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What is the Baltimore Integration Partnership?

The Baltimore Integration Partnership (BIP) is a collaborative effort to expand opportunities for low-income residents and communities in Baltimore by unifying job opportunities with revitalization investment. Partner communities include the neighborhoods represented by the East Baltimore Development Initiative; the Central Baltimore Partnership; and West Baltimore communities adjacent to the proposed Red Line. The BIP is supported by Living Cities and includes a range of stakeholders aligning resources and activities while working to strengthen the linkage between physical and human capital development.

Leveraging Investment to Catalyze Communities

Through the Reinvestment Fund (TRF), BIP offers a range of loan products for predevelopment, acquisition/ construction, small businesses, as well as semi-permanent and New Market Tax Credit financing. The BIP is seeking to:

  • Increase affordable housing and commercial and retail options while generating jobs;

  • Stimulate investment and restore households in depopulated areas to de-concentrate poverty; and

  • Create essential amenities and services.




Communities Eligible for BIP Capital
BIP funds are targeted to specific areas in Baltimore City which are highlighted in the map below.
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Capital Lending Goals and Policies
Forthcoming

Facilitating Job Opportunities for Area Residents

The BIP works with developers and employers to identify specific job opportunities and then with its partners to connect low-income area residents to those jobs. The BIP and its partners can:

  • Refer job ready area residents to employers and developers

  • Screen job candidates that may have already been referred

  • Co-invest in training that leads to career track employment and meets the needs of employers for a skilled workforce.



Workforce Training Fund
A new fund is available to support training and advancement opportunities for residents living primarily in BIP targeted areas.

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