The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is pleased to announce a new grant program, the Rural Senior Housing (RSH) Fund. Eligible affordable housing organizations can apply for RSH grants to support activities that will build, preserve, or advocate for housing for low-income seniors (62 and older) living in rural areas. This new program is made possible through the generous support of The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Applications are due to HAC no later than Thursday, December 15, 2011.
To access the application and for additional information, Click Here. (Word file)
If you have any questions about the application or the RSH FUND, please contact Janice Clark, 202.842.8600 x 131 or email Janice@ruralhome.org.
Note. Look for an announcement in October for a webinar training to answer questions about the application.
Burlington, VT – At their annual conference in Atlanta today, BoardSource, an organization dedicated to advancing the public good by building exceptional nonprofit boards and inspiring board service, announced that the Champlain Housing Trust Board of Directors won one of three Honorable Mentions in the Prudential Leadership Awards for Outstanding Nonprofit Boards. This competition evaluated nonprofit Boards from across the country on their efforts to position organizations for success.
The “Governing Toward the Future” competition awarded one $40,000 grand prize and three $10,000 honorable mentions. The Champlain Housing Trust’s Board was recognized for its efforts through a merger of two nonprofits to establish a strong, regional affordable housing and community development organization that is now a model for others. BoardSource chose to honor CHT’s Board because it “engineered a new organizational structure to create a sustainable structure for expanded capacity and impact [and] … completed a merger between two organizations, which began – rather than ended – a strategic process of self-improvement,” the organization said.
“We are thankful for this recognition,” said Board President Paul Bohne of Shelburne. “The Champlain Housing Trust places a lot of emphasis on sound governance, and we have an exceptional group of fifteen volunteers providing leadership to the organization.”
The Champlain Housing Trust stewards 500 affordable homeownership properties and over 1,500 affordable rental apartments throughout Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties. In addition to providing affordable housing, CHT offers homebuyer education, credit counseling, foreclosure intervention support, affordable loan products and develops new homes for rent or for sale. More information is available at www.champlainhousingtrust.org.
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Source: Brattleboro Reformer, April 26, 2011, by Jaime Cone
“BRATTLEBORO– Thompson House residential nursing facility recently received a USDA loan of more than $300,000 for the installation of a modern cooling and ventilation system.
In observation of Earth Day, the United States Department of Agriculture announced April 22 that a $331,000 Community Facility Loan and a $27,300 Community Facility Grant will be awarded to Brattleboro Mutual Aid Association, Inc., the owner of the Thompson House. [More ...]
Source: Bennington Banner, April 25, 2011, by Neal Goswami
“BENNINGTON — Stacey’s bedroom, dominated by pink tones, is filled with some of the artwork she has created since moving in with the Von Ouhl family and becoming part of it about 16 years ago.
Stacey, 39, who lives with Marilyn Von Ouhl and her family as part of United Counseling Service’s Shared Living program, beams with pride as she displays various pieces of work. She enjoys building things, and her favorite piece, she said in sign language, is a home made of wood with a stone pathway.
The Shared Living Program began at UCS about 30 years ago. It allows developmentally disabled people who cannot live alone, or may not be able to continue living with family, to continue the experience of living with a family. [More ...]
Save the Date: The Johnson Community Housing ribbon cutting will be at 11:00 AM on Monday, March 7.
More details to follow shortly, please mark your calenders.
More information: Kenn Sassorossi, Housing Vermont, 802.863.8424, kenn@hvt.org, www.hvt.org.
Tags: Housing Vermont
When/Where: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:00 am – 10:30 am, State House Cafeteria
Who/What: January 25th, LeadingAge Vermont will be up at the State House hosting an informal, light breakfast. LeadingAge Vermont’s Board of Directors is compromised of familiar faces (Kevin Loso, Chris Hart, Eileen Peltier, Nancy Eldridge, Julie Iffland, Allie Stickney, John Broderick, Cindy Jerome and Bob Crego). We are all nonprofit organizations that provide a home to seniors and others with a disability in public housing, nonprofit housing, residential care, assisted living or CCRC.
This group has been actively engaged in obtaining significant federal funding for housers across Vermont to provide service support to our residents (that’s SASH). Many of you will benefit from their work over the next three years.
Please stop by and hear more about SASH (Support And Services at Home) and the policy goals of LeadingAge Vermont.
Please join us!
For more information, contact: Nancy Eldridge, E.D. Cathedral Square Corporation, eldridge@cathedralsquare.org, 802-863-2224, www.cathedralsquare.org
Tags: LeadingAge Vermont, Support And Services at Home (SASH)
Source: Burlington Free Press, Jan 11, by Matt Sutkoski
Photo Source: GLENN RUSSELL, Free Press
“WINOOSKI — Two years in the making, transitional housing for homeless veterans officially opened Monday on Canal Street.
Though veterans won’t start moving in until next week, the Committee on Temporary Shelter and Housing Vermont held a ribbon cutting in the five-story building to mark the end of construction. The two organizations formed a partnership to establish the housing. [More ...]
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Tags: committee on temporary shelter, Homelessness, Housing Vermont, veterans housing
Please join representatives from Housing Vermont and the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) and other dignitaries as we celebrate the opening of the Canal Street Veterans Housing Facility.
What: Canal Street Veterans Housing Ribbon Cutting
When: Monday, January 10, 2011, at 1:00 PM
Where: 120 West Canal Street, Winooski
RSVP: Email rsvp@cotsonline.org Or call Mary Beth at 864-7402, ext. 104
More information on Canal St. Project: cotsonline
Announcements, Homelessness, Housing Agency and Nonprofit News, Housing Creation and Preservation, Supportive Housing
Tags: committee on temporary shelter, Housing Vermont, veterans housing
Advocacy and Policy, Announcements, Homelessness, Housing Agency and Nonprofit News, Supportive Housing
Tags: 3squaresvt, BF Warming Shelter, COTS, Food Assistance, Homelessness, Inmates, Salvation Army, Spectrum
Source: The Associated Press, Boston Globe, July 23
By John Curran
“MONTPELIER — A Vermont sex offender who spent an extra 1 1/2 years in prison because he could not find a state-approved place to live after his release is finally getting out.
But the dilemma posed by his placement underscores the heightened sensitivity within the Department of Corrections and Vermont communities in dealing with sex offenders since a highly publicized case in 2008 that prompted changes to the law. [More ...]
Tags: Corrections, DOC, Transitional Housing
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