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Education and Workforce Development <br />• Support educational initiatives, including Pre -K through 16 education (ages 3-25), <br />including higher education and career readiness, and out -of -school -time programs <br />promoting youth development. This will include identifying related opportunities <br />and challenges as Congress moves forward with the reauthorization of the Higher <br />Education Act (HEA). <br />• Support adult education initiatives including facilitating partnerships with the Gary <br />Jobs Corps and other efforts to ensure that citizens have the skills necessary for <br />the jobs of the future. This will include working with Gary Job Corps, the national <br />Job Corps program, and our Congressional delegation to explore ways to expand <br />the benefits of the Job Corps program to adults beyond the current program's age <br />parameters. This will also include identifying opportunities through the U.S. <br />Department of Labor's national apprenticeship initiative. <br />• Support City's and greater community efforts to engage with U.S. Army Futures <br />Command in Austin and seek to identify federal funding opportunities that may <br />arise as a result. <br />Neighborhoods, Workforce Housing and Sustainable Development <br />• Support federal initiatives that promote diverse housing choices for the <br />community's local work force. This includes identifying best practices by engaging <br />with Congressional offices, federal agencies, national associations, third -party <br />groups and other municipalities. <br />• Support continued federal funding for the Community Development Block Grant <br />Program; support workforce housing development assisting low to moderate <br />income residents; housing rehabilitation, veterans' housing and employment <br />programs, and increase the availability of affordable housing. <br />• Support Sustainable Development through the continuation of grant programs <br />such as CDBG, HOME, Livable Communities Act, Choice Neighborhoods, energy <br />efficiency and water conservation initiatives, and other programs that promote <br />innovative planning to further community development, while sustaining <br />environmental, economic and cultural resources. <br />• Support federal programs seeking to address rising homelessness crises across the <br />country. Identify related federal funds to address homelessness issues in Central <br />Texas. <br />3 Jan. 21, 2020 <br />