Reed announces nearly $1M in HUD grants for R.I. housing authorities

U.S. SEN. Jack F. Reed  said federal grants totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have been awarded to 10 communities to help assisted housing residents find work and access job training. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS
U.S. SEN. Jack F. Reed said federal grants totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have been awarded to 10 communities to help assisted housing residents find work and access job training. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS

PROVIDENCE – Federal grants totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have been awarded to 10 communities to help assisted housing residents find work and access job training.
U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed announced the grants, made available through HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program, on Monday.
Through the funding, public housing agencies will work with social service agencies, community colleges, businesses and other local partners to help public housing residents and individuals participating in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program increase their education or gain marketable skills that will enable them to obtain employment, information from Reed’s office states.
“The Family Self-Sufficiency Program is about helping individuals set goals and providing them with the necessary support to achieve them. This federal funding will help individuals living in assisted housing learn marketable skills, improve their job prospects and set them on a path towards greater economic independence and self-sufficiency. The program provides a road map to stability and links them to critical support services to get there, like help with education, job? training or child care so individuals can support their families,” Reed said in a statement.
Besides the 10 Rhode Island communities targeted for funding, Rhode Island Housing will receive $183,618 in grant money to benefit other Rhode Island FSS participants, the news release said.

Grant recipients are:

  • Central Falls Housing Authority: $63,456
  • Coventry Housing Authority: $51,571
  • Cumberland Housing Authority: $67,326
  • East Greenwich Housing Authority: $69,000
  • East Providence Housing Authority: $58,970
  • Narragansett Housing Authority: $69,000
  • North Providence Housing Authority: $20,020
  • Pawtucket Housing Authority: $138,000
  • Providence Housing Authority: $196,744
  • Warwick Housing Authority: $69,000

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