Business Development

  • Establish a tailored business training program designed specifically for participants, focusing on basic business development skills in partnership with the National Project for the Advancement of Black Males, Inc. The program will include business mentoring, entrepreneurial guidance, and start-up funding support through a peer lending club model. By combining proven strategies with innovative opportunities, this initiative will empower participants to successfully launch and sustain new businesses. Funding for the project and future business ventures will be secured through grants and fundraising initiatives.

  • MCFCDC will partner with the National Project for the Advancement of Black Males, Inc. (NPFABM), an Atlanta-based organization, to secure YouthBuild and JOLI (Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals) funding to support the job training component of this project.

    YouthBuild is a community-based alternative education and workforce development program for youth ages 16 to 24, including high school dropouts, adjudicated youth, youth aging out of foster care, homeless youth, youth with disabilities, and other disadvantaged populations. In YouthBuild programs across the United States and internationally, low-income young people gain construction skills that enable them to help build affordable housing and community assets such as schools and community centers.

According to the State of Working Georgia, in Q4 2021, Black men in Georgia had an unemployment rate of 5.6%, rising to 6.1 % in Q1 2022. Their underemployment surged to 15.6% in Q1 2022 from 12.3%.

According to the State of Working Georgia, in Q4 2021, Black men in Georgia had an unemployment rate of 5.6%, rising to 6.1 % in Q1 2022. Their underemployment surged to 15.6% in Q1 2022 from 12.3%.

In 2023, the unemployment rate for Black workers in Georgia (ages 16-64) was estimated at 6.8 %, compared to 3.2 % for White workers.

In 2023, the unemployment rate for Black workers in Georgia (ages 16-64) was estimated at 6.8 %, compared to 3.2 % for White workers.

In the Atlanta metro area, the unemployment rate for Black residents was about 8.4 %, versus 5.7 % for all residents, per 2023 American Community Survey data.

In the Atlanta metro area, the unemployment rate for Black residents was about 8.4 %, versus 5.7 % for all residents, per 2023 American Community Survey data.