HUD Archives: News Releases


HUD No. 15-021
Shantae Goodloe
(202) 708-0685
For Release
Thursday
February 26, 2015

HUD AWARDS $36 MILLION TO PROMOTE JOBS, SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS

WASHINGTON - In an effort to help public housing residents find job opportunities, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $36 million in grants to public housing authorities and non-profit organizations across the nation to hire or retain service coordinators to help residents achieve economic and housing independence. The funding will also link the elderly and people with disabilities with supportive services that allow them to maintain independent living and age-in-place. See list of funding by states below.

The funding, provided through HUD's Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency - Service Coordinators Program (ROSS-SC) helps public housing authorities, resident associations, non-profit organizations, Indian tribes or entities representing Indian tribes hire or retain "service coordinators" who work directly with residents to assess their needs and connect them with education, job training and placement programs, and/or computer and financial literacy services available in their community to promote self-sufficiency. For an elderly or disabled resident, the service coordinator arranges supportive services that allow them to maintain their independence.

"Housing should be a springboard to success," said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. "This funding will help our local partners provide families with the educational and economic opportunities they need to build a more prosperous future for themselves and their children."

The purpose of HUD's ROSS-SC 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.

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2014 Resident Opportunities Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Awards
STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY
AMOUNT
Alaska Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
$246,000
Arizona Pinal County Housing and Community Development
$246,000
  Moenkopi Senior Center, Inc.
$246,000
  Housing Authority of Maricopa County
$246,000
California Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura (AHA)
$243,000
  Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara
$246,000
  The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles
$738,000
  Chico Rancheria Housing Corporation & HA County of Butte
$222,072
  Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura
$246,000
  City of Madera
$246,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento
$492,000
  Housing Authority of the County of Riverside
$246,000
  Housing Authority of the County of Fresno
$246,000
Colorado Walsh Annex Local Resident Council
$186,063
  Platte Valley Dispersed East Local Resident Council
$186,063
  Mulroy Apartments Local Resident Council
$186,063
Connecticut Ansonia Housing Authority
$246,000
  Bristol Housing Authority
$246,000
  The Housing Authority of the Town of Greenwich
$246,000
Florida The Housing Authority of the City of Titusville
$182,508
  Sarasota Housing Authority
$199,500
  Lee County Housing Authority
$246,000
  The Housing Authority of the County of Flagler
$246,000
Georgia Northwest Georgia Housing Authority
$435,888
Hawaii Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
$246,000
Iowa Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority
$246,000
  City of Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency
$246,000
Idaho Nampa Housing Authority
$183,540
  Nez Perce Tribal Housing Authority
$246,000
Illinois Macoupin County Housing Authority
$144,211
  The Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington
$246,000
  Decatur Housing Authority
$246,000
  Rock Island Housing Authority
$462,000
Indiana Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington
$177,000
  New Albany Housing Authority
$492,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Kokomo
$246,000
Kentucky Bryant Way Resident Council
$176,854
  Gordon Ave./Summit View Resident Council
$176,854
  Housing Authority of Floyd County
$199,050
  Louisville Metro Housing Authority
$694,925
  Housing Authority of Covington
$228,000
Massachusetts Fall River Housing Joint Tenant Council
$226,000
  New Bedford Housing Authority
$492,000
  Norwood Housing Authority
$246,000
  Lowell Housing Development Corporation
$204,000
Maryland Robinwood Tenant Council
$246,000
  Resident Services Incorporated
$738,000
Maine Lewiston Housing Authority
$196,391
  Portland Housing Authority
$341,132
Michigan SOS Community Services
$198,272
Minnesota City Wide Resident Council of the City of St. Paul Minnesota
$724,500
  Northwest Minnesota Multi-County HRA
$240,000
North Carolina Greensboro Housing Authority
$492,000
  Burlington Development Corporation
$231,000
  City of Hickory Public Housing Authority
$246,000
  Statesville Housing Authority
$204,000
North Dakota Fargo Housing & Redevelopment Authority
$246,000
New Jersey Elm-West Tenant Resident Corporation
$246,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Rahway
$246,000
  New Jersey Institute for Disabilities
$240,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Jersey City
$492,000
  Phillipsburg Housing Authority
$246,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Paterson
$433,435
New Mexico Truth or Consequences Housing Authority
$246,000
New York Citywide Council of Syracuse Low Income Housing Residents
$492,000
  Resident Association of Humphrey Gardens
$246,000
  Niagara Falls Housing Authority
$246,000
  Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers
$492,000
  Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation
$738,000
  Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
$738,000
  Rochester Housing Authority
$492,000
  Albany Housing Authority
$492,000
  White Plains Housing Authority
$237,000
Ohio Jurisdiction-wide Resident Advisory Board (J-RAB)
$738,000
  Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority
$240,000
  Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority
$679,533
  Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
$725,000
  Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority
$210,000
Oklahoma Housing Authority of the City of Tulsa
$352,293
Oregon Housing Authority of Clackamas County
$246,000
  Home Forward
$480,835
  Housing Authority of Lincoln County
$240,000
Pennsylvania Westmoreland County Housing Authority
$386,226
  Allegheny County Housing Authority
$492,000
  Harrisburg Housing Authority
$492,000
Rhode Island Providence Housing Authority
$738,000
  Johnston Housing Authority
$182,100
South Carolina Housing Authority of Greenville
$246,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, SC
$360,006
South Dakota Sisseton Wahpeton Housing Authority
$184,171
Tennessee Johnson City Public Housing Authority
$240,000
  Columbia Housing and Redevelopment Corporation
$246,000
  Jackson Housing Authority
$246,000
  Tennessee's Community Assistance Corporation
$187,725
Texas Housing Authority of City of Fort Worth
$475,720
  Houston Housing Authority
$648,000
Virginia Pleasant View Tenant Association
$218,000
  Cardinal Village Tenant Association
$218,000
  Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority
$231,000
  Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority
$226,575
Washington Housing Authority of the City of Tacoma
$246,000
  The Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton
$246,000
  Full Life Care
$738,000
Wisconsin Arlington Court Resident Organization
$203,150
  Riverview Resident Organization
$203,150
  Cherry Court Resident Organization
$203,150
  S.E.T. Ministry, Inc
$609,450
West Virginia Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority
$217,200
  The Huntington West Virginia Housing Authority
$180,079
  Wheeling Housing Authority
$207,000
TOTAL:
 $35,747,684

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