Birch Tree Apartments and wrap-around services

dc.contributor.advisorNemon, Melissa L.
dc.contributor.authorDaugherty, Kathryn L.
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-03T15:06:47Z
dc.date.available2012-07-03T15:06:47Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-17
dc.description.abstractThe Birch Tree Affordable Housing Project is located in the rural Southeast Missouri community of Farmington. The Project involves the complete rehabilitation of a 56-unit apartment complex and a set of complementary wraparound services. The wrap-around services include a Head Start Center located within the complex itself, a community garden, Financial and Job Search Life Skills programs, Assets for Independence and Family Self-Sufficiency programs, a Summer Food feeding site, and a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Given current community dynamics, housing affordability is a difficult matter for many Farmington residents. Specifically, approximately 37% of the households in Farmington spend 58% of their income on housing and are unable to pay for food, utilities, clothing, or save for an emergency. Should this persist unabated, Farmington risks increased poverty, possible home loss, and increased social and economic burden to the community. The Birch Tree Affordable Housing Project will allow families to increase their budgeting skills to plan for the financial resources that are available. It will also increase affordable and quality child care; increase the amount of safe, sanitary, decent, and affordable housing; increase the number of economically disadvantaged people getting education and training required for better paying jobs; and increase the income for economically disadvantaged families. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.description.bibliographicCitationDaugherty, K. L. (2012). Birch Tree Apartments and wrap-around services. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Science (M.S.)en_US
dc.description.programCommunity Economic Developmenten_US
dc.description.schoolSchool of Businessen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10474/2303
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSouthern New Hampshire Universityen_US
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dc.rightsAuthor retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibiteden_US
dc.rightsHolderDaugherty, Kathryn L.
dc.subject.lcshSouthern New Hampshire University -- Theses (Community Economic Development)en_US
dc.subject.otherMissouri (US)en_US
dc.subject.otherFarmington (MO)en_US
dc.subject.otheraffordable housingen_US
dc.subject.otherhousing rehabilitationen_US
dc.subject.otherwraparound servicesen_US
dc.titleBirch Tree Apartments and wrap-around servicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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