CAMBA INC

HOUSING:HOUSING IMPACT: IN 2024, CAMBA PLACED NEARLY 1,500 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING FAMILIES, INTO SAFE, STABLE PERMANENT HOUSING, AND PROVIDED OVER 5,200 INDIVIDUALS WITH EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE PREVENTION SERVICES. ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO OF 52 CONGREGATE AND SCATTERED SITE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS, 99.9% OF CLIENTS MAINTAINED HOUSING FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND 69% OF CLIENTS MAINTAINED MEDICAL CARE. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, WITH REGARD TO BUILDINGS DEVELOPED BY CAMBA HOUSING VENTURES (CHV), THE FOLLOWING AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE PERMANENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS MAINTAINED OCCUPANCY STANDARDS, THROUGH AUGUST 2024, WITH CAMBA PROVIDING ON-SITE SOCIAL SERVICES: 880 WILLOUGHBY, 100-UNITS IN BUSHWICK; MORRIS MANOR, 46-UNITS IN FLATBUSH; 97 CROOKE, 53 UNITS IN FLATBUSH; 212-214 HEGEMAN AVENUE, 71 UNITS IN BROWNSVILLE; CAMBA GARDENS PHASE I, 209 UNITS, AND CAMBA GARDENS PHASE II, 293 UNITS, BOTH IN WINGATE, BROOKLYN. VAN DYKE, 101 UNITS OF LEED GOLD AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILY HOUSING ON A FORMER NYCHA PARKING LOT AT VAN DYKE HOUSES IN BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN ALSO MAINTAINED OCCUPANCY STANDARDS WITH CAMBA PROVIDING ON-SITE SOCIAL SERVICES. CAMBA GARDENS PHASE I AND II (LEED PLATINUM AND GOLD, RESPECTIVELY) REPRESENT A NATIONAL MODEL OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, A NON-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER AND A SERVICE PROVIDER TO CO-LOCATE HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE. BUCKINGHAM HOUSE, A 36-UNIT AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN STATEN ISLAND, ALSO MAINTAINED OCCUPANCY STANDARDS WITH CAMBA PROVIDING ON-SITE SOCIAL SERVICES. CHV COMPLETED REHAB/RESILIENCY WORK ON THIS SUPERSTORM SANDY-AFFECTED PROPERTY IN LATE FY21.CHV CONTINUED THE OPERATIONS AND FISCAL IMPROVEMENTS OF HERITAGE HOUSE, A 40-UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN EAST HARLEM ACQUIRED BY CHV AS A WORK-OUT DEAL IN 2015. CHV CONTINUED AS THE NON-PROFIT DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WITH HUDSON COMPANIES AND RELATED COMPANIES AT GATEWAY ELTON PHASE I, PROVIDING 197 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AT ALAN EPSTEIN APARTMENTS (GATEWAY ELTON PHASE II), PROVIDING 175 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND AT GATEWAY ELTON PHASE III, PROVIDING 287 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL IN EAST NEW YORK. CHV CONTINUED AS THE NON-PROFIT PARTNER WITH STELLAR MANAGEMENT FOR CASTLETON PARK, A 454-UNIT MITCHELL LAMA DEVELOPMENT IN STATEN ISLAND, INCLUDING SECURING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION WITH THE TENANT ASSOCIATION.IN 2024 CHV CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION ON THE HART, THE AWARDED SITE C AS PART OF THE FIRST ROUND OF NEW YORK STATE'S VITAL BROOKLYN INITIATIVE, REACHING 49% COMPLETION. THE HART WILL PAIR 57 UNITS OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH HEALTHCARE ON AN UNDERUTILIZED HOSPITAL SITE IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT. CHV CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION AT CLARKSON ESTATES, 328 PASSIVE HOUSE UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH REACHED 26% COMPLETION AND INCLUDED THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING ONSITE. THIS FORMER SUNY DOWNSTATE SITE WAS COMPETITIVELY AWARDED TO CHV AS PART OF VITAL BROOKLYN'S SECOND ROUND OF UNDERUTILIZED HOSPITAL SITES. CLARKSON ESTATES WILL PROVIDE HOUSING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS, FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS FAMILIES, IN ADDITION TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND WILL PROVIDE OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY FACILITY PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING A FULL-SIZED BASKETBALL COURT.CHV COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AT THE BRONX GROVE (CHV 202ND/203RD STREET) TO DEVELOP 323 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BEDFORD PARK IN THE BRONX, SECURING OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATES FOR BOTH BUILDINGS. CHV AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ALSO CONTINUED WITH MARKETING AND LEASE-UP ACTIVITIES, WITH 55 LEASES SIGNED BY THE END OF FY24. HAVING COMPLETED THE YEAR 15 LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT INVESTOR EXIT PROCESS FOR MORRIS MANOR IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, CHV COMMENCED ON THE DESIGN PHASE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BY SECURING AN ARCHITECT AND ENGAGING IN FURTHER PREDEVELOPMENT WORK.. SIMILAR TO MORRIS MANOR, CHV ALSO SECURED PROJECT-BASED RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR A PORTION OF THE UNITS AT 880 WILLOUGHBY, AND COMMENCED THE DESIGN PROCESS, IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR A FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS/LOAN CLOSING(S). CHV CONTINUED WITH DUE DILIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND COMMENCED SCHEMATIC DESIGN WORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR KINGSBOROUGH, WHICH WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE NYCHA/HPD SENIORS RFP IN JUNE 2023. KINGSBOROUGH, DESIGNED TO PASSIVE HOUSE STANDARDS, WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 200 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, WITH ON-SITE CAMBA SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF CAMBA COMMUNITY FACILITY SPACE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. CAMBA BELIEVES THAT SAFE, DECENT AND STABLE HOUSING IS CRITICAL TO THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY. OVER 15,500 PERSONS EACH YEAR RECEIVE HOUSING-RELATED SERVICES FROM CAMBA IN THE AREAS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER, ASSISTANCE IN EVICTION PREVENTION, RELOCATION INTO, AND PROVISION OF, PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2005, CAMBA CREATED CAMBA HOUSING VENTURES, INC. IN ORDER TO HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BY DEVELOPING MUCH NEEDED SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:ADULT LITERACY IMPACT: IN 2024, CAMBA SERVED 1,057 CLIENTS IN ITS ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS. 62% OF THOSE LEARNERS WHO WERE TESTED FOLLOWING CLASSES WERE PROMOTED AT LEAST ONE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. TEN CLIENTS EARNED A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA, AND 168 CLIENTS OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT.TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE FLATBUSH OR EAST FLATBUSH NEIGHBORHOODS IN BROOKLYN HAVE THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, CAMBA OPERATES AN ADULT EDUCATION AND CAREER CENTER THAT TARGETS BOTH NATIVE-BORN U.S. CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN, LATIN AMERICA, EASTERN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. OUR PROGRAMS HELP PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH, MATH, AND CIVICS SKILLS. EACH YEAR, 40 TO 50 OF OUR ADULT STUDENTS BECOME U.S. CITIZENS. MANY PARTICIPANTS ARE PARENTS WHO HAVE TO JUGGLE CHILDCARE AND OTHER FAMILY ISSUES, AND WHO OFTEN NEED HELP WITH LEGAL OR HOUSING MATTERS. BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH EACH STUDENT AS A WHOLE PERSON, THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WHO MOVE ON TO HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, ACHIEVE EMPLOYMENT GOALS, AND/OR ENTER POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROGRAMS IS MAXIMIZED.YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IMPACT: IN 2024, CAMBA'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS KEPT OVER 5,000 CHILDREN SAFE AND ENGAGED IN CREATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES WHILE THEIR PARENTS WORKED. OVER 1,500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GAINED HANDS-ON WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGH SUBSIDIZED INTERNSHIPS AND SUMMER JOBS. ACROSS OUR LEARNING-TO-WORK PROGRAMS A GROUP OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR OVERAGE/UNDER-CREDITED YOUTH - CAMBA SUPPORTED 3,177; 69% OF GRADUATING SENIORS ENROLLED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, WERE EMPLOYED, OR ENTERED THE ARMED FORCES. ACROSS OUR 13 BEACON AND CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE SERVED OVER 14,000 CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND ADULTS.TO ACHIEVE CAMBA'S VISION IN WHICH YOUTH ACQUIRE THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION TO A PRODUCTIVE ADULTHOOD, WE PROVIDE OVER 14,000 YOUTH WITH AFTER-SCHOOL, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, AND COUNSELING SERVICES. BASED PRIMARILY IN OVER 30 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CAMBA'S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIX CORE COMPETENCIES: COGNITIVE AND EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCE; PERSONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPECIAL INTERESTS AND TALENTS; LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP; HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING; AND PREPARATION FOR WORK.