Report
May 2, 2019
Innovative public housing authorities (PHAs) are collaborating with college access partners and community colleges to increase postsecondary educational achievement for low-income residents and college students experiencing homelessness. This report elevates 11 shared learnings from a recent convening of these five pioneering PHAs and their postsecondary collaborators, and offers a series of recommendations to policy makers, PHAs, and philanthropic organizations seeking to develop emerging cross-sector collaborations between housing and education organizations. The report also includes an overview of the federal policies that support and limit postsecondary achievement for students served by PHAs, and profiles of the five partnerships: CHA and partners City Colleges of Chicago and One Million Degrees; CMHA and partner Columbus State Community College; HACLA and partner Southern California College Access Network (SoCal CAN); LMHA and partner Family Scholar House; and THA and partner Tacoma Community College.
Author/Publisher Abra Lyons-Warren for CLPHA
CLPHA, Education, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Partnerships, Post-secondary, Stability
Abra Lyons-Warren for CLPHA
Innovative public housing authorities (PHAs) are collaborating with college access partners and community colleges to increase postsecondary educational achievement for low-income residents and college students experiencing homelessness.
Policy Brief
Sep 1, 2019
Educators are tasked with preparing students for current and emerging careers, as well as for jobs that aren’t available yet. Although schools and districts help to develop students’ academic, technical, and employability skills needed to access career paths, they recognize that such skills may be best acquired in workplace settings or simulations.
Out-of-school time is an opportunity for students to connect with job skills and expand career readiness in authentic and engaging settings. Afterschool time can be particularly beneficial for historically underserved students who don’t have access to the same resources through their schools or family connections as their more advantaged peers.
This brief from the College & Career Readiness & Success Center at AIR looks at ways to leverage afterschool time to prepare students at at every stage of career development, from career awareness in kindergarten through sixth grade to career training in eleventh and twelfth grades. The brief offers recommendations for state leaders who are interested in using afterschool programming for career readiness.
Author/Publisher Marjorie Cohen, Susan Therriault, Jenny Scala, Rebecca Levinson and Betsy Brand for AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH
Education, Out-of-school time, Post-secondary, Youth
Marjorie Cohen, Susan Therriault, Jenny Scala, Rebecca Levinson and Betsy Brand for AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH
Educators are tasked with preparing students for current and emerging careers, as well as for jobs that aren’t available yet.
Report
Aug 8, 2017
This report aims to bridge a knowledge gap between the affordable housing and healthcare fields that limits their ability to implement health and housing projects and partnerships. These two sectors have begun to realize how much they overlap, but while great work has been done to expose practitioners in both fields to information about their shared interests and common goals, the results to date have been relatively modest.
Author/Publisher Prepared by Mercy Housing and The Low Income Investment Fund for THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT and THE KRESGE FOUNDATION
Cost effectiveness, Dual-eligibles, Health, Housing, Partnerships
Prepared by Mercy Housing and The Low Income Investment Fund for THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT and THE KRESGE FOUNDATION
This report aims to bridge a knowledge gap between the affordable housing and healthcare fields that limits their ability to implement health and housing projects and partnerships.
Policy Brief
Feb 16, 2017
Supporting parents' efforts to help their children develop during the preschool years improves a child's school readiness, reduces behavior problems, enhances social skills, and promotes academic success.
Author/Publisher Bierman K, Morris P, and Abenavoli R for THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
Early childhood, Education, Family engagement, School-readiness
Bierman K, Morris P, and Abenavoli R for THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
Supporting parents' efforts to help their children develop during the preschool years improves a child's school readiness, reduces behavior problems, enhances social skills, and promotes academic success.
