PROVIDENCE – Four Providence-Warwick-Fall River and New Bedford metropolitan area housing authorities and two public housing resident associations were awarded a combined $1.9 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD announced Tuesday.
The funds, designated from the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency – Service Coordinators program, will be used to help grantees hire or retain service coordinators who work directly with residents to access their need and connect them with education, job training and placement programs, and/or computer and financial literacy programs to promote self-sufficiency.
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HUD awarded $34.8 million in ROSS-SC funds nationally.
Providence metro area recipients include:
- The Housing Authority of the City of Providence – $738,000
- New Bedford Housing Authority – $423,762
- Chestnut Court Tenants Association – $246,000
- Johnston Housing Authority – $220,500
- Fall River Housing Joint Tenant Council – $186,000
- Housing Authority of the City of Pawtucket – $82,000
“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,” stated HUD Secretary Ben Carson in prepared remarks. “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.”
According to HUD, the ROSS-SC program is designed to promote innovative and locally driven strategies to link public housing assistance with public and private resources to enable HUD-assisted families to raise their earned income levels, reduce their need for welfare assistance, and promote economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.
Chris Bergenheim is the PBN web editor.
