Providing A Hand Up, But Not A Hand Out...
Educating you on the "Burning Truth"
(view trailer below)
PLCCA's TeenReach Students short Film "Burning Truth"
Gets Taken to Hollywood - Premiering at HBFF 2009
Promotional Sponsor American Airlines
A PLCCA TeenReach Film Project
Starring Shavonna Cross and Desmond Davis
Directed by: Ade Akisanya
Our Background
Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. (PLCCA) was established in 1968 by Bishop Dr. Claude Porter as a private, non-for-profit corporation to serve low-income residents in Cook County’s Proviso and Leyden Townships, the municipality of Norridge and the Chicago metropolitan area.
The Purpose of PLCCA is to promote community development and empower people with education, training and supportive services.
The Primary goal of PLCCA continues to be the enhancement, development and implementation of practical approaches of serving the low-income residents and the total community.
As a community action agency, we recognize the results that can be achieved when every facet of the community voluntarily joins together in a partnership to address common concerns. We firmly believe the end result of our efforts will mean a family and community largely self-reliant, self-determined and therefore self-sufficient.
PLCCA currently operates its 30+ assistance programs with an operating budget of approximately $8.7 million and maintains a total property value of approximately $9 million
Services provided are based on a commitment to two simple processes, helping people help themselves and community participation in PLCCA programs through volunteering.
Our Services
Supportive Services
Youth & Family Services
CREDO
"Providing A Hand Up, But Not A Hand Out"
Children & Family Services
For more information on PLCCA call (708) 450-3506
Bishop Dr. Claude Porter
Chairman/CEO
Bishop Porter's list of accomplishments and personal achievements is lengthy and impressive. In 1968, he founded PLCCA, Inc. and became our Executive Director overseeing all aspects of the operation from management to financial. In 1975, Bishop Porter became our President and CEO and today serves as our Chairman and CEO.
Claudette P. Harrell
Sr. Executive V.P. of Administrations
Beverly P. Smith
Executive Officer
Tracy Weathers
Executive Assistant to Bishop Dr. Claude Porter
Rita McConnville
Chief Financial Officer
David Quas
President
Mr. Quas has served on the Board of Directors for PLCCA for a number of years, over which time he has made major contributions in service to the organization. Bishop Dr. Claude Porter made the decision in 2005 to offer the position of President of PLCCA to Mr. Quas based on his vast knowledge of business and compassion for the community. As President, Mr. Quas oversees some thirty plus programs and 5 divisions of the organization.
Proposed Uses of Funding:
The NSP2C will request funds to acquire approximately 100+ foreclosed single family homes and one-to-four unit abandon and vacant properties directly from financial institutions for the purpose of establishing a land bank. (Land banking refers to the purchase of real estate for use or resale at a later date.) These abandon and vacant foreclosed properties are currently referred to as toxic assets and have little or no value in current market conditions, other than having a direct extreme negative impact on neighborhoods in the Target Geography.The land bank will be held for the benefit of the Target Geography and for individuals and businesses from within the Target Geography. The effect of the land bank ensures the properties held by the land are developed according to standards, goals and objectives set forth and established by the NSP2C initiative, together with eliminating red-tape and bureaucracy when attempting to acquire land directly from local governmental agencies. In order to provide the greatest impact of community development and stabilization, NSP2C will acquire and assemble properties located in close proximity to each other. NSP2C will intentionally seek out neighborhoods where there are at least three (3) or more abandoned and vacant housing units are located in the same block.
Target Geography:Cities, Towns and Villages of Proviso and Leyden Townships hit the hardest by the foreclosure rate:
Bellwood
Berkeley
Broadview
Brookfield (northwest half)
Elmhurst
Forest Park
Hillside
Maywood
NOTICE TO CITIZENS - SOLICITATION OF CITIZEN COMMENTS
Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. (PLCCA), as lead agency, and in collaboration with the International Pentecostal Assembly Ecumenical (IPAE) join forces to apply for government funding under a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2) Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The full Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2) Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 can be reviewed in its entirety at the following website: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/nsp2-nofa.pdf.
The PLCCA and IPAE initiative will be known as the West & South Suburban NSP Affordable Housing Collaborative (NSP2C). The requested funding will assist in revitalizing and stabilizing neighborhood devastated by the record numbers of foreclosed abandoned and vacant single family housing units sitting and actually deteriorating in communities where we live, work and pray. Abandon and vacant properties have always been thought of as liabilities: they are unsafe, they absorb precious private and public resources, and they inhibit true economic growth of residential, as well as commercial development. This collaboration permits PLCCA to reach out and assist its South Suburban partners with capacity building, together with expanding their joint affordable housing efforts in areas of greatest needs.
By publication of this Notice, the citizens of the Target Geography (as defined below) are advised of, together with given the opportunity to provide comments and/or complaints on the following proposed funding:
Melrose Park
North Riverside
Northlake (south quarter)
Stone Park
Westchester
Franklin Park
Schiller Park
Amount of Money Sought: $5,000,000.00±
(Citizen Comment Section)
Headquarters Location
PLCCA, Inc.
411 West Madison Street
P.O. Box 950
ph. (708) 450-3500
fax. (708) 236-5186
www.plcca.org
Executive Office Staff
Tracy Weathers - Exective Assistant to Bishop Dr. Claude Porter
ph. (708) 450-3506
email: tweathers_plcca.org
Claudette P. Harrell - Senior Executive V.P. of Administrations
ph. (708) 236-5165
email: plccacph_aol.com
Tiffany N. Harrell - Marketing/Graphic Specialist
ph. (708) 236-5031
email: tnharrell_mac.com
Finance Department - Beverly Smith, Executive Officer
& Rita McConnville,CFO
ph. (708) 450-3506 ext 285 & 286
Human Resources Department - Saundra Brown
ph. (708) 450-3500 ext 258
Department Contacts
Children and Family Services - Shirley Dixion, Vice President of Children and Family Services
1100 W. Madison Street
ph. (708) 865-0605
Youth & Family Services - Kimberly Tate-Tyler, Director
Headquarters - 411
ph. (708) 450-3500 ext. 254
Supportive Services - Jackee Pruitt, Executive Director
ph. (708) 450-3500 ext. 240
Debra Ann Porter 24/7 Childcare Center - Diane Clark, Interim Director
909 S. 5th Avenue
ph. (708) 345-9240 or 345-9358
Substance Abuse Operations - Bob Davis, VP of Programs & Operations
308 S. 5th Avenue
ph. (708) 343-1275
"Providing A Hand Up, But Not A Hand Out..."
PLCCA, Inc. - 411 W. Madison St. - P.O. Box 950 - Maywood, IL 60153 - 708.450.3506
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