The I-Urban Corps yaseSan Diego County (UCSDC) ingenye yezinhlangano ezingu-17 ezweni lonke ezikhethwe ukuthola uxhaso ku-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act elawulwa yi-California ReLeaf. Umgomo we-UCSDC ukuhlinzeka ngokuqeqeshwa komsebenzi namathuba emfundo entsheni yabantu abadala, emikhakheni yokongiwa kwemvelo, ukugaywa kabusha kwezinto, kanye nokusiza umphakathi okuzosiza le ntsha ukuthi ikwazi ukuqasheka kakhudlwana, kuyilapho ivikela imithombo yemvelo yaseSan Diego futhi igxilisa ukubaluleka kokuzibandakanya komphakathi.
Isibonelelo sika-$167,000 sephrojekthi ye-UCSDC's Woods to the Hoods sizovumela i-Urban Corps ukuthi itshale izihlahla ezingaba ngu-400 ezindaweni ezintathu ezihola kancane, ezinobugebengu obuphezulu, kanye Nezindawo Zokuthuthukisa Kabusha ezinganakekelwa kangako ngaphakathi kweSan Diego. Zihlangene, lezi zindawo ezintathu - i-Barrio Logan, i-City Heights kanye ne-San Ysidro - imele izindawo ezixubile zamabhizinisi ezimboni ezilula kanye namakhaya, eduze nezindawo zokulungisa imikhumbi kanye nezindawo zemikhumbi; kanye nokuwela imingcele ematasa kakhulu emhlabeni, enezimoto ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-17 eziwela nsuku zonke phakathi kwe-US ne-Mexico.
Amalungu e-Corps ngeke nje athole ukuqeqeshwa okubalulekile emsebenzini njengengxenye yale phrojekthi, kodwa futhi azobe esebenzisana eduze nabantu kanye namabhizinisi ezindaweni ezihlosiwe ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa izinga lomoya, ukwengeza umthunzi kanye nokwenza ngcono ukuphila kwalezi zindawo.
Amaqiniso Asheshayo we-UCSDC ARRA Grant
Imisebenzi edaliwe: 7
Imisebenzi egciniwe: 1
Izihlahla Ezitshaliwe: 400
Izihlahla Ezinakekelwe: 100
Amahora Omsebenzi Anikelwe Embuthweni Womsebenzi Ka-2010: 3,818
Ifa elihlala njalo: Uma isiqediwe, le phrojekthi izobe inikeze ukuqeqeshwa okubalulekile emkhakheni wemisebenzi eluhlaza kubantu abadala ngenkathi futhi idala indawo enempilo, ehlanzekile, nengahlala kuyo izakhamuzi zaseSan Diego nezivakashi.
“Ngaphezu kwezinzuzo zezihlahla ekunciphiseni ukungcoliswa nokuhlobisa indawo, ukutshala izihlahla nokunakekelwa nokunakekelwa kwezihlahla kuyindlela emangalisayo. ukuze omakhelwane bahlangane ukuze basekele imiphakathi yabo.” - USam Lopez, Umqondisi Wezokusebenza, I-Urban Corps yaseSan Diego County.