Announcements

CLPHA Director of Cross-Sector Initiatives Abra Lyons-Warren has been invited to join the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR)’s Learning Happens Everywhere initiative, an effort to encourage coalitions across the nation to position learning as a community-wide responsibility and to transform non-school places and spaces into learning-rich opportunities for children in economically challenged families.

CLPHA has bittersweet news to share – Emily Warren, our research and policy director, has accepted a position in the Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs (OPHVP) within the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) to work on voucher expansion. Emily’s last day at CLPHA will be Friday, May 10, and we wish her the best in her new role!

Nation-leading program participants close escrow on all 94 projects, representing 6,029 units of permanent housing for individuals experiencing homelessness

Homekey acquisition phase finishes on-time and under budget

All 51 awardees have also received at least one Operational Support Grant from philanthropic or General Fund sources

Congratulations to CLPHA members Fresno Housing and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) on joining Harvard University's Opportunity's Insights' (OI) next cohort of its Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) project! OI will work directly with "CMTOx sites" Fresno Housing, HACP, and other PHAs to increase access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for families with HCVs.