The Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) received a $2.3 million Jobs Plus grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
JHA received the award to support job-training for approximately 300 JHA residents scattered throughout the city. JHA is just one of 14 housing agencies nationwide to be awarded the grant. It’s the second time in four years JHA has received the grant.
The Jobs Plus program was put in place to help develop locally-based, job-driven approaches to increase income and employment outcomes for residents of public housing. The program helps residents improve their earnings and employability through training, incentives, and services like technological skills training, financial literacy courses, job placement assistance and income disregards for working families.
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