Brooklyn Recovery Fund Presentation Spring 2013

7/28/2019 Brooklyn Recovery Fund Presentation Spring 2013

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How Brooklyn Came Together


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What We Knew

700,000 Brooklynites live within thefive Community Districts breachedby Superstorm Sandy

Vulnerable Communities:

In Red Hook, 75% of residents live inthe public housing

In Coney Island, 26% of residents areover 65

In Canarsie, 60.6% of residents arehomeowners, over half of whom spendmore than 30% of their income onhousing

In Sheepshead Bay, in 28% ofhouseholds no person over 14 years oldspeaks English very well


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What We Know Now11.4% of Borough Covered by Surge 112,991 Residential Units

Top NYC Zip Codes by FEMA Applicants: Coney Island/Seagate/Brighton Beach Manhattan Beach/Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach

50,000+ Families applied for FEMA Aid:

56% rentersvast majority make less than$30,000/yr

Widespread Substantial Damage:10% building owners in Sheepshead Bay &Gerritsen Beach reported >$30,000 in damages 1,000+ renters in Coney Island

Low SBA Loan Approval Rate: Applications: 8,419 (6,826 homes & 1,451businesses) Approved: 2,485 homes ($109M) & 209businesses ($25.5M) 14.4% approval for businesses;Average loan = $121,991


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Our Response

Creating a PartnershipOf Philanthropy, Business,and GovernmentBrooklyn Community Foundation, Office ofthe Brooklyn Borough President, and theBrooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Signing on Support$100,000 commitments at launch from Brooklyn Community Foundation, Forest City RatnerCompanies , Brooklyn Nets, and Barclays Center

Community Advisory CommitteeLocal leaders gather at Brooklyn Borough Hall to report on immediate needs of coastalcommunities, coordinate response efforts, and advise on funding distribution.

Empowering Local GenerosityWithin a week of its launch, the Fund raised $1 million. To date, thousands of donorsincludingBrooklyn residents, small businesses, corporations, and foundationshave donated more than$2.3 million.


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Fast Paced ResponseSupplyhigh-impact, high-efficiency financial and technical assistance to localcommunities, with ongoing targeted investments in neighborhoods that havedemonstrated the most significant long-term challenges.

Stronger NeighborhoodsBuild strength and resiliency within communities, through the creation of cross-sector collaboratives that assess and prioritize local needs, share resources andpromote communication, and develop local recovery plans incorporatingenvironmental protection and economic development.

Long-Term Community PlanningProtect communities for the future, with borough-wide assessments of bestpractices.Document lessons learned and make policy recommendations forforthcoming investments in community, social, and physical infrastructure.

Guiding Principals


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FAST-TRACK EMERGENCY RELIEFNovember December

$450,000 to 40+ community-based nonprofits

Grants: $5-10,000 forcleanup and repair, food and supplydistribution, and direct financial support

Food & Human ServicesConey Island Gospel Assembly: Fork lift to help unload trailers of donated food and supplies.Congregation Beth Elohim: 2700 volunteers delivered 50,000+ mealsBed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger: Deployed 150 volunteers ; 700,000+ meals.Good Shepherd Services: Provided cash assistance to 50 Red Hook familiesJCC Canarsie: 500 meals, delivered over3,000lbs of fresh produce.Red Hook Initiative: Hired fmr. program participant to assist over 2000 people per day.

Emergency RepairsGerritsen Beach Cares: Hired 17 electricians to restore electricity to 84 homes.

Mercy Home: Replace destroyed equipment at Red Hook adult group home.

Small Business AidDUMBO Improvement District: Grants to 13 local businesses, leveraged additional $48KReStore Red Hook: Direct cash assistance to 52 small businesses.

Legal Aid

Volunteer Lawyers Project: Trained 65 attorneys and served 285 clients.


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A Focus on Neighborhood Networks

Identify neighborhoods with the greatestneeds

Provide financial and technicalassistance to local nonprofit leadersworking toward the same goal of building astronger neighborhood rather than grantsto individual organizations working in silos

Work with coalitions to address emergingchallenges through mid- and long-termrecovery

Theres a lot of social-science researchshowing how much better people do indisasterswhen they have good social

networks and connections Promoting

community resilience is now front andcenter in our approach.

Nicole LurieAssistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S.

Department of Health and Human ServicesKline. Eric. Adaptation: How can cities be climate -proofed?

The New Yorker. 7 Jan 2013


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COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVESNovember April

$300,000 to Red Hook, Coney Island

& Sheepshead Bay

Grants: $100,000 for the creation ofcross-sectorcoalitions to coordinate efforts to bring immediaterelief to their communities and create a long-termrecovery plan.

#ConeyRecovers :Astella Development Corporation, Alliance for Coney Island, Coney Island Hospital, and theJewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island

Headquarters to organize rebuilding and immediate needs, creation of the Coney Corps, which providesjobopportunities and skills training for local residents to help in the rebuilding, and development of a long-termrecovery plan that builds strength and resiliency in the community.

Red Hook Coalition : Good Shepherd Services, Added Value, Red Hook Initiative, ReStore Red Hook, and theSouthwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation

Micro-grants to small businesses and immediate social services and emergency food for residents. The grant alsofinances a coalition coordinator to serve as a liaison between the partners and with community and governmentagencies.

Sheepshead Bay: Kings Bay YM-YWHA, Asian Americans For Equality, Turkish Cultural Center, Jewish CommunityHouse of Bensonhurst

Multi-lingual neighborhood-wide needs assessment and outreach to local small businesses to support the rebuildingpipeline. The grant also finances a response coordinator to oversee the activities of various community groups and an

employment assistance program to assist residents who lost employment as a result of the storm.


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Customized ResponseHow do we work with communitiesthat lack a strong nonprofit

infrastructure?

Technical Assistance specialistfocuses on coalition building, identifyingtrusted community leaders

Identify and address challenging

factors such as local economy,demographics, housing stock

Introduce organizations withexperience and expertise to supportemerging neighborhood collaboratives

Serve as a mediator betweenagencies and local nonprofits, andpartner with other funders to maximizeimpact of dollars


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COMMUNITY REBUILDINGJanuary March

$1.3 million to Five Neighborhoods

Grants: $120,000 to $225,000 for nonprofitcollaborations for the remediation and removal ofmold, as well as physical repairs andrehabilitation, in homes and small businesses.

CanarsieNeighborhood Housing Services of East

Flatbush, Inc with the Canarsie Recovery

Coalition

Coney IslandAlliance for Coney Island with St. Bernard's Project,

Turner Construction, and Astella DevelopmentCorporation

Red HookCarroll Gardens Association

Fifth Avenue Committee with the Red Hook

Coalition, Red Hook Volunteers, and Rebuilding

Together

Gerritsen BeachGerritsen Beach Cares with New York Cares

Rebuilding Together with Gerritsen Beach Cares

and the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Dept.

Sheepshead BayAsians American For Equality (AAFE) Community

Development Fund with the Kings Bay Y, Turkish

Cultural Central Brooklyn, and Jewish Community

Relations Council


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Convening & Leveraging Resources

Convening SeriesMonthly meetings with community groups and key agencies to discuss current recoverychallenges in target neighborhoods. Topics: mold remediation and removal, physical repair andrehabilitation, small business assistance and economic development.

Community Advisory CommitteeNonprofit, business, and civic leaders from affected Brooklyn communities, as well as leadersfrom fields of disaster relief and human services, have helped BRF partners determine where tofocus funding and assistance, how to communicate across communities, and the needs ofresidents and business owners throughout the recovery process.

Leveraging ResourcesWorking in closely with city agencies,national foundations, and local groups,Foundation has continued to identifygaps in funding and expertise, andways to bring all available resourcesto our target communities.


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Brooklyns Recovery Continues

Our next steps:

Continue and enhance technical assistance& agency convening around recovery in fivekey neighborhoods

Secure additional support to further ourneighborhood-based recovery work

Link neighborhood networks to City-wideplanning efforts

Document Brooklyn Recovery Funds

impact

Follow our progress at

BrooklynRecoveryFund.org
http://www.brooklynrecoveryfund.org/http://www.brooklynrecoveryfund.org/

Brooklyn Recovery Fund Presentation Spring 2013

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