Hud Announce $45.5 Million For Job Training And Employment
Funding of $45,543,764 to public housing agencies in 48 states across the country, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico has been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding is to help low-income people get job training, employment and homeownership counseling.
HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV/FSS) program provides funds to public housing agencies to hire FSS program coordinators.
FSS coordinators link adults who receive rental assistance through the HCV program to local organizations that provide job training, childcare, counseling, transportation and job placement.
Some of the awardees received funding to hire a homeownership coordinator who assist families with getting the information and resources they need to find a lender and homeownership counseling.
Participants in the HCV/FSS program sign a contract that stipulates the head of the household will get a job and the family will no longer receive welfare assistance at the end of the five-year term.
As the family’s income rises during the term of the FSS contract, a portion of that increased income is deposited in an interest-bearing escrow account.
If the family completes its FSS contract, the family receives the escrow funds that they can use for any purpose, including down payment on a home purchase, paying educational expenses, starting a business or paying back debts.
HUD is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS.
The Department also promotes economic and community development as well as enforces the nation’s fair housing laws.
Recipients listed by state and amount are:
ALASKA $63,000
MONTANA $112,309
ALABAMA $313,268
NORTH CAROLINA $1,344,312
ARKANSAS $687,094
NORTH DAKOTA $224,358
ARIZONA $973,158
NEBRASKA $213,642
CALIFORNIA $5,180,633
NEW HAMPSHIRE $334,980
COLORADO $1,023,893
NEW JERSEY $2,478,423
CONNECTICUT $438,616
NEW MEXICO $430,373
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $189,000
NEVADA $445,032
FLORIDA $1,202,724
NEW YORK $2,509,822
GEORGIA $1,032,383
OHIO $2,397,954
HAWAII $344,175
OKLAHOMA $374,652
IOWA $812,575
OREGON $1,570,890
IDAHO $556,124
PENNSYLVANIA $1,540,370
ILLINOIS $1,080,201
PUERTO RICO $43,958
INDIANA $1,135,894
RHODE ISLAND $598,318
KANSAS $350,157
SOUTH CAROLINA $496,968
KENTUCKY $1,162,342
SOUTH DAKOTA $138,848
LOUISIANA $352,859
TENNESSEE $916,039
MASSACHUSETTS $1,987,331
TEXAS $2,130,432
MARYLAND $1,348,924
UTAH $447,314
MAINE $249,701
VIRGINIA $1,286,535
MICHIGAN $968,576
VERMONT $339,642
MINNESOTA $542,151
WASHINGTON $1,293,397
MISSOURI $711,377
WISCONSIN $514,507
MISSISSIPPI $352,040
WEST VIRGINIA $302,483
TOTAL: $45,543,764
