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The Housing Collective and our partners develop and deliver tools to help planners, policymakers, service providers, and citizens create innovative and data-driven housing solutions in Connecticut.

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Eastern Connecticut, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

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The Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a new toolkit to help HUD grantees and community developers support faith-based organizations that want to build and preserve affordable housing in their communities, in partnership with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region USA

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Urban Institute and Fairfield County's Community Foundation describe the potential economic benefits of closing Black and Latino racial gaps in income, education, and housing in Fairfield County.

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

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This fact sheet illustrates progress made in ending homelessness both state-wide and in Fairfield County in particular. Also, it reflects the work left to do and resources needed to end chronic homelessness.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

Advocacy

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Litchfield County, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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LCCHO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more support for affordable housing by changing how they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and employment.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and economic development

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and healthcare.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and education.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Training

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Follow this guidance to register for OAT and enter the outcomes of your SOAR-assisted SSI/SSDI applications.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Case Management; Health
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region USA

Training

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The Family and Youth Services Bureau requires training for all staff of RHY grantees. These trainings are outlined in Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for Basic Center Programs (BCP), Street Outreach Programs (SOP), Transitional Living Programs (TLP), Maternity Group Homes (MGH), and Prevention Demonstration Programs (PDP).

Initiative Opening Doors
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region USA

Research

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This research outlines how greater progress can be made if nonprofits, government agencies, businesses and the public come together around a common agenda to create collective impact.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Collective Impact
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region USA

Advocacy

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CHEO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more public support for affordable housing by improving the way they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more public support for affordable housing by improving the way they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

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The Connecticut Department of Housing released this guidebook to help municipalities develop their local affordable housing plans, as required by state statute 8-30j.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media PDF
Region CT

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FCCHO and Urban Institute present the first comprehensive look at affordable and accessible housing needs across CT, commissioned by the Department of Housing and Department of Social Services.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Older Adults
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO details the investments communities can make with their share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to improve and diversify their housing stock.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Supportive Housing; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and economic mobility.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Training

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This toolkit is intended to help local housing non-profits identify funding sources and strategies to meet their specific funding needs.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

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This guide will demonstrate how to hold a successful onboarding or orientation meeting for new board members at your affordable housing non-profit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

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This brief document provides tips on how to recruit and interview board members for your affordable housing non-profit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

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