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VOLUME 5,
ISSUE 4
January 24, 2025
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LINKS, RESOURCES, & OPPORTUNITIES FOR GHA RESIDENTS
Greensboro Housing Authority is committed to helping our residents build life success. We are also committed to sharing opportunities that may contribute to furthering life success. Scroll down to see opportunities through GHA and our partners!
Please take a look at the previous issues of Life Success Opportunities Emails.
Some of the opportunities featured may still be relevant.
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PRODUCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFE SUCCESS™ | |
The Family Self-Sufficiency Program is open to GHA residents who have not previously participated in the program. Watch the video below to learn more about the program! | |
ARE YOU READY TO OWN YOUR HOME?
Let us help you get prepared for homeownership! Sign up today to begin your life success journey as you learn more about the home buying process!
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Join the GHA Revity Savings Team Today! | |
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General requirements for the scholarship:
- All required information shall be submitted in original with one (1) copy.
- All required information may be handwritten or typed.
- The following information material is required:
- Letter of character recommendation. Recommendations from the community or religious organization, employer or academic reference. Letters of recommendation may not come from family members.
- One letter from the sponsoring Housing Authority outlining their reasons for selecting the applicant to compete for a scholarship.
- An unofficial transcript from high school and/or the academic institution the applicant is currently attending.
- Acceptance Letter from college, university, attending.
- An essay containing a minimum of 750 and a maximum of 1,000 words to answer the following questions: (1) Where do you see yourself in the next four years and how will this scholarship help you to achieve those goals? (2) What are you doing now to achieve those goals? If you have any unusual circumstances that you would like the scholarship committee to consider, please include them in your essay.
- One photograph of the applicant (suitable for publication) NO PHOTOCOPIES
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***For GHA Residents. Classes take place at Hickory Trails Community Room | |
Virtual Primary Care at Hampton Homes
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Address: 1300 Ogden Street, Greensboro, NC 27406
- Hours: Mondays 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Thursdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Ages: Children 8+ and adults
- This is a primary care practice, not a walk-in urgent care clinic.
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RENT & UTILITY ASSITANCE OPPORTUNITIES: | | |
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If you are a renter and in need of rental and/or utility assistance, the following agencies may be able to assist you.
- Greensboro Housing Authority (this service request is for GHA residents only)
- Request assistance here
- Guilford County Department of Social Services
- Energy Assistance Program – (heating/cooling and water assistance) 336-641-3000
- Apply online here
- Greensboro Urban Ministry (utility assistance: water, power, and gas)
- Greensboro residents only - 336-271-5959
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United Way - 336-378-6600
- Faith Action International House
- (Refugee Rental Assistance program) - 336-379-0037
- Welfare Reform Liaison Project (WRLP)
- (Utility assistance and workforce development program) – 336-691-5780
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NC Pre-K is now accepting applications for children who will be four years old on or before August 31. | |
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Supporting the social and emotional development of young children in Guilford County.
Click below for resources to help you support your child and prepare for school readiness.
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Get some great ideas for preparing your preschooler for kindergarten! | |
Check out these helpful resources designed to make reading a fun and bonding experience for both caregivers and kids. Let’s create wonderful reading moments together! | |
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UPCOMING VIRTUAL SESSIONS
Financial Literacy
12:00 - 1:00 PM or 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Restorative Practice
12:00 - 1:00 PM or 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Career & College Promise
12-1 PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
6-7 PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Guilford Parent Academy is a FREE, year-round, parent engagement and support program of Guilford County Schools.
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Click below for Guilford County Schools lunch menus | |
Is your child a bus rider? Don’t forget to download the Here Comes the Bus app, which gives arrival times, shows your child’s bus location on a map, and more. | |
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In order to provide continuing support for North Carolina’s youngest readers, The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Office of Early Learning has developed and released “Literacy at Home.”
This digital resource provides literacy activities at each grade level, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Families and communities may access this resource for activities that specifically target the literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and oral language.
When children grow in each of these foundational areas they are well on their way to becoming proficient readers.
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The Access Amazing Scholarship covers the cost of tuition and fees for many high school graduates in Guilford County.
The scholarship removes cost as a barrier for students graduating from a Guilford County high school and is a "last dollar" scholarship* that pays the remaining balance of student in-state tuition, college fees, and course fees once all other federal and state grants, scholarships, and sponsorships are applied.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES: | |
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The Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) was founded through a partnership between UNC Greensboro and the Phillips Foundation.
Over the years since HRI launched in February 2017, HRI has brought together interdisciplinary experts to develop resources and information that advance HRI’s mission to promote happy, healthy, and safe relationships of all kinds.
HRI Toolkits are designed to offer you a set of tools to strengthen your relationships. Each HRI Toolkit offers three sets of resources.
- First, Reflect resources provide self-reflection activities to examine your beliefs and views toward relationships.
- Second, Connect resources offer Conversation Starters to help guide discussions with others in your life to better understand one another.
- Third, the tools in the Build section offer tip sheets that address several common elements of different types of relationships.
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Check out the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) modules online. The Triple P/ Positive Parenting Program is available to any parent in North Carolina for FREE!!!
Positive ways to take the worry out of parenting
Support your children to cope with challenges – Triple P programs have many simple strategies you can start using right now!
- Promote your child’s or teenager’s emotional well-being.
- Make family life more enjoyable for everyone with routines and rules that really work.
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CAREER & JOB OPPORTUNITIES: | |
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Greensboro Public Library provides educational resources for learners seeking information for personal enrichment, skilled trades training, entrepreneurship and nonprofits.
Bridge to Learn offers learners of all ages the opportunity to complete courses with Coursera, Gale Business: Entrepreneurship, Gale Business: Plan Builder, Gale LegalForms, and Interplay Learning SkillMill.
Use your library card to get started.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES: | |
Click above to explore the latest edition of Active Adult News! | |
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Emotional Wellness Support Group meets every Wednesday to find connection, support, and strength on your journey.
Next Meetings: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Women’s Resource Center, 628 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
This safe, welcoming space offers tools, shared experiences, and encouragement to support your emotional well-being.
Open to women seeking community and healing.
Register at Info@WomensCenterGSO.org or call 336-275-6090 to join.
Hybrid options available! Attend virtually if needed. Request your ZOOM link by contacting Kellin at: info@kellinfoundation.org
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CONE HEALTH MOBILE UNIT SCHEDULES
Medical care is more accessible than ever for patients across the city of Greensboro and surrounding counties with the Cone Health Mobile Health Program. Explore the links below to learn more and stay updated on upcoming events.
Mobile Mammography
- Mobile mammography screening services.
Mobile Medicine Clinic
- Mobile clinic (for ages 6 years and above) including wellness exams, sick/well child visits, sports physicals, STD treatment and more.
Mobile Screening Van
- Mobile screening services (for ages 18 years and above) including blood pressure screenings, blood sugar check and wellness education.
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HELPFUL LINKS:
CLICK THE ICONS BELOW TO ACCESS MORE RESOURCES
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