Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
Chelsea, Gloucester, Malden and Somerville have been awarded $240,000 each from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help residents of public housing access services and find jobs.
The “Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency” grants are intended to enable each city’s housing authority to hire or retain a service coordinator, who will assess the needs of residents and connect them with job training, placement programs, and other services.
The funding is also designed to help the elderly and residents with disabilities obtain services that will enable them to live more independently.
“Our investments in communities need to link housing to the services people need to connect to local jobs,” said HUD New England Regional Administrator Barbara Fields, announcing the grants on June 9. “As we seek to promote self sufficiency, these [grants] will provide housing authorities with the necessary resources to hire caseworkers who can help residents connect to opportunities that will improve their quality of life.”
The money awarded to the four Massachusetts cities is part of $31 million that HUD is distributing nationwide.