Housing Is Working Group Event Calendar 2023-2024
Publication
Sep 5, 2023
Join the Housing Is Working Group for webinars, member updates, and round table discussions! This resource provides the 2023-2024 Calendar of Events.
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Community:
Sep 5, 2023
Join the Housing Is Working Group for webinars, member updates, and round table discussions! This resource provides the 2023-2024 Calendar of Events.
Topics: CLPHA, Education, Housing, Workforce development
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Sep 5, 2023
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Community:
Apr 10, 2024
In this new report, The Children’s Equity Project and the Equity Research Action Coalition review the impacts of several social policies across health, education, housing, and income/wealth- on Black children and families.
This report advances the Black Child National Agenda, developed in 2021 by the Equity Research Action Coalition and other partners, by examining major policies and programs in the United States that impact the lives of Black children and families. It is critical to identify policies that can protect Black children and families from harm and trauma; promote their health, wealth, and access to educational excellence; and preserve their cultural heritage, language institutions, and healthy racial identity.
Topics: Advocacy, Child welfare, Early childhood, Racial inequalities
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Apr 10, 2024
Review of Policy Effects on Black Families and Children: Advancing the Black Child National Agenda
Report
Apr 10, 2024
In this new report, The Children’s Equity Project and the Equity Research Action Coalition review the impacts of several social policies across health, education, housing, and income/wealth- on Black children and families.
This report advances the Black Child National Agenda, developed in 2021 by
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Community:
Mar 1, 2023
Research suggests that two-generation (2Gen) approaches can help interrupt the economic and social barriers to many families’ economic mobility and increased well-being and carry long-term benefits. Child Trends – in partnership with Ascend at the Aspen Institute – conducted new analyses for this report, which provides a current data snapshot of some of the families in the United States who may be eligible for and benefit from 2Gen supports and services. Policymakers, researchers, and program evaluators should pay attention to these same data points in efforts to assess families’ needs and identify supports to help them thrive.
Topics: Advocacy, Dual-generation, dual-generation initiative, Low-income, Mobility
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Jan 18, 2024
Data on Families with Low Incomes Across America Can Inform Two-Generation Approaches
Publication
Mar 1, 2023
Research suggests that two-generation (2Gen) approaches can help interrupt the economic and social barriers to many families’ economic mobility and increased well-being and carry long-term benefits.
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Jan 18, 2024
Marjorie Sims, Sarah Haight
January 2024
Focused on the 23,306 young parents (ages 18 to 24) and their families in New Mexico, this report provides a framework for organizations in New Mexico to collaborate more effectively and offers a plan of action to assess these efforts and strengthen impact for families.
This publication aims to deepen understanding about the demographics, aspirations, and needs of young parents; highlights practices and policies aligned with a two-generation (2Gen) approach; showcases opportunities to streamline this work by forging connections between organizations and state systems; and offers recommendations across sectors and at all levels.
Suggested Reference: Suggested Reference: Sims, M. & Haight, S. (2024). Meeting Young Parents Where They Dream: A Collaborative Framework for a 2Gen Approach in New Mexico. Washington, DC.
Topics: Child welfare, Dual-generation, dual-generation initiative, Early childhood, Family engagement, Healthy homes, Housing
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Jan 18, 2024
Meeting Young Parents Where They Dream: A Collaborative Framework for a 2Gen Approach in New Mexico
Publication
Jan 18, 2024
Marjorie Sims, Sarah Haight
January 2024
Focused on the 23,306 young parents (ages 18 to 24) and their families in New Mexico, this report provides a framework for organizations in New Mexico to collaborate more effectively and offers a plan of action to assess these efforts and strengthen impact
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Community:
Dec 6, 2023
Developed by listening to our community, the Alliance has compiled seven hallmarks that make up a person-first health system.
Topics: Advocacy, Community development, Health, Healthy homes, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Dec 6, 2023
Hallmarks of a Person-First Health System
Report
Dec 6, 2023
Developed by listening to our community, the Alliance has compiled seven hallmarks that make up a person-first health system.
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Community:
Nov 15, 2023
Homelessness and child welfare system involvement pose substantial challenges for families, but supportive housing can help them stay together and access secure housing.
Topics: Advocacy, Dual-generation, Healthy homes, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Stability
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 15, 2023
How Supportive Housing Can Keep Families Together
Publication
Nov 15, 2023
Homelessness and child welfare system involvement pose substantial challenges for families, but supportive housing can help them stay together and access secure housing.
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Community:
Nov 15, 2023
People experiencing homelessness disproportionately face systemic barriers to employment, which make finding and keeping a job neither simple nor easy.
Topics: Advocacy, Homelessness, Low-income, Stability, Workforce development
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 15, 2023
Why Is It So Hard for People Experiencing Homelessness to “Just Go Get a Job?”
Publication
Nov 15, 2023
People experiencing homelessness disproportionately face systemic barriers to employment, which make finding and keeping a job neither simple nor easy.
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Community:
Nov 14, 2023
This webinar includes a discussion about innovations in trauma-informed approaches to housing from expert speakers. We heard from Julianna Stuart-Lomax presenting about the POAH Trauma-Informed Housing Toolkit and their work in this area. Chad Holtzinger, president of Shopworks Architecture and partner of the Denver Housing Authority, discussed PHA trauma-informed practices at their Thrive project.
Topics: Healthy homes, Housing Is Working Group, Mental health
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Nov 15, 2023
Housing Is Working Group: Trauma-Informed Approaches to Housing Webinar
Webinar
Nov 14, 2023
This webinar includes a discussion about innovations in trauma-informed approaches to housing from expert speakers. We heard from Julianna Stuart-Lomax presenting about the POAH Trauma-Informed Housing Toolkit and their work in this area.
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Community:
Nov 14, 2023
As the frequency and severity of weather and climate hazards rises, fully understanding and planning for their potential impact on affordable housing is critical.
This report examines the risks that natural hazards pose to federally assisted housing and its residents using Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (NRI).
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Housing
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 14, 2023
Natural Hazards and Federally Assisted Housing (NHPD)
Report
Nov 14, 2023
As the frequency and severity of weather and climate hazards rises, fully understanding and planning for their potential impact on affordable housing is critical.
This report examines the risks that natural hazards pose to federally assisted housing and its residents using Federal Emergency Managem
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Community:
Sep 12, 2023
This webinar will describe new research that shows children whose families participated in a program that helped them move from distressed neighborhoods to areas with lower rates of poverty experienced significant improvements in severe asthma episodes. Before moving, for every 100 children, there were approximately 88 severe asthma attacks per year. After moving, there were approximately 40 severe attacks per year, a reduction of more than 50%. The webinar will explore factors that help explain these changes in asthma, including the critical role of neighborhood-related stress, and describes future direction and pilot programs.
The publication can be found in the Journal of the American Medical Association here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2804823
Topics: Asthma, Healthy homes, Housing, Mental health, Mobility
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Sep 13, 2023
Housing Is Working Group: Insights from the Mobility Asthma Project
Webinar
Sep 12, 2023
This webinar will describe new research that shows children whose families participated in a program that helped them move from distressed neighborhoods to areas with lower rates of poverty experienced significant improvements in severe asthma episodes.
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Community:
Jun 23, 2023
This study aims to quantify the costs of operating PSH—including both the costs of managing the property and providing supportive services—and examine what the implications of insufficient funding are for properties, staff, and residents. Working with a collaborative of seven affordable housing developers in the Bay Area, we analyzed data on operating and supportive services expenses to understand what influences the costs for 26 properties that include PSH units. We then explored how resident outcomes, including participation in resident services, on-time rent payments, and move outs, were associated with costs. We also conducted interviews and focus groups with 53 staff at the various organizations and properties, and held eight focus groups with 76 residents at different buildings to understand their experiences with services and how these resources impact their day-to-day lives. This report focuses specifically on the role of operating subsidies in managing PSH properties: future reports coming from this research study will explore other factors that influence the success of PSH.
Topics: Homelessness, Supportive housing
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 11, 2023
Permanent Supportive Housing as a Solution to Homelessness: The Critical Role of Long-Term Operating Subsidies
Publication
Jun 23, 2023
This study aims to quantify the costs of operating PSH—including both the costs of managing the property and providing supportive services—and examine what the implications of insufficient funding are for properties, staff, and residents.
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Community:
Aug 8, 2023
Building and maintaining effective community partnerships is a critical component of health center management and community involvement. Local partners help integrate important stakeholders into organizational processes and empower health centers to better understand and care for the communities they serve. But can health centers design and evaluate their partnerships? In this webinar, we reviewed tools and procedures for designing, evaluating, and strengthening community partnerships with a focus on pragmatic, practical and innovative solutions.
Topics: Health, Housing, Partnerships
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 8, 2023
Building Value and ROI in Housing and Health Partnerships
Webinar
Aug 8, 2023
Building and maintaining effective community partnerships is a critical component of health center management and community involvement.
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Community:
Aug 3, 2023
A Community Health Worker Program Development & Toolkit for Affordable Housing and Community Development Organizations
Topics: Health, Healthy homes, Housing
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 3, 2023
Community Health Workers: A Promising Program Model to Advance Health & Well-Being in Affordable Housing and Community Development
Publication
Aug 3, 2023
A Community Health Worker Program Development & Toolkit for Affordable Housing and Community Development Organizations
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Community:
May 1, 2023
Federally funded Responsible Fatherhood programs work with fathers to promote healthy relationships and marriages, strengthen parenting practices, and help fathers attain economic stability. For programs to improve fathers’ outcomes, they need to be able to recruit fathers, engage them in services, and keep them actively participating in program activities. However, it is challenging for programs to achieve these participation goals. The Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF) study was designed to strengthen programs and build evidence on promising practices to improve the enrollment, engagement, and retention of fathers in program activities. Fatherhood programs participating in SIRF iteratively implemented and assessed promising approaches to addressing implementation challenges, with the support of and in partnership with the SIRF team.
Topics: Family engagement, Healthy homes, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Research, Stability
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Jun 1, 2023
Using Learning Cycles to Strengthen Fatherhood Programs
Report
May 1, 2023
Federally funded Responsible Fatherhood programs work with fathers to promote healthy relationships and marriages, strengthen parenting practices, and help fathers attain economic stability.
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Community:
May 8, 2023
The 2022 Federal Broadband Funding Report summarizes and analyzes FY21 data collected from across the federal government. Broadband funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was appropriated in FY22 and will be included as part of the 2023 Report. Due to the data collection timeline, Federal Broadband Funding Reports currently report on the previous fiscal year rather than the fiscal year they are released in.
To accompany this report, NTIA developed a consolidated data dashboard to assist in the analysis and reporting for FY21 federal broadband investments. The full dashboard with comprehensive filters and data extract capabilities is below, links to the report data in Infogram®, a data visualization and infographics platform.
Topics: Broadband, Data sharing, Legislation & Policy, Low-income
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Jun 1, 2023
2022 Federal Broadband Funding Report: Investing in Internet for All
Report
May 8, 2023
The 2022 Federal Broadband Funding Report summarizes and analyzes FY21 data collected from across the federal government. Broadband funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was appropriated in FY22 and will be included as part of the 2023 Report.
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Community:
Jun 1, 2023
Every May, Ascend recognizes the importance of raising awareness about mental health and the multifaceted ways that it impacts family prosperity and well-being. Even as Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, we are committed every day to uplifting the drumbeat across our community that calls for an end to mental health stigma, making strides to ensure that families can access quality services, and advocating for policies that support families' unique mental health needs.
Join us in the national movement to raise awareness about mental health by exploring some of our new resources and sharing them with your community of changemakers!
Topics: Depression, Dual-generation, Education, Legislation & Policy, Mental health, Research
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Jun 1, 2023
Improving Mental Health of Student Parents: A Framework for Higher Education
Report
Jun 1, 2023
Every May, Ascend recognizes the importance of raising awareness about mental health and the multifaceted ways that it impacts family prosperity and well-being.
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Community:
May 17, 2023
Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Youth and Allies Against Homelessness, or YAAH, conducted a study to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected unhoused youth and their ability to transition out of homelessness and into adulthood. YAAH released a report Wednesday to suggest how to better support this community in the future.
Topics: Broadband, COVID-19, Food insecurity, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Mental health, Racial inequalities, Youth
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 25, 2023
‘We are outraged’: Youth and Allies Against Homelessness studies effects of COVID-19 on unhoused youth
Report
May 17, 2023
Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Youth and Allies Against Homelessness, or YAAH, conducted a study to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected unhoused youth and their ability to transition out of homelessness and into adulthood.
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Community:
May 24, 2023
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the Affordable Care Act, with significant health equity implications. As states restart eligibility redeterminations, millions of Medicaid enrollees will be at risk of losing their coverage with some portion exiting because they are no longer eligible, some losing coverage due to administrative challenges despite continued eligibility, and some transitioning to another source of coverage. Given the intense focus on coverage transitions during the unwinding, some states have initiated plans to publish a data dashboard to monitor progress. Data dashboards are useful for publishing dynamic data that is in high demand. They allow states to make proactive decisions about what data to release and on what schedule and then organize that data in an easy-to-digest visual format that facilitates the interpretation of key trends and patterns at a glance.
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Data sharing, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 25, 2023
State Dashboards to Monitor the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement
Infographics
May 24, 2023
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the Affordable Care Act, with significant health equity implications.
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Community:
May 1, 2023
During the 2022–2023 school year, there was a significant increase in the number of schools and districts participating in community eligibility, according to FRAC’s latest report, Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools, School Year 2022–2023.
This report analyzes community eligibility adoption—nationally and for each state and the District of Columbia—in the 2022–2023 school year.
Topics: Education, Food insecurity
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on May 24, 2023
Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools, School Year 2022–2023
Report
May 1, 2023
During the 2022–2023 school year, there was a significant increase in the number of schools and districts participating in community eligibility, according to FRAC’s latest report, Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools, School Year 2022–2023.
This report analyzes community eligibi
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Community:
May 17, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for children and families globally. The health, economic, educational and related stressors have contributed to mental health challenges for people of all ages, including our youngest and those who care for them.
In a new report, the Children's Equity Project, in partnership with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska and Yale University, highlights the mental health of the early care and education workforce and the children they care for using data collected over the course of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
The report focuses on depression and elevated stress, including racialized stress in early educators, and provider reported increases in child externalizing, internalizing, and somatic symptoms. We provide national data as well as state profiles that highlight trends across state lines. We end with a set of recommendations for Congress, federal agencies, and states in prioritizing the mental health of children, families, and the early educators who care for them.
Topics: COVID-19, Early childhood, Education, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Mental health, Racial inequalities
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 17, 2023
Examining the Mental Health of Early Childhood Professionals and Children Early in the Pandemic
Report
May 17, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for children and families globally.
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Community:
May 2, 2023
The Digital Equity Act (DEA) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to design systems that will enable true digital equity. Congress and NTIA outlined specifics for states to include in their digital equity plans. The NDIA State Digital Equity Plan Toolkit provides guidance on how to compile the plans. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) team combined our own subject matter expertise, lessons learned from our community of over 1,000 affiliates across the country, and our understanding of the DEA as it appears in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Notice of Funding Opportunity into what we hope is a particularly useful toolkit for you, the administering entities, as you embark on this planning process. Through best practices, recommended step-by-step processes, templates, and tools, the Toolkit supports administering entities and your partners in designing robust, comprehensive digital equity plans that lead to impactful digital inclusion programs, policies, and tools.
Topics: Broadband, Community development, Funding, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Partnerships
Shared by Sandra Ware
on May 2, 2023
State Digital Equity Plan Toolkit
Publication
May 2, 2023
The Digital Equity Act (DEA) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to design systems that will enable true digital equity. Congress and NTIA outlined specifics for states to include in their digital equity plans.
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Community:
Apr 26, 2023
Partnerships across housing, transportation, aging and disability, and health are essential to ensure housing stability. Transportation is necessary for community living. With transportation assistance, many older adults and people with disabilities can shop for groceries, get to medical appointments, stay connected and engaged, and otherwise access everyday locations and participate in their community.
Partnering to help people connect to transportation options is therefore a critical component of making community living possible.
This webinar:
Highlights effective pathways for creating cross-sector collaborations with public transportation as a key partner to improve housing stability.
Builds awareness of technical assistance resources to strengthen partnership development, including an online tool that identifies possible community transportation partners.
Answers participants’ questions about forming effective cross-sector partnerships to address housing stability through transportation access.
Topics: Transportation
Shared by Malcolm Guy
on Apr 26, 2023
The Role of Transportation in Cross-Sector Collaborations to Improve Housing Stability
Webinar
Apr 26, 2023
Partnerships across housing, transportation, aging and disability, and health are essential to ensure housing stability. Transportation is necessary for community living.
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Community:
Apr 13, 2023
Please join us for a time to hear from PHA leaders and industry professionals on key cross-sector topics of interest. This month will focus on strategies for working with your health department including presentations from those in the field and tips from your fellow PHAs already doing the work.
Topics: Health, Housing Is Working Group, Medicaid / Medicare, Partnerships
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Apr 13, 2023
HousingIs Working Group Webinar: How to Work with Your Health Department
Webinar
Apr 13, 2023
Please join us for a time to hear from PHA leaders and industry professionals on key cross-sector topics of interest. This month will focus on strategies for working with your health department including presentations from those in the field and tips from your fellow PHAs already doing the work.
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Community:
Apr 11, 2023
CLPHA and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar to provide PHAs with an overview of climate resiliency funds now available through the Office of State and Community Energy Programs. Dr. Henry McKoy joined the webinar and gave details on applying for various environmental resiliency funds now available.
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Sustainability
Shared by Malcolm Guy
on Apr 11, 2023
Climate Resiliency Funding from the Dept. of Energy
Webinar
Apr 11, 2023
CLPHA and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar to provide PHAs with an overview of climate resiliency funds now available through the Office of State and Community Energy Programs. Dr.
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Community:
Mar 22, 2023
This resource provides guidance to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), HUD-Assisted communities and other stakeholders wondering how this funding will benefit their communities and what role they can play in ensuring that funds do come to their neighborhoods.
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published three Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) which will distribute more than $45 billion to states, territories, and tribes for the advancement of broadband infrastructure and digital equity across the country.
The guide also builds on the Preparing for New Broadband Funding: A Collaborative Partnership Model webinar and covers key information about the new Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and the Digital Equity Act (DEA) program and provides tips for engaging with state broadband leaders during the planning process.
Topics: Broadband
Shared by Malcolm Guy
on Mar 22, 2023
Guide to New Broadband Funding for HUD-Assisted Communities
Publication
Mar 22, 2023
This resource provides guidance to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), HUD-Assisted communities and other stakeholders wondering how this funding will benefit their communities and what role they can play in ensuring that funds do come to their neighborhoods.
The Department of Commerce’s National