Oasis Expansion Recompete Plan
*2023-2024 Recompete Implementation Funding Awardee and Strategy Development Grant Recipient
Application Title: Oasis Expansion Recompete Plan
Lead Applicant: Platform for Social Impact
Territory Served: Puerto Rico
Applicant-Defined Region: Villa Prades community in San Juan, PR
Contact: Eduardo Carrera ([email protected])
The Oasis Expansion Recompete Plan, led by the Platform for Social Impact, will receive approximately $30 million to invest in comprehensive economic development initiatives in the Villa Prades public housing community of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This neighborhood is experiencing a poverty rate of 47 percent (over 400 percent the national average). Villa Prades residents face insufficient wages and lack opportunities for good jobs; as a result, many workers are dependent on informal employment. This coalition aims to overcome these barriers by adopting an integrated, multigenerational support model to help working-age adults return to work. Projects include child and elder care programming, coordinated wraparound services, small business supports, and social safety net reforms that aim to address family economic mobility. Leveraging over $130 million in complementary investment from the Government of Puerto Rico and the City of San Juan, the Platform for Social Impact will work with its coalition to pursue an innovative approach to economic development in the service area.