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SP-70 Anti-Poverty Strategy - 91.215(j)
Jurisdiction Goals, Programs and Policies for reducing the number of Poverty-Level Families
In order to reduce the number of poverty level families in Newport News, the City and NNRHA periodically review alternatives and assistance; such
initiatives include small business loans, commercial infrastructure development, community safety initiatives, and programs to economically empower
public housing residents.
The Newport News Urban Development Action Grant (or NNUDAG) commercial loan program will continue to assist businesses with low interest loans for
existing businesses and new start-ups. Through this program, jobs will continue to be provided for low-income individuals and minorities. The City will also
continue to actively market the Microloan Program that was created to fund new start-up businesses and struggling smaller businesses to generate and
stabilize job opportunities while contributing to the elimination of poverty in the Southeast Community. It is anticipated most Microloan recipients will be
lower income. Additionally, the City initiated a Micro-grant program. This program targets micro-enterprise businesses with a connection to the Marshall-
Ridley Choice Neighborhood Initiative area.
The Enterprise Zone program incentives in the southern part of the City continues to spur growth by assisting existing businesses to more easily expand
under the economic incentives of the Enterprise Zone. This ongoing program will allow the City to assist new and existing businesses in the area, and create
additional jobs for low- and moderate-income people. The City continues to inform businesses about the other Enterprise Zone in the mid-part and North
End of the City. The benefits available to businesses in the mid-city zone are to encourage job creation and improvements of existing properties. The
benefits in the North zone are targeted mainly to new firms, so as to urge them to relocate to Newport News. The common objective in all the zones is job
creation for lower- and moderate-income people and will likely be administered by the City’s Economic Development Authority (EDA).
The NNRHA operates the Family investment Center (FIC) to serve the educational and vocational needs of public housing residents. This facility includes a
modern computer training facility to provide employment skills for public housing residents. Also, the Authority’s Family Self- Sufficiency (FSS) program
has actively promoted independence for Housing Choice Voucher clients. Participants in the FSS Program receive escrowed funds in lieu of rent increases,
which can ultimately be used to purchase a home, or toward further education.
Additionally, the Hampton Roads Community Action Program (HRCAP), formerly OHA, continues to have an employment assistance program along with
other nonprofit organizations in the majority low-income area of the City. Many of these nonprofits work with the Virginia Employment Commission and
are designated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) sites.
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