CED Impact
The Community Economic Development (CED) program aims to develop businesses and create high-quality jobs in areas facing persistent poverty and high unemployment. By partnering with community development corporations (CDCs) across the nation, the CED program has helped change lives and revitalize communities. Watch the video to learn more about the impact of the CED program!
CED Economic Empowerment Spicing Up the Market - A Kansas City Salsa Story
Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) helps support small businesses in their community like Baby Sis Salsa, with training and resources. The Community Economic Development (CED) program of the Office of Community Services (OCS) provides funding to agencies like CBKC to encourage entrepreneurship and improved opportunities for individuals and communities that have lacked access to these resources.
CED Economic Empowerment Sweet Success — A Kansas City Lemonade Story
Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) helps support small businesses in their community like Ayanmo lemonade, with training and resources. The Community Economic Development (CED) program of the Office of Community Services (OCS) provides funding to agencies like CBKC to encourage entrepreneurship and improved opportunities for individuals and communities that have lacked access to these resources.
CED Social Enterprise: Helping Small Businesses in Milwaukee
Discover how the NorthWest Side Community Development Center is leveraging funding from the Office of Community Services (OCS) social enterprise fund from their Community Economic Development (CED) program to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs in Milwaukee with resources and training to achieve their dreams.
Bilingual Childcare Center Supports Rural Community in Ellsworth, Maine
When rural families have access to child care, they have a path out of poverty. Learn how childcare entrepreneurs funded through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant to Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) are providing this crucial service. Through participation in CEI’s Child Care Business Lab, childcare entrepreneur Thania Hernandez hired six staff members at her bilingual, nature-based child care center, Mis Primeros Pasos (My First Steps) in Ellsworth, Maine; providing a safe learning environment for local children and helping parents get back to work.
Community Grocery Store Provides Quality Food and Jobs in Kansas City, Missouri
Grocery stores are job creators and healthy food providers; without them, community residents would not have access to fresh food that they can afford. Learn how Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) used Community Economic Development (CED) grant funds to prevent the Blue Parkway Sun Fresh grocery store from shutting its doors in Kansas City, Missouri. Now, the community has access to fresh, affordable, healthy food; and 32 community members have reliable employment with benefits.
Helping Working Families with Flexible Childcare in Kingfield, Maine
Child care in rural Maine is hard to come by, and without it, parents and caregivers cannot work. Learn how childcare entrepreneurs funded through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant to Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) are solving this problem.
OCS Spotlight: Missouri Affordable Housing and Employment
In this Office of Community Services (OCS) Spotlight we feature East Missouri Action Agency. Using Community Economic Development Funds, The East Missouri Action Agency developed their own construction company to provide affordable housing and high-quality employment opportunities in their community. This novel approach to creating jobs while addressing housing issues is creating a pathway to long term change through career training.
The Community Economic Development (CED) Program — Funding for Good!
The Community Economic Development Program (CED) seeks to improve the economic self-sufficiency of individuals with low incomes in communities with high unemployment and persistent poverty rates through sustainable business development and job creation. Ultimately, CED funds help build resilient communities that address the needs of individuals, families, and children.
Creating Meaningful Employment with Supportive Services in West Virginia
Learn how Coalfield Development Corporation helps boost the local economy in the coal communities of West Virginia. Through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant, Coalfield Development Corporation created Mountain Mindful apparel company to create job opportunities, growth opportunities, and support services for people who experience barriers to employment such as incarceration and substance use. The company provides employees with “power, purpose, and potential,” while creating sustainable apparel and promoting a diversified economic future in Appalachia.
Creating Quality, Career-Focused Jobs in Oklahoma
Learn how Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. supports families and business growth in rural Oklahoma. Through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant, REI-Oklahoma supported OmniCare365, to expand and remodel its call center space to create 150 new job opportunities for individuals with low income who can grow their careers in a very rural community with a primarily manufacturing-based economy.
Reducing Barriers to Employment for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Texas
Learn how Covenant Community Capital supports its community through employment and building family resilience. Through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant, Covenant Community Capital expanded Grace Freight, a trucking company that provides job opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals. Grace Freight was created by a previously incarcerated individual while in prison through a prison business plan competition, and the company now has a 19-truck fleet driven by ex-offenders who have received support in obtaining their CDL drivers licenses.
Supporting Economic Recovery and Community Health through a Historic Renovation in Louisiana
Learn how Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) supports economic recovery and community health in New Orleans, LA. Through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant, GCHP supported the renovation of the historic Odyssey House Louisiana, the largest addiction treatment provider in the state. Odyssey House has helped the city move from a decades-long reliance on the oil and gas industry as a primary employer by creating jobs in healthcare and behavioral health that serve about 2,000 people per month with primary care, mental health, and substance abuse treatment, all under one roof.
Southeastern Kentucky Economic Development
Learn how Logan Corporation provides new business and high-quality jobs for individuals with low income who lost their jobs as mining closed in their community. The Logan Corporation is supported by Community Economic Development (CED) grantee, Southeastern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation, to pivot to meet the changing needs of this energy community.
Building Opportunity and Hope Through Adult Care in Kentucky's Appalachia
Learn how Horizon Adult Health Care meets the adult and elderly care needs of the community as well as creates jobs in an energy community where jobs were lost due to the closing of local coal mines. Horizon Adult Health Care is supported by Community Economic Development (CED) grantee, Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation, to grow their business to serve more adults and employ more individuals with low income.
Empowering Individuals by Addressing Barriers to Employment in Westmoreland County, PA
Learn how Community Economic Development (CED) grantee, Westmoreland Community Action (WCA), uses its grants to support American Architectural Salvage, a demolition and material re-sale business. American Architectural Salvage employs individuals who face barriers to employment such as substance abuse.
Gaining Independence through Employment in Arizona
Learn how The Hand of Grace helps individuals with intellectual delays gain their independence through employment opportunities. The Hand of Grace is supported by Community Economic Development (CED) grantee, Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC), to expand its impact through CPLC’s social enterprise incubator.
Removing Graffiti and Creating Jobs in South Los Angeles
Learn how Community Economic Development (CED) grantee, Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD), used its grant to create jobs for individuals with low income who face barriers to employment while removing graffiti and beautifying their neighborhoods.
CED Program Highlight: Sherman Phoenix Project
The Community Economic Development Program (CED), administered by HHS/ACF/Office of Community Services (OCS), helps address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families by creating business development and employment opportunities. With CED funds, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) supported the Sherman Phoenix Project, which created an entrepreneurial hub for small Black-owned businesses. Located in the Sherman Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Sherman Phoenix project has provided commercial space for small entrepreneurs, offering prepared foods, wellness services, and arts and cultural activities!