Primary Performance Indicators

233Job Placements

[Goal = $10.00]

$10.92Average Wage

Year to Date[Goal = 227]

72%Remain EmployedIn Initial Placement for

At Least One Year[Goal = 70%]

69%Eligible for Benefits

38Avg. Number of Hrs.

Worked Weekly[Goal = 32]

Wage$10.92

Average WageEmployed

Cara Students

Illinois Min. Wage

$8.0072%

50%

4

2009 Bank of America Neighborhood Builder Award

For all Cara Students placed into permanent jobs in 2009

At Inception of Employment[Goal = 100%]

Lakeside, Inc.

IndustriesIncorporated

2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S T O C K H O L D E R S

Core values, innovative thinking and customer

focus give ABM competitive advantage

Lakeside, Inc.

= 26 placements

= 15 placements

= 11 placements

= 10 placements

= 9 placements

= 6 placements

= 6 placements

Savings

$400

$120

Median of Employed Cara Students

Median of IDA Participants 5

For all Cara Students placed into transitional jobs in 2009Fact AmountCumulative Hours Worked 333,736Annualized Earnings $2,796,482Annualized Tax Contributions $213,931

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The Cara Program is extremely honored to have received a 2009 Neighborhood Builder Award from Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative in November 2009. The Cara Program was selected as a recipient of this prestigious award in recognition of our commitment to community development, post-employment support, and student career advancement. We are thrilled to be one of two organizations in 2009 to receive this recognition and are very grateful to Bank of America for their support of our mission and our motivated students.

Industry Avg. Wage %Industries Hiring Students7

Facilities ManagementManufacturingTransportationNon-ProfitHealth CareSecurityFood ServiceGeneral ServicesOffice ServicesHotels/ClubsOther 8

$12.18$10.03$9.49$10.61 $11.54$10.74$9.02 $9.34$9.85 $11.50$10.34

30%13%10%10% 9% 7% 6% 4% 3% 3% 5%

TCP President/CEO, Eric Weinheimer (upper right), and all Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Award recipients

Home Products, Inc.

Performance Since Inception

2009

Productivity

Bags collected: 256,677 69,444- Recycling bags: 86,109 18,172- Garbage bags: 170,568 51,272

Employment

Total number of transitional jobs: 841 200

Placed in permanent jobs:

322 74

Cleanslate is The Cara Program’s social enterprise, and is a neighborhood beautification business providing transitional jobs for students who face significant obstacles to employment, including criminal records and recent incarceration.

Cleanslate UpdateDemographicsEducational Attainment

Black/ African-American 91%

White5%

Hispanic4%

HS Diploma57%

GED16%

Less Than12th Grade

27%

No Conviction56%

Misdemeanor Only9%

Felony Conviction 35%

Conviction History

Race

Women 56%Average Age 40

Other Demographics

ENGLEWOOD

AUSTIN

BEVERLY

CHATHAM

UPTOWN

SOUTH LAWNDALE

HUMBOLDT PARK

SOUTH SHORE

NORTH LAWNDALE

WOODLAWN

DOUGLAS

HYDE PARK

ROGERS PARK

KENWOOD

EAST GARFIELD PARK

WEST GARFIELD PARK

OAKLAND

ROSELAND

Key:

6% to 10%

1% to 5%

< 1%

> 10%

NEAR WEST SIDE

GREATER GRAND CROSSINGAUBURN GRESHAM

WASHINGTON PARK

PULLMAN

Community of Origin for Cara StudentsNotes

1 Data in this report is for The Cara Program as a whole (including our traditional program, our social enterprise (Cleanslate), and our two community-based centers (the Career Pathways Resource Center and the Quad Communities Center for Working Families)), and is for 2009 unless otherwise noted.

2 Job placements include only “quality” job placements for Cara students, which are defined as positions that (1) are permanent or temporary to permanent; (2) align with wage goals of at least $10.70 for individuals facing moderate obstacles to employment (e.g. individuals who may suffer from one or many of the following barriers: recovery from substance abuse, survival of domestic violence, no high school diploma or GED, limited work experience) and $9.00 for individuals facing high obstacles to employment (e.g. individuals who also suffer from the above captioned barriers and face an even higher challenge of no work experience, low levels of literacy, multiple convictions on their record or recent incarceration); (3) have benefits or the near-term opportunity for benefits; and (4) are a minimum of 25 hours per week.

3 Retention report does not include individuals placed through the Career Pathways Resource Center or the Center for Working Families who do not also attend The Cara Program.

4 Data is from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figure is calculated for industries that hire Cara students.

5 IDA data is the median national average through Individual Development Accounts (before any match), according to Washington University in St. Louis.

6 Permanent housing is defined as independent housing without a specified end date, where the student is able to pay their own rent (or their own share of rent) and is listed on a lease, or is a homeowner.

7 Industries report does not include individuals placed through the Career Pathways Resource Center or the Center for Working Families who do not also attend The Cara Program.

8 Other includes: Education, $8.50, 1%; Legal Services, $11.28, 1%; Miscellaneous, $15.00, 1%; Warehouse & Distribution, $8.25, 1%; Staffing, $12.04, 1%.

Uptown

Quad Communities

Hyde Park

South ShoreSouth Shore

Pullman

Bucktown/ Wicker Park

State Street

Auburn Gresham

Illinois Medical DistrictIllinois Medical District

West Town

Lincoln Avenue

Deborah’s Place

City Wide•

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Department of GeneralServices

Black/ African-American 91%

White5%

Hispanic4%

HS Diploma57%

GED16%

Less Than12th Grade

27%

No Conviction56%

Misdemeanor Only9%

Felony Conviction 35%

Black/ African-American 91%

White5%

Hispanic4%

HS Diploma57%

GED16%

Less Than12th Grade

27%

No Conviction56%

Misdemeanor Only9%

Felony Conviction 35%

Cleanslate Operational Areas

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