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Triangle Tribune HUD funding helps agencies house and support the homeless By Sommer Brokaw vide long-term permanent housing and for others [email protected] to be “a steppingstone.” The apartments have been in operation for six DURHAM - Housing for New Hope, a Durham- years and, in a given year, the turnover is about based nonprofit committed to preventing and end- six or seven people. Ninety percent of those move ing homelessness, recently received funding to on to other permanent housing and 10 percent re- help it succeed. enter homelessness. The agency got an early Christmas gift when it “Some have moved on to become homeowners, received $46,000 from the U.S. Department of clean up their credit, save some money and make Housing and Urban Development for apartments a strong next step,” Allebaugh said. “The majori- that provide permanent housing. ty tend to stay longer, and some will be there the “It provides some base funding to support the rest of their lives.” operational costs for the Andover apartments - 20 Residents are supported by local agencies that apartments for homeless individuals who have help them access supportive services, including some type of disabling condition,” said Terry employment, medication, counseling and financial Allebaugh, Housing for New Hope’s founder and management. WASHINGTONPOST.COM executive director. “Most everyone there has men- The city’s Community Development Department tal illness and other challenges as well.” was recently notified that HUD awarded $424,000 In Newark, N.J., Kenny Matthews lives next door to an unfinished HUD- Allebaugh said their mission is twofold: to pro- funded house. Please see HUD/2A SPORTS Clayton State player glad to be alive after freak car accident VOLUME 14 NO. 5 WEEK OF JANUAR JANU ARY1,2012Y1,2012 $1.00 THE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE Is the HBCU American ‘equality’ Dream still a reality? lawsuit AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS Is the American Dream still a rThe definition of the “American Dream” and the best way to pursue it has become more individual and personal than ever before, according to a new report. The 2011 MetLife Study of the American Dream drew on a rep- resentative sample of approxi- mately 1,400 individuals, in- By Todd Beamon cluding a variety of ethnic AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS groups. The road has been an arduous The report found that one, but a lawsuit filed more than Americans are still largely driv- five years ago seeking $2.1 billion en by the belief that hard work FABFITFUN.COM to remedy what it contends are dis- will bring success, but what parities between Maryland’s his- they are working towards has Several Raleigh agencies plan to tackle North Carolina’s obesity rate by putting on their dancing shoes. torically black colleges and univer- shifted from the early- to mid- sities and its traditionally white in- 20th century norm of a college stitutions is nearing trial in education, marriage, a single- Baltimore. Its outcome could affect family home with a picket higher education for decades to fence, a car and children. Health series promotes come. The report characterizes the “The best thing is that we are new American dream as “do it cleared for trial,” John C. Brittain, yourself,” with individuals a professor at the University of the finding and adding the ele- District of Columbia’s David A. ments most important to them dancing off pounds Clarke School of Law, said after a when deciding how to define pre-trial hearing in U.S. District their success. Increasingly, re- “It is user-friendly and one of the most powerful Court. spondents said they placed im- By Sommer Brokaw [email protected] resources (if not the most powerful resource) on Among the rulings U.S. District portance on self-fulfillment and consumer health information in the nation.” Court Judge Catherine C. Blake strong relationships with fam- RALEIGH - With people packing on pounds over A grant from the United Negro College Fund made during the hearing were that ily and friends, and were less the holidays, a Dance into Health Winter Fitness Special Programs Corporation, in collaboration historical reports from as far back focused on attaining material Series in Southeast Raleigh is helping to get res- with the National Library of Medicine, supports as 1937 could be admitted into ev- items; as 74 percent said they idents back into shape. the project. idence, and the leaders of two of have all the necessities of life. The Southeast Raleigh Assembly, Shaw “The grant to Shaw University for dissemina- Maryland’s historically black col- Also, the need to obtain a University and the city of Raleigh have partnered tion to the collaborative partners was relatively leges could testify at the hearing lifestyle that surpasses that of to eliminate health disparities in underserved small, however, our share is enabling us to reach that begins next month. their parents is also less impor- communities by establishing the Access Project. more residents, provide more training opportu- The lawsuit, filed in 2006 by a tant. The project is focused on empowerment through nities to not only residents but also to health ad- group of students and alumni of For all groups, personal ful- access to consumer health information. vocates who walk away from the training with the historically black colleges known fillment and attaining enough “The Access Project uses education, training designation of a ‘trainer,’ “ Linger said. “They as the Coalition for Equity and money to live the way they and state-of-the-art online databases developed then are taking what they have learned from our Excellence in Maryland Higher chose trumped the importance and constructed by the National Library of staff and volunteers into the wider community Education Inc., contends that of wealth and financial success. Medicine to provide access and education to peo- in an effort to provide more training to residents Maryland has operated a higher ed- For all groups, except the old- ple on every health-care issue imaginable,” wrote of Southeast Raleigh.” ucation system of “de jure segre- est generation whose children Rita Linger, SERA president and CEO, in an email. Please see DANCING/2A gation” - racial segregation im- are likely already grown, pro- posed by law - in violation of the viding for security of their chil- 1954 Brown v. Board of Education dren was more important than ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court wealth and financial success. and of Title VI of the U.S. Civil According to the report, over- Rights Act of 1964. whelming numbers of African- Low-incomeschoolsnotgetting The disparities in operational Americans did not see wealth funding and programs asserted in as an integral part of achieving the lawsuit have been most appar- the American Dream. ent over the years to many stu- More than 70 percent felt they fair share of federal revenue dents at HBCUs. For instance, didn’t have to be wealthy, 65 STAFF REPORTS I money to serve disadvantaged will have a significant impact on Eugene Smith recalls the day he percent said they do feel they A new report from the U.S. students spent less state and lo- educational opportunities for our first spotted mold on the ceiling of need a college degree, and 71 Department of Education docu- cal money on teachers and other nation’s poorest children.” the Jenkins Behavioral Science percent said marriage is not im- ments that schools serving low- personnel than schools that don’t In a policy brief, a department Building at Morgan State portant to achieving the income students are being short- receive Title I money at the same analysis found that providing University. American Dream. changed because school districts grade level in the same district. low-income schools with compa- “There was a lot of mold and Despite the change in focus, are inequitably distributing their “Educators across the country rable spending would cost as lit- residue buildup,” said Smith, 23, 76 percent of African- state and local funds. understand that low-income stu- tle as 1 percent of the average who graduated last year and is now Americans said they are work- The analysis of new data on dents need extra support and re- district’s total spending. pursuing a master’s degree in high- ing as hard, or harder, than 2008-09 school-level expendi- sources to succeed, but in far too The analysis also found that ex- er education administration, also their parents to achieve their tures shows that many high- many places, policies for assign- tra resources would make an im- at Morgan. “There were cracks in version of the American Dream, poverty schools receive less than ing teachers and allocating re- pact by adding between 4 and 15 the ceiling, and when it rained, saying they are working longer their fair share of state and local sources are perpetuating the percent to the budget of schools there was mildew; and it grew over hours, or picking up freelance funding, leaving students in high- problem rather than solving it,” serving high numbers of poor time.” work and second jobs. poverty schools with fewer re- Secretary of Education Arne students. The Title I program is To view the complete report, sources than schools attended by Duncan said. designed to provide extra re- (Read the entire article on our visit www.metlife.com/dream. their wealthier peers. The data re- “The good news in this report sources to high-poverty schools website at www.triangle- veal that more than 40 percent of is that it is feasible for districts meet the greater challenges of ed- tribune.com.) schools that receive federal Title to address this problem, and it ucating at-risk students.
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