How Housing Authorities Can Shape School Outcomes
News Article
Sep 7, 2017
In Tacoma, Washington, and other U.S. cities, housing departments are collaborating with school districts to give low-income and homeless students a leg up.
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Sep 7, 2017
In Tacoma, Washington, and other U.S. cities, housing departments are collaborating with school districts to give low-income and homeless students a leg up.
Topics: CLPHA, Education, Housing, Pacific Northwest, Partnerships, Place-based, Stability
Shared by Abra Lyons-Warren
on Sep 7, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
Children may love the carefree days of summer, but many parents and educators often worry about the summer break from school. Why? Because, according to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and the National Summer Learning Association, students from low-income families lose an average of more than two months in reading achievement during the summer. This serious loss of previously learned skills is called the “summer slide.” What can be done to help maintain academic achievement over the summer for all children?
Topics: Education
Shared by Rebecca Friendly
on Aug 16, 2017
We can stop low-income students from losing 3 years of reading progress… Here’s how.
News Article
Aug 10, 2017
Children may love the carefree days of summer, but many parents and educators often worry about the summer break from school. Why?
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Community:
Aug 9, 2017
The doctor’s office is moving into the kitchen.
After years of telling patients to skip junk food and prepare homemade meals, a growing number of doctors and medical groups are now going a step further and teaching them how to cook. Some are building teaching kitchens or creating food pantries right next to their practices. Others are prescribing culinary education programs in hopes of improving their patients’ nutrition and overall health. Some medical schools have even introduced culinary curriculums to train more doctors to talk to patients about food.
Topics: Health, Nutrition
Shared by Abra Lyons-Warren
on Aug 11, 2017
When the Prescription Is a Recipe
News Article
Aug 9, 2017
The doctor’s office is moving into the kitchen.
After years of telling patients to skip junk food and prepare homemade meals, a growing number of doctors and medical groups are now going a step further and teaching them how to cook.
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May 25, 2017
Financial Incentive Offered to Multifamily Borrowers Incorporating Healthy Design Features in Affordable Housing
Topics: Health, Healthy homes
Shared by Steve Lucas
on May 25, 2017
New Housing-Health Funding Opportunity by FannieMae and Center for Active Design
WASHINGTON, DC – Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) announced today its Healthy Housing Rewards™ initiative aimed at providing a financial incentive for borrowers who incorporate healthy design features for newly constructed or rehabilitated affordable multifamily rental properties. Healthy Housing Rewards is one of several partnerships that Fannie Mae is advancing as part of a corporate-wide effort called Sustainable Communities Partnerships and Innovation.
News Article
May 25, 2017
Financial Incentive Offered to Multifamily Borrowers Incorporating Healthy Design Features in Affordable Housing
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Community: Youth
Topics: Education, Housing, Low-income, Post-secondary, Racial inequalities, South, Youth
Shared by Housing Is
on Apr 27, 2017
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Mar 2, 2017
Dr. Ben Carson becomes HUD Secretary with 58 to 41 vote in the Senate
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Funding, Health, Housing, Legislation & Policy
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Mar 2, 2017
Senate Approves Carson for HUD Secretary
On March 2, 2017 the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by a 58 to 41 vote. Dr. Carson’s confirmation followed a relatively non-controversial nomination hearing in January and a straight-forward procedural vote in late February that advanced his nomination to the Senate floor.
News Article
Mar 2, 2017
Dr. Ben Carson becomes HUD Secretary with 58 to 41 vote in the Senate
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Jan 25, 2017
A reading program designed to help men become better fathers is associated with better parenting skills as well as behavior and learning improvements in kids, a small study suggests.
Topics: Early childhood, East Coast, Education, Family engagement, Literacy, School-readiness
Shared by Abra Lyons-Warren
on Feb 6, 2017
Parenting help for dads tied to better school readiness for kids
News Article
Jan 25, 2017
A reading program designed to help men become better fathers is associated with better parenting skills as well as behavior and learning improvements in kids, a small study suggests.
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Aug 20, 2016
Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes.
Topics: Housing
Shared by CLPHA Admin
on Jan 5, 2017
Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation
News Article
Aug 20, 2016
Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes.