Self-sufficiency programs get a financial boost


Posted On: February 20, 2018

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $34.9 million to promote jobs and self-sufficiency. The money will go to public housing authorities, public housing resident associations, Native American tribes, and non-profit organizations across the nation. The goal is to help the organizations “to hire or retain service coordinators to help (residents) find jobs, educational opportunities, and achieve economic and housing independence.”

“It’s part of our mission to help connect public housing residents to better, higher paying jobs and critical services as a means of helping them move beyond public assistance and toward self-sufficiency,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “This funding gives our local partners resources they can use to help residents become economically independent and achieve the dreams they have for themselves and their children.”

The “service coordinators.. 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.”

HUD’s Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency – Service Coordinators Program (ROSS-SC) is providing the funds. ROSS-SC works to:

  • encourage innovative and locally driven strategies that link public housing assistance with public and private resources to enable HUD-assisted families to increase earned income;
  • reduce or eliminate their need for welfare assistance;
  • and promote economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.

Fiscal Year 2017 ROSS-Service Coordinator Grants

STATE GRANTEE NAME AWARD AMOUNT STATE TOTAL
Arizona Pinal County Housing Department $204,000
    Arizona Total: $204,000
California The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles $738,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento $436,230
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara $246,000
Housing Authority of the County of Fresno $230,660
Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura $246,000
Chico Rancheria Housing Corporation & HA County of Butte $245,000
Madera, City of $233,382
Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura (AHA) $228,500
    California Total: $2,603,772
Colorado Walsh Manor Local Resident Council $215,918
  Westridge Local Resident Council $240,556
Westwood Local Resident Council $215,918
City of Englewood Housing Authority $207,429
    Colorado Total: $879,821
Connecticut Ansonia Housing Authority $246,000
  Housing Authority of the Town of Greenwich $246,000
Bristol Housing Authority $246,000
    Connecticut Total: $738,000
Florida Sarasota Housing Authority $233,460
  Housing Authority of the City of Titusville $208,832
The Housing Authority of the County of Flagler $246,000
The Lee County Housing Authority $246,000
Palatka Housing Authority $246,000
Punta Gorda Housing Authority $240,000
    Florida Total: $1,420,292
Georgia Thomaston Housing Authority Resident Council Inc. $246,000
  Northwest Georgia Housing Authority $230,000
Housing Authority of Newnan $246,000
    Georgia Total: $722,000
Iowa City of Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency $246,000
  Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority $246,000
    Iowa Total $492,000
Idaho Nampa Housing Authority $241,219
  Nez Perce Tribal Housing Authority $246,000
  Idaho Total: $487,219
Illinois Decatur Housing Authority $240,725
  Rock Island Housing Authority $216,000
Macoupin County Housing Authority $151,772
The Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington $244,500
Rockford Housing Authority $492,000
Oak Park Housing Authority $246,000
    Illinois Total $1,590,997
Indiana Housing Authority of the City of Kokomo $190,395
  New Albany Housing Authority $246,000
Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington $184,391
    Indiana Total: $620,786
Kansas Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Housing Authority $142,190
    Kansas Total: $142,190
Kentucky Bryant Way Resident Council $178,827
  Gordon Avenue/Summit View Resident Council $173,021
Louisville Metro Housing Authority $721,800
Housing Authority of Covington $231,000
Housing Authority of Floyd County $179,109
    Kentucky Total: $1,483,757
Massachusetts Fall River Housing Joint Tenant Council $186,000
  New Bedford Housing Authority $423,762
Norwood Housing Authority $246,000
Quincy Housing Authority $246,000
Falmouth Housing Authority $246,000
  Massachusetts Total: $1,347,762
Maryland Resident Services, Incorporated $738,000
  Maryland Total: $738,000
Maine Portland Housing Authority $240,756
  Lewiston Housing Authority $213,539
    Maine Total: $454,295
Minnesota Northwest Minnesota Multi-County HRA $246,000
  Moorhead Public Housing Agency $246,000
    Minnesota Total: $492,000
Missouri Independence Housing Authority $246,000
    Missouri Total: $246,000
Mississippi Laurel Housing Authority Beacon Homes Resident Council LLC $246,000
  Arco Lane Site Based Resident Council, LLC $246,000
    Mississippi Total: $492,000
Montana Public Housing Authority of Butte’s Resident Council $129,652
  Missoula Housing Authority $246,000
    Montana Total: $375,652
North Carolina Greensboro Housing Authority $230,415
  Housing Authority of the City of High Point $492,000
Lenoir Housing Authority $246,000
    North Carolina Total: $968,415
North Dakota Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority $246,000
    North Dakota Total: $246,000
New Jersey Housing Authority of the City of Jersey City $492,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Paterson $442,349
Phillipsburg Housing Authority $246,000
Housing Authority of the City of Rahway $246,000
New Jersey Institute for Disabilities $246,000
    New Jersey Total: $1,672,349
New Mexico Housing Authority of the City of Truth or Consequences $246,000
  Santa Fe County Housing Authority $246,000
Albuquerque Housing Authority $220,598
    New Mexico Total: $712,598
New York Citywide Council of Syracuse Low Income Housing Residents $492,000
  Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation, Inc. $738,000
Albany Housing Authority $492,000
Rochester Housing Authority $492,000
Niagara Falls Housing Authority $243,350
Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Inc. $246,000
    New York Total: $2,703,350
Ohio Jurisdiction-Wide Resident Advisory Board $738,000
  Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority $679,331
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority $702,816
Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority $246,000
    Ohio Total: $2,366,147
Oregon Housing Authority of Clackamas County $246,000
  Home Forward $492,000
Housing Authority of Lincoln County $246,000
    Oregon Total: $984,000
Pennsylvania Allegheny County Housing Authority $682,732
  Harrisburg Housing Authority $384,000
Westmoreland County Housing Authority $336,997
Family Service Association of Bucks County $245,449
    Pennsylvania Total $1,649,178
Rhode Island Chestnut Court Tenants Association $246,000
  The Housing Authority of the City of Providence $738,000
Johnston Housing Authority $220,500
Housing Authority of the City of Pawtucket $82,000
    Rhode Island Total: $1,286,500
South Carolina Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, SC $384,255
  Housing Authority of Greenville $246,000
    South Carolina Total: $630,255
South Dakota Sisseton Wahpeton Housing Authority $177,000
    South Dakota Total: $177,000
Tennessee Johnson City Public Housing Authority $246,000
  Morristown Housing Authority $180,300
Columbia Housing & Redevelopment Authority $246,000
The Crossville Housing Development Corporation $160,722
    Tennessee Total: $833,022
Texas Housing Authority of the City of Fort Worth $242,000
  San Marcos Housing Authority $225,405
Houston Housing Authority $628,605
    Texas Total: $1,096,010
Virginia Can I Live, Inc $738,000
  Can I Live, Incorporated $202,033
Cardinal Village Tenant Association, Inc. $231,000
Pleasant View Tenant Association, Inc. $231,000
Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority $231,000
Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority $246,000
Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority $176,400
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority $246,000
    Virginia Total: $2,301,433
Washington The Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton $246,000
  Housing Authority of the City of Tacoma $246,000
Nisqually Indian Tribe $228,600
Housing Authority of Kittitas County $208,286
    Washington Total: $928,886
Wisconsin S.E.T. Ministry Inc $239,733
    Wisconsin Total: $239,733
West Virginia Charleston-Kanawha $457,209
  The Huntington Housing Authority $190,404
    West Virginia Total: $647,613
    TOTAL $34,973,032


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