| HUD No. 18-015 HUD Public Affairs (202) 708-0685 | FOR RELEASE Tuesday February 20, 2018 |
HUD AWARDS $35 MILLION TO PROMOTE JOBS, SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
WASHINGTON - In an effort to help low-income residents become self-sufficient, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $34.9 million to public housing authorities, public housing resident associations, Native American tribes, and non-profit organizations across the nation to hire or retain service coordinators to help them find jobs, educational opportunities, and achieve economic and housing independence (see list below).
The funding, provided through HUD’s Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency – Service Coordinators Program (ROSS-SC) helps grantees hire or retain "service coordinators" who work directly with residents to assess their needs and connect them with education, job training and placement programs, and/or computer and financial literacy services available in their community to promote self-sufficiency.
“It’s part of our mission to help connect public housing residents to better, higher paying jobs and critical services as a means of helping them move beyond public assistance and toward self-sufficiency,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “This funding gives our local partners resources they can use to help residents become economically independent and achieve the dreams they have for themselves and their children.”
The purpose of HUD’s ROSS-SC program is to encourage innovative and locally driven strategies that link public housing assistance with public and private resources to enable HUD-assisted families to increase earned income; reduce or eliminate their need for welfare assistance; and promote economic independence and housing self-sufficiency. These grants provide funding to hire and retain Service Coordinators who will assess the needs of residents of conventional Public Housing or Indian housing and coordinate available resources in the community to meet those needs. In addition, ROSS-SC grants help improve living conditions for seniors, enabling them to age-in-place.
Fiscal Year 2017 ROSS-Service Coordinator Grants
| STATE | GRANTEE NAME | AWARD AMOUNT | STATE TOTAL |
| Arizona | Pinal County Housing Department | $204,000 | |
| Arizona Total: | $204,000 | ||
| California | The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles | $738,000 | |
| Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento | $436,230 | ||
| Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara | $246,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of the County of Fresno | $230,660 | ||
| Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura | $246,000 | ||
| Chico Rancheria Housing Corporation & HA County of Butte | $245,000 | ||
| Madera, City of | $233,382 | ||
| Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura (AHA) | $228,500 | ||
| California Total: | $2,603,772 | ||
| Colorado | Walsh Manor Local Resident Council | $215,918 | |
| Westridge Local Resident Council | $240,556 | ||
| Westwood Local Resident Council | $215,918 | ||
| City of Englewood Housing Authority | $207,429 | ||
| Colorado Total: | $879,821 | ||
| Connecticut | Ansonia Housing Authority | $246,000 | |
| Housing Authority of the Town of Greenwich | $246,000 | ||
| Bristol Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Connecticut Total: | $738,000 | ||
| Florida | Sarasota Housing Authority | $233,460 | |
| Housing Authority of the City of Titusville | $208,832 | ||
| The Housing Authority of the County of Flagler | $246,000 | ||
| The Lee County Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Palatka Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Punta Gorda Housing Authority | $240,000 | ||
| Florida Total: | $1,420,292 | ||
| Georgia | Thomaston Housing Authority Resident Council Inc. | $246,000 | |
| Northwest Georgia Housing Authority | $230,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of Newnan | $246,000 | ||
| Georgia Total: | $722,000 | ||
| Iowa | City of Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency | $246,000 | |
| Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Iowa Total | $492,000 | ||
| Idaho | Nampa Housing Authority | $241,219 | |
| Nez Perce Tribal Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Idaho Total: | $487,219 | ||
| Illinois | Decatur Housing Authority | $240,725 | |
| Rock Island Housing Authority | $216,000 | ||
| Macoupin County Housing Authority | $151,772 | ||
| The Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington | $244,500 | ||
| Rockford Housing Authority | $492,000 | ||
| Oak Park Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Illinois Total | $1,590,997 | ||
| Indiana | Housing Authority of the City of Kokomo | $190,395 | |
| New Albany Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington | $184,391 | ||
| Indiana Total: | $620,786 | ||
| Kansas | Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Housing Authority | $142,190 | |
| Kansas Total: | $142,190 | ||
| Kentucky | Bryant Way Resident Council | $178,827 | |
| Gordon Avenue/Summit View Resident Council | $173,021 | ||
| Louisville Metro Housing Authority | $721,800 | ||
| Housing Authority of Covington | $231,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of Floyd County | $179,109 | ||
| Kentucky Total: | $1,483,757 | ||
| Massachusetts | Fall River Housing Joint Tenant Council | $186,000 | |
| New Bedford Housing Authority | $423,762 | ||
| Norwood Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Quincy Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Falmouth Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Massachusetts Total: | $1,347,762 | ||
| Maryland | Resident Services, Incorporated | $738,000 | |
| Maryland Total: | $738,000 | ||
| Maine | Portland Housing Authority | $240,756 | |
| Lewiston Housing Authority | $213,539 | ||
| Maine Total: | $454,295 | ||
| Minnesota | Northwest Minnesota Multi-County HRA | $246,000 | |
| Moorhead Public Housing Agency | $246,000 | ||
| Minnesota Total: | $492,000 | ||
| Missouri | Independence Housing Authority | $246,000 | |
| Missouri Total: | $246,000 | ||
| Mississippi | Laurel Housing Authority Beacon Homes Resident Council LLC | $246,000 | |
| Arco Lane Site Based Resident Council, LLC | $246,000 | ||
| Mississippi Total: | $492,000 | ||
| Montana | Public Housing Authority of Butte's Resident Council | $129,652 | |
| Missoula Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Montana Total: | $375,652 | ||
| North Carolina | Greensboro Housing Authority | $230,415 | |
| Housing Authority of the City of High Point | $492,000 | ||
| Lenoir Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| North Carolina Total: | $968,415 | ||
| North Dakota | Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority | $246,000 | |
| North Dakota Total: | $246,000 | ||
| New Jersey | Housing Authority of the City of Jersey City | $492,000 | |
| Housing Authority of the City of Paterson | $442,349 | ||
| Phillipsburg Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of the City of Rahway | $246,000 | ||
| New Jersey Institute for Disabilities | $246,000 | ||
| New Jersey Total: | $1,672,349 | ||
| New Mexico | Housing Authority of the City of Truth or Consequences | $246,000 | |
| Santa Fe County Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Albuquerque Housing Authority | $220,598 | ||
| New Mexico Total: | $712,598 | ||
| New York | Citywide Council of Syracuse Low Income Housing Residents | $492,000 | |
| Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation, Inc. | $738,000 | ||
| Albany Housing Authority | $492,000 | ||
| Rochester Housing Authority | $492,000 | ||
| Niagara Falls Housing Authority | $243,350 | ||
| Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Inc. | $246,000 | ||
| New York Total: | $2,703,350 | ||
| Ohio | Jurisdiction-Wide Resident Advisory Board | $738,000 | |
| Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority | $679,331 | ||
| Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority | $702,816 | ||
| Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Ohio Total: | $2,366,147 | ||
| Oregon | Housing Authority of Clackamas County | $246,000 | |
| Home Forward | $492,000 | ||
| Housing Authority of Lincoln County | $246,000 | ||
| Oregon Total: | $984,000 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Allegheny County Housing Authority | $682,732 | |
| Harrisburg Housing Authority | $384,000 | ||
| Westmoreland County Housing Authority | $336,997 | ||
| Family Service Association of Bucks County | $245,449 | ||
| Pennsylvania Total | $1,649,178 | ||
| Rhode Island | Chestnut Court Tenants Association | $246,000 | |
| The Housing Authority of the City of Providence | $738,000 | ||
| Johnston Housing Authority | $220,500 | ||
| Housing Authority of the City of Pawtucket | $82,000 | ||
| Rhode Island Total: | $1,286,500 | ||
| South Carolina | Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, SC | $384,255 | |
| Housing Authority of Greenville | $246,000 | ||
| South Carolina Total: | $630,255 | ||
| South Dakota | Sisseton Wahpeton Housing Authority | $177,000 | |
| South Dakota Total: | $177,000 | ||
| Tennessee | Johnson City Public Housing Authority | $246,000 | |
| Morristown Housing Authority | $180,300 | ||
| Columbia Housing & Redevelopment Authority | $246,000 | ||
| The Crossville Housing Development Corporation | $160,722 | ||
| Tennessee Total: | $833,022 | ||
| Texas | Housing Authority of the City of Fort Worth | $242,000 | |
| San Marcos Housing Authority | $225,405 | ||
| Houston Housing Authority | $628,605 | ||
| Texas Total: | $1,096,010 | ||
| Virginia | Can I Live, Inc | $738,000 | |
| Can I Live, Incorporated | $202,033 | ||
| Cardinal Village Tenant Association, Inc. | $231,000 | ||
| Pleasant View Tenant Association, Inc. | $231,000 | ||
| Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority | $231,000 | ||
| Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority | $176,400 | ||
| Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority | $246,000 | ||
| Virginia Total: | $2,301,433 | ||
| Washington | The Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton | $246,000 | |
| Housing Authority of the City of Tacoma | $246,000 | ||
| Nisqually Indian Tribe | $228,600 | ||
| Housing Authority of Kittitas County | $208,286 | ||
| Washington Total: | $928,886 | ||
| Wisconsin | S.E.T. Ministry Inc | $239,733 | |
| Wisconsin Total: | $239,733 | ||
| West Virginia | Charleston-Kanawha | $457,209 | |
| The Huntington Housing Authority | $190,404 | ||
| West Virginia Total: | $647,613 | ||
| TOTAL | $34,973,032 |
