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PCHA awarded funding to help promote jobs, self-sufficiency for public housing residents
HUD recently awarded the PCHA with funding from the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) – Service Coordinators Program grant to offer more opportunities for its public housing residents, including self-sufficiency through employment and additional resources.
According to HUD, the purpose of HUD’s ROSS – Service Coordinators Program is to encourage local, innovative strategies that link public housing assistance with public and private resources to enable participating families to increase earned income; reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance; and make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.
HUD awarded more than $31 million to housing authorities, resident associations and non-profit organizations across the U.S. The PCHA received over $240,000 over a three-year period to implement the program. PCHA’s program will correlate with its newly implemented Family Self-Sufficiency Program.
Father’s Focused on Families Event
We hosted our first Father’s Day event centered around children of our communities either in affordable or public housing, or housing choice voucher holders. The event was dedicated to celebrating the relationship between a father and his child and the importance of that very special bond. The event took place on Saturday, June 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 11443 Ulmerton Road in Largo, Florida.
There were crafts, games, vendors, food, prizes and lots of fun for Dad to particpate with his children. State Representative Darryl Rouson was the keynote speaker of the event. There were also resources for entrepreneurship, health and wellness education, job training, education information as well as a moon bounce house, face painting and free haircuts!
This event was part of a national initiative prompted by HUD and influenced by a New York City Housing Authority who launched a similar successful event last year.
Norton Apartments – It Took A Village and Well Worth the Effort
Norton Apartments was recently featured in The Housing News Network: It Took A Village and Well Worth the Effort by Christine Allamanno
PCHA awarded another Family Self-Sufficiency grant to help families move from welfare to work!
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that public housing agencies in Florida will receive $2,120,669 to link low-income families with the education and job training to put them on the path to self-sufficiency. These agencies are among almost 600 nationwide that will receive about $54 million in grants.
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