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Mar
22

Homelessness Prevention-A Case Study from Montgomery County PA

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Webinar

This Funders Together to End Homelessness webinar highlights the research and evaluation of homelessness prevention conducted by HealthSpark Foundation and Your Way Home Montgomery County, PA. We will learn what prevention means to the Foundation and why those chose to fund this project.

Our panelists will discuss how they went through the process of setting goals for this research, their approach in reaching out to community members and stakeholders for input, and detail their findings. We will have an in-depth discussion on the local replication of prevention models and the pilot programs currently being launched around eviction prevention and school based prevention.  

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Affordable Housing
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Homelessness and Education in Florida: Impacts on Children and Youth

Publication date: 
10/2017

Preview the findings of Homelessness and Education in Florida: Impacts on Children and Youth, co-authored by the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at UF and Miami Homes for All. 

Commissioned by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the report explores the impacts of homelessness and housing instability on the education of children and youth in Florida by focusing on students’ experiences. The findings are based on student data provided by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) and phone interviews with school district staff serving as homelessness education liaisons in 29 counties throughout Florida. The report also includes policy recommendations based on the report findings and best practices from across the country.

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GOOD DEEDS

Release Date: 
09/06/2018

The Harold E. and Ruth M. Niles Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County has awarded Lighthouse of Manasota a $10,000 grant

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$60000 from Publix Super Markets Charities goes to build Indian River Habitat for Humanity home

Release Date: 
04/03/2018

Indian River Habitat for Humanity is extremely grateful for the $60,000 grant from Publix Super Markets Charities to be used in the construction of the Gedeon family home. This is the 10th grant that Indian River Habitat for Humanity has received from Publix Super Markets Charites. Since 2008, Publix ...

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Jessie duPont Fund loan to spur urban core development in Jacksonville

Release Date: 
03/30/2018

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund has invested $3 million in a Jacksonville nonprofit that promotes affordable housing, community facilities and small business development in Jacksonville’s urban core and surrounding areas.

That influx could lead to as much as $34 million in other financing to be used for the same purpose.

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$1M Knight Foundation grant to tackle sustainability, resiliency in Miami and Miami Beach

Release Date: 
03/27/2018

The Knight Foundation has granted the Harvard University Graduate School of Design $1 million for a three-year study to create solutions through community engagement for some of the sustainability and resiliency challenges facing Miami and Miami Beach, FL. Focus areas will include urban mobility, housing affordability and climate change. 

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Teachers can't afford Miami rents. The county has a plan: Let them live at school.

Release Date: 
03/26/2018

Miami-Dade is already in talks with Housing and Urban Development, the federal agency that oversees some of the county’s affordable-housing projects. JPMorgan Chase gave a $215,000 grant to the nonprofit Miami Homes For All to help develop the Wheatley plan, according to a March 22 company release.

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Affordable Housing
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Sarasota Housing Authority talks affordability

Release Date: 
03/21/2018

That's why, last week, Russell helped bring an expert in the field of affordable housing to Sarasota. In partnership with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County's 2Gen Summit, the Housing Authority hosted a meeting led by Stacy Spann, executive director of the Housing Opportunities Commission ...

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