NeighborWorks Stories - NeighborWorks America

4/11/2016

Peer-to-peer exchange one of the best ways to learn

Nonprofits can learn from each other, and NeighborWorks America facilitates the process through its Peer-to-Peer Visit Grant.

4/4/2016

For youth who attend this program, ‘money rocks’

When it comes money, budgeting and planning ahead, it's never too early to start learning. Money Rocks in South Carolina begins in the schools.

4/4/2016

Giving residents a voice door by door in Idaho

Resident surveys carried out by NeighborWorks Pocatello in its Old Town neighborhood successfully strengthened the organization’s community engagement efforts.

4/1/2016

The arc of a Chatham superhero

“I want to bring this housing complex to life,” says Yorli Huff, a former undercover drug agent and superhero.

3/31/2016

Good bargain helps renter become homeowner

After renting an apartment for two years, Ashley Johnson knew she wanted to be a homeowner, preferably in Detroit, where she works for the Girl Scouts.

3/28/2016

When this resident sees ‘room for improvement,’ she gets to work

As a resident of the College Park neighborhood in Las Vegas for 54 years, RaeAnn Peterson didn’t stand around and wait for someone else to fix problems in her neighborhood. Peterson identified several elderly individuals whose homes needed some tender loving care.

3/28/2016

Women's History Month: Gail Latimore

For more than 35 years, our network of more than 240 nonprofit organizations provide a number of services to their communities, including access to homeownership and safe, affordable rental housing. At the helm of 40 percent of these organizations are female leaders. During Women's History Month, we celebrate these women and their accomplishments in community development.

3/25/2016

Financial capability programs make 'cents' for renters

Financial security is critical for both the residents served by NeighborWorks America network member Community Housing Partners and the greater area. Thus, the nonprofit organization focuses its resident-services program on the financial capability of its multifamily residents.

3/21/2016

Women's History Month: Rebecca Reynolds

For more than 35 years, our network of more than 240 nonprofit organizations provide a number of services to their communities, including access to homeownership and safe, affordable rental housing. At the helm of 40 percent of these organizations are female leaders.

3/17/2016

Supportive housing helps family troubled by mental illness

Due to mental illness, Matthew Bowers had trouble holding down a job. His family was facing the prospect of becoming homeless, just as he and his wife became parents. Fortunately, a NeighborWorks member called A Community of Friends had the perfect place for him and his family to live.

2016

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