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State of the Union 2012: We Want to Hear From You
Posted by on January 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM ESTThe White House has scheduled online opportunities to ask questions of Administration officials in the days following the President's address to the nation.
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Building Neighborhoods of Opportunity
Posted by on January 10, 2012 at 5:49 PM ESTChoice Neighborhood Grants provide local leaders with flexible funds to transform high-poverty neighborhoods with distressed public housing into sustainable communities with mixed-income housing, safe streets, and economic opportunity.
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Improving Affordable Housing Delivery Across Federal Agencies
Posted by on December 30, 2011 at 1:38 PM ESTThe initiatives in a new report will streamline federal housing requirements to support more efficient delivery of affordable housing, and help state and federal agencies’ staff to better serve low-income families who rent their homes.
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Strong Cities, Strong Communities Fellowship Program
Posted by on December 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM ESTStrong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative Fellows will be placed in cities around the country and trained to help with local economic revitalization efforts.
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Ending Homelessness in New Orleans
Posted by on November 29, 2011 at 12:46 PM ESTNew Orleans unveils a new plan to end homelessness in the city, developed with the help of the Obama Administration's Strong Cities, Strong Communities initiative.
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A More Sustainable Future
Posted by on November 22, 2011 at 3:30 PM ESTThe Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants of $96 million to support efforts that combine housing, economic and workforce development with transportation and infrastructure developments
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Faith & Community Based Partnerships a Key Part of Detroit’s Plan to Prevent Youth Violence
Posted by on October 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM ESTEugene Schneeberg, the Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Justice discusses about his recent visit to Detroit for the implementation of Detroit’ City Wide Youth Violence Prevention Plan.
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Youth Violence Prevention: Investing in Detroit
Posted by on October 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM ESTMichael Strautmanis meets with Mayor Dave Bing in Detroit to discuss his efforts to prevent youth violence.
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What You Missed: Open for Questions with News One, Hello Beautiful, Black Planet, The Urban Daily & TheGrio
Posted by on September 13, 2011 at 1:09 PM ESTPresident Obama makes a surprise appearance during a panel on the economy and jobs with InteractiveOne's websites and administration officials at the White House.
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Finding Resilience in Detroit
Posted by on August 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM ESTTorya Blanchard, founder of Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes, speaks on the commitment it takes to become a budding entrepreneur in unexpected places.
