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Washington was able to reduce youth homelessness by 40% over 6 years through measures such as direct cash transfers, a new report from the Washington State Department of Commerce and A Way Home Washington found. The report begins with an analysis of disproportional Youth Homelessness demographics...
Seattle Housing Authority’s Pioneering Foster Youth Wraparound Services Highlighted
HUD announced $12.7 million will be available to PHAs on a competitive basis through HUD’s Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative to provide housing assistance to young adults transitioning out...
Two National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) grant programs are making funding available for states to expand broadband connections and advance digital equity, and entities can learn more about these programs and prepare to benefit from their states’ funding awards.
The $...
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 That Would Save the Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is winding down—the ACP stopped accepting new applications and enrollments on February 7, 2024. The last fully funded month of the...
From the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC):
Lack of affordable housing is a barrier for many in America and has left many community college students facing homelessness.
More than a quarter (26.6%) of all public community colleges have on-campus housing. And in the...
From the Fairfax County and Redevelopment Authority's press release:
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) plans to implement a major increase in the rental assistance to individuals with serious mental illness.
During their March 14, 2024 meeting, the FCRHA’s...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' website:
On Monday, March 18th, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) joined Rep. Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to celebrate $235,000 in federal funding secured by the...
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish and collaborate on the creation of a local waitlist preference that prioritizes families of TPS students who are...
A newly published HUD study examined housing trajectories of family households with children who leave HUD’s Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs, specifically focusing on housing tenure, housing stability, and neighborhood attainment. The findings suggest that when people move...
From WBMA Birmingham:
The city of Birmingham, Birmingham City Schools, and the Housing Authority of the District of Birmingham (HABD) launched the "Every Day Counts" initiative in January as an effort to combat the issue of chronic absenteeism in schools.
This effort came...