CLPHA Awards COVID Resident Support Grants

CLPHA is pleased to share the ten recipients of its COVID Resident Support Grants. The recipients are CLPHA member public housing authorities (PHAs) from across the country that will utilize their grants to meet immediate and locally defined needs exacerbated by COVID-19 for projects such as providing residents with essential household supplies, helping households successfully lease affordable units with their housing vouchers, and supplying technology and devices that will help resident children attend virtual school or connect resident seniors with healthcare resources.

The recipients were chosen via a competitive selection process, and the robust response to CLPHA’s call for applications demonstrates the need for additional funds to support COVID-19 relief services and supplies for low-income Americans.

These ten sub-grants are made possible through CLPHA’s grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s (CDP) COVID-19 Response Fund.

Click below to see how our grantees will use these funds to help meet the public health, education, employment, and basic urgent needs of their residents profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Grantees + Their Proposals

INLIVIAN

INLIVIAN will use grant funds to provide seniors and families with a variety of need-based supplies and resources, such as non-perishable food items and other essential household supplies related to cleaning and virus safety. Through the creation of the new Community Cares Pantry (CCP), the funds will address emergency needs and assist families with long-term solutions.

Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven

ECC/HANH will focus on access to technology and supporting seniors using the sub-grant to purchase devices for 225 residents. In addition, they will employ cutting-edge technology from the AARP Foundation Connect2Affect Connected Communities™, a voice-activated assistant bundled with a community management platform that empowers resident service coordinators to help every resident be happier, healthier, and more connected.

Housing Authority of the City of Goldsboro

HACG will use the grant funds to support seniors and provide greater food access to their residents. They will create a Senior Supply Pantry and a Health Education Program, which will provide critical home care items, paper goods, and non-perishable food to seniors through pantries located at their respective properties and provide health education opportunities to elderly residents.

Jersey City Housing Authority

JCHA will use the funds from this grant to support seniors and youth education by making wireless internet more accessible to residents by covering monthly subscription costs, as well as providing internet-connected devices to seniors.

Lucas Metropolitan Housing

LMH plans to use their sub-grant to eliminate barriers to social and health engagement for seniors by implementing the “Telehealth-21 Initiative,” a pilot initiative that gives senior residents the opportunity to meet one-on-one with an appropriate health provider in the comfort of their home. For residents who participate in these services, LMH will provide a care packet that includes a tablet device in addition to other health-related supplies.

Oklahoma City Housing Authority

OCHA will use their sub-grant to help reduce the deepening economic crisis that their residents are facing. The funds will be used to pilot a Technology Loaner Program for all residents living in public housing. OCHA will purchase 18 technology kits which include a Chromebook, Otter Box Case, and internet hotspot device, allowing residents to connect to a plethora of needed services such as health, homework help for parents, adult basic education classes, employment, and more.

Home Forward

Using the grant funds, Home Forward and their community partners will develop, design, test, and deliver an easy-to-use guide focused on digital literacy to 1,000 pre-identified households. The guide will be aimed at seniors and near-elderly persons with disabilities to increase the digital literacy and quality of life among this vulnerable population.

Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura

HACSB will use the funds to directly address supporting children, youth & education by establishing a one-stop all encompassing learning and resource hub, setting the groundwork for future investment in this program and in their youth.

Tacoma Housing Authority

THA will use funds from CLPHA to support low-income families that are struggling to find secure housing during this pandemic. The grant will be used as a seed for their new Landlord Mitigation Fund, which assists households using their housing vouchers to overcome barriers to successfully lease an affordable housing unit from a private landlord. These funds can be used for fees, deposits, issues or lack of credit, or past rental history and provides assurances to Landlords so they will ease their typical screening criteria, fees and requirements.

Wilmington Housing Authority

WHA will use their sub-grant to provide resources for hands-on activities for youth, access to eHealth platforms for older-adults, and access to basic needs supplies to assist with isolation. They will purchase 10 iPads for their residents as well as sanitization supplies for seniors who are sheltering in place.

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