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CLPHA Housing Is Summit 2022: Meeting Families' Needs Including Child Care in Housing Developments

Video

Jun 17, 2022

The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) will moderate a unique cross-sector panel of housing and early care and education (ECE) experts on strategies and best practices for co-locating ECE facilities within affordable housing developments.

Webinar Recording: Community-Led Changes and Initiatives

Webinar

Dec 14, 2021

Housing Is

At its December 2021 meeting, CLPHA's Housing Is Working Group learned from experts in the field about how they have worked to create resident-focused and community-centered work with their PHAs and partners.

Supporting Our Kids’ Education: Tools to Strengthen Resident Families and Students During COVID-19 and Beyond

Publication

Jun 17, 2021

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhoods

Connecting Parents to Occupational Training: A Partnership Between Child Support Agencies and Local Service Providers

Report

Apr 11, 2021

Kyla Wasserman, Lily Freedman, Zaina Rodney, & Caroline Schultz for MDRC

The Families Forward Demonstration (FFD) examined new strategies to increase the earnings of parents who owe child support but are unable to fully meet their obligations due to low earnings.

New Community | Feb 18, 2021

CDP Sub-Grantees

Through CLPHA’s grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s (CDP) COVID-19 Response Fund, ten sub-grants were given to member PHAs across the country to meet the ongoing needs of residents during this pandemic. Recipients will use their grants to meet immediate and locally defined needs in the areas of public health, education, employment, and basic urgent needs of their residents that have been exacerbated by COVID-19 for a wide range of projects.

CLPHA Education Working Group: MathTalk Webinar

Webinar

Nov 17, 2020

CLPHA's education working group held a webinar on Tuesday, November 10, 2:00-3:00pm ET with a presentation from MathTalk, a group that aims to provide opportunities for families to engage in "math talk" by placing installations or digital experiences in public waiting spaces.

Behavioral Science Strategies to Increase Access to Child Care

Research

May 28, 2020

Caitlin Anzelone for MDRC

Expanded eligibility guidelines and flexible funding options can support wider access to child care during the COVID-19 emergency, but only if parents and child care workers know how to navigate them.

Moving Families Forward: Initial Findings from a Two-Generation Program in Bangor, Maine

Publication

Sep 20, 2020

Susan Popkin for URBAN INSTITUTE

Since late 2017, the Urban Institute’s Housing Opportunities and Services Together team has partnered with public housing authority BangorHousing and the Boys & Girls Club of Bangor, Maine, in a formative evaluation of Families Forward, a locally designed and funded two-generation program that b

CLPHA Education Working Group: Child Welfare Webinar

Webinar

Dec 18, 2019

CLPHA's education working group held a webinar on Tuesday, December 12, 2:00-3:00pm ET with a presentation from the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), a coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies that since 1920 has worked to serve children and families who are vulnerable.

CLPHA Education Working Group: Reducing Barriers to Education with Urban Strategies, Inc.

Webinar

Dec 18, 2019

CLPHA's education working group held a webinar on Tuesday, October 8, 2:00-3:00pm ET with presentations from Urban Strategies, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that specializes in results informed human services development, planning, and strategy implementation as part of comprehensive neig