HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC
2001 W Blue Heron Blvd, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 www.cp-cto.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Housing Partnership is a not-for-profit community development organization partnering with communities to change the odds for our children and families facing social, emotional and financial adversity.

Housing Services - The Homeownership Promotion and Preservation service area assists clients in fulfilling their dream of achieving home ownership, by facilitating access to a first mortgage loan, providing an 8-hour HUD certified homebuyer class and individual counseling sessions, identifying gap financing and serving as liaison among all parties contributing to closing the transaction. The Financial Capability provides clients with tools to build financial management, resilience and navigate daily finances. We provide a 3- hour financial fitness class and individual financial coaching sessions for clients to achieve and maintain long-term financial stability. Under the Financial Capability Program, we also provide Voluntary Income Tax Preparation (VITA) through a partnership with the United Way of Palm Beach County. We serve over 2,000 people under these two programs. Supportive Housing works with clients with a mental health diagnosis and/or substance abuse. We coordinate support services and link them to stable rental home through partnerships with private landlords or the local housing authorities.Additionally, we are a State of Florida licensed mortgage lender that provides down payment assistance as deferred/forgivable loans to first time buyers. More recently, we created our Real Estate Development and Asset Management program under Community Solutions where we will partner with other stakeholders and/or develop affordable housing and supportive housing units, whether new or rehabilitated in various neighborhoods.

The BRIDGES Initiative - Community Partners of South Florida (CP) operates six of the ten BRIDGES locations. The purpose of BRIDGES is to develop a coordinated and integrated, local system of care that is community-based and focused on healthy births, decreasing child abuse and neglect, and increasing school readiness. An aspirational goal is to ensure children are reading on grade level at the end of third grade. BRIDGES are gathering places that connect local families to community resources by drawing upon the strengths and resources of the neighborhood to heighten awareness about how families can support and keep their children healthy, safe and strong. Grounded in the principle that all parents want the very best for their children, families, and community, stakeholders collectively engage in the mission of ensuring the health and well-being of all children and families in the neighborhood at large. Funded by the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, the BRIDGES initiative facilitates family engagement and serves to strengthen and build community capacity and resilience by offering tips and workshops for parents, information on healthy ways to help children grow and learn, fun family events, connects members to community resources, and much more. BRIDGES initiative supports partnerships between organizations and residents of the communities to address and improve common social conditions that affect children and their families, with focus on community building and strengthening existing community assets. This year, CPSFL's six BRIDGES Hubs were able to support and impact over 1900 families. BRIDGES tagline is "Families Empowered. Communities Connected".

Mentoring Programs - Mentoring at CPSFL aims to link children with caring adults committed to their social and emotional development. Funded by the United Way of Palm Beach County through the Children's Services Council of PBC and The Youth Services of Palm Beach County, the goal of the mentoring program is to build protective factors, foster a sense of connectedness, and support the social-emotional learning through a supportive, positive adult mentor/mentee relationship. CPSFL operates four mentoring programs across the School District of Palm Beach County in high-need geographic locations: Pioneer Park Elementary in Belle Glade, Pahokee Elementary in Pahokee, Highland Elementary and Lake Worth Middle Schools in Lake Worth Beach. Participation in a nurturing, stable relationship with an adult in their life increases their protective factors and helps the youth reach their fullest potential. The goal is to provide mentees with an opportunity to develop a positive relationship that will impact their success at school, at home and decrease their risky behaviors while interacting positively with their peers and increase their social-emotional health. We facilitated over 140 mentor/child matches this year and made 43 new mentor-mentee matches this year alone.

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