NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY 624 SIX

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY 624 SIX FLAGS DR, SUITE 100 ARLINGTON, TX 76011 817 -640 -0606

NCTRCA • • • Created in 1992; Home office – Arlington, TX City of Fort Worth – Founding Charter Member since 1992 Funding Members: City of Fort Worth, City of Dallas, City of Irving, City of Mesquite, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), D/FW Airport, Dallas Independent School District (DISD), Fort Worth Transit (The “T”), North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), Tarrant County College District (TCCD), Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), Austin Industries ( Associate Member), Ferrovial Agroman (Associate Member) Mission: To provide assistance through education and counseling to applicants throughout the certification process in order to build a certified minority business vendor pool for member entities. Certification Types: ACDBE, MBE, WBE, & SBE (for ACDBE/DBE certs only)

NCTRCA STAFF • NCTRCA DIRECTOR – ELICIA MITCHELL, MPA – 4 YEARS OF SERVICE • CERTIFICATION SUPERVISOR – PRISCILLA PUENTEZ – 8 YEARS OF SERVICE • SR CERTIFICATION SPECIALIST – VICKIE YOUNG – 2. 5 YEARS OF SERVICE • CERTIFICATION SPECIALIST – ADALIZA RODRIGUEZ – 1 YEAR OF SERVICE • ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – CAYLIE BABB • NOTE – ALL STAFF ARE USDOT CERTIFIED CERTIFICATION SPECIALISTS

KEY ELEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS • RECEIPT OF COMPLETE APPLICATION • VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP & CONTROL • VERIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE • VERIFICATION OF BUSINESS ASSETS • SITE VISIT (TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SPECIALIST – M/WBE; REQUIRED FOR ACDBE/DBE)

MEMBER BENEFITS • • • ACCESS TO COST EFFECTIVE EXPERT CERTIFICATION SERVICE • PARTNERSHIP IN THE TEXAS UNIFIED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND ALL STAFF TRAINING THROUGH TEXAS DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, & UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • ACCESS TO 3200+ CERTIFIED VENDORS ACCESS TO CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP/TRAINING ACCESS TO NCTRCA CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPORTING TOOLS ACCESS TO SUPPLIER DIVERSITY BOARD PARTNERS WITH BEST PRACTICES IN LOCAL DIVERSITY PROGRAMS THIS CERTIFICATION IS FREE!

NCTRCA CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NCTRCA CMS DASHBOARD

NEW CERTIFICATIONS New Certification Approvals ACDBE 2015 2016 YTD 23 4 DBE 130 33 M/WBE 450 61

NCTRCA CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESSES Ethnicity Businesses Percentage Asian-Indian American 216 6% Caucasian (Female) 984 30% African-American (Black) 946 29% Hispanic American 866 27% Asian-Pacific American 165 5% Native American Indian 83 3% TOTAL: 3, 260 100%

NCTRCA FORT WORTH HOME BASED CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESSES Ethnicity Asian-Indian American Businesses Percentage 3 1% Caucasian (Female) 117 34% African-American (Black) 102 29% Hispanic American 105 30% Asian-Pacific American 16 4% Native American Indian 6 2% 349 100% TOTAL:

DBE Certified Firms by County

BUILDING CAPACITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP ADVOCACY • • • CREATE SUSTAINABLE & TARGETED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SMALL BUSINESS AND MINORITY BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (CHAMBERS, RHCA, RBCA, SBDC etc. ) MAXIMIZE ON PARTICIPATING IN MINORITY BUSINESSORGANIZATION “HOW TO GET CERTIFIED” FORUMS MAXIMIZE IN PARTICIPATING IN MINORITY BUSINESS ORGANIZATION BUSINESS MIXERS NCTRCA HOSTS QUARTERLY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS ONGOING CONSTANT CONTACT OUTREACH UTILIZING NCTRCA CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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