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Los Angeles County Development Authority throws ‘Bash’ for school year
From the Beverly Press:
The Los Angeles County Development Authority celebrated the end of the back to school season during the Back to School Bash at the Community Resource Center.
The festive evening included the distribution of school supplies, interactive games and resource booths for families.
Housing Authority of the City of Austin and CommUnityCare and Open New Chalmers Courts Health Center in East Austin
From the Housing Authority of the City of Austin's press release:
The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and CommUnityCare Health Centers celebrated the grand opening of the CommUnityCare Chalmers Courts Health Center, a federally designated community health center adjacent to Pathways at Chalmers Courts East apartment community, a recently redeveloped HACA property serving low-income families in East Austin.
Closing the Digital Divide — Together: AARP Spotlights 2022 AARP Community Challenge Recipient Jersey City HA's Senior Digital Literacy Program
From AARP:
Most of the older residents of Hudson Gardens, a housing complex in Jersey City, New Jersey, are digitally disconnected. So, when the Jersey City Housing Authority received a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant to address this digital divide, just getting the word out to the residents was a challenge.
Your life expectancy could be directly related to your zip code. This mobile unit could help (Greensboro HA)
From WFMY News 2 Greensboro:
Made possible by a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, this mobile unit will serve six counties in the Triad – Alamance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham.
From rural to urban communities, the focus is to get healthcare to those who need it most for UNC Greensboro and Cone Health.
Comcast Gives $50,000 to Advance Digital Literacy in Fort Wayne
From Broadband Communities Magazine:
Comcast awarded $50,000 today to The Literacy Alliance of Fort Wayne to advance economic opportunity through digital literacy and broadband adoption. The company also announced a donation of 250 laptops to the Fort Wayne Housing Authority, Fort Wayne Boys and Girls Club, St. Joseph Mission, Fort Wayne Urban League, and The Literacy Alliance of Fort Wayne.
Chicago HA Receives 32,000 Books From National Book Foundation to Distribute to Youth
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is a proud recipient of 32,000 books from the National Book Foundation’s “Book Rich Environments” program, and has spent the summer distributing those books at its sites all over Chicago.
Chicago Housing Authority holds annual send-off party for college students
From ABC 7 Chicago:
Summer program for city teens: Counselor-in-Training project for Chicago HA residents
From CBS News Chicago:
Games, swimming, and summer fun!
That's what nearly one hundred 15-year-olds living in Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) residences are experiencing as part of a Counselor-in-Training Program in partnership with the Chicago Park District.
And as CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reported Friday, life lessons are being learned among the fun.
NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers create LA playground (Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles)
From De Zeen:
American architecture studio NBBJ has collaborated with American musician Flea to design a playground on a public housing complex in Los Angeles.
ESI Design, the east coast experience design studio within NBBJ, worked with Michael Peter Balzary, better known as Flea, on the renovation of Nickerson Gardens Playground in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles.