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Federal Rental Alignment
Posted by on July 27, 2011 at 12:58 PM EDTThe White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) announces new programs that will better serve low-income families who rent from programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Closing the Achievement Gap with Arts Programming
Posted by on July 26, 2011 at 12:02 PM EDTRamon Gonzalez, founding principal of MS 223-The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology, uses statistics to show how arts-powered schools help eliminate the reading achievement gap for low income students.
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HUD: Going to Work in Southern Texas
Posted by on July 25, 2011 at 7:43 PM EDTThe Department of Housing and Urban Development’s programs are at work in southern Texas, addressing gaps in housing and infrastructure.
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Join a Twitter Interview on Development and Aid with the ONE Campaign
Posted by on July 21, 2011 at 7:35 PM EDTGayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy for the National Security Staff, is taking your questions on topics ranging from the GAVI vaccines pledge to the latest issues on foreign aid, global health and international development.
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Improving Social and Economic Opportunities in the Mid South
Posted by on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 PM EDTIvye L. Allen, President/CEO of the Foundation for the Mid South, stresses the need to invest in people and strategies that promote racial, social, and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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Engaging Disadvantaged Youth to Rebuild Communities
Posted by on June 14, 2011 at 6:27 PM EDTDorothy Stoneman, President and CEO of YouthBuild USA, Inc., recounts the expansion of a program dedicated to involving low-income young people in producing affordable housing over the past three and a half decades.
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Ending Veteran Homelessness
Posted by on June 6, 2011 at 9:06 PM EDTSecretary Shaun Donovan talks about one of the top priorities for himself and President Obama: Ending homelessness among veterans.
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From Immigration to Integration: One Immigrant at a Time
Posted by on June 4, 2011 at 12:07 PM EDTChampion of Change Nancy Newton talks about her experience visiting the White House and the successes of her efforts in her community.
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Military Families, Victims of Tornados, Receive Donated Computers From Operation Homelink
Posted by on June 2, 2011 at 3:57 PM EDTSargent Michael MacLeod writes about the efforts of Operation Homelink, a non-profit that provides computers and web cams to the families of deployed soldiers, to provide computer equipment to soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg who were affected by the devasting tornados that hit the region.
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Repair the World: USDA Hosts its First Food and Justice Passover Seder
Posted by on May 9, 2011 at 11:13 AM EDTMax Finberg, Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, describes the Department's "Food and Justice Passover Seder."
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