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HUD Is Bringing Families Home for the Holidays
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For the first time, Ashley will spend the holiday season with her children in a home of her own.
Previously, Ashley was a renter that struggled financially and never thought she could ever afford to purchase her own home. Ashley was driven, though, and sought support through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program. The wraparound services that are part of HUD’s FSS program – including career counseling, educational help, personal finance classes, and more – have been key to the impact upon participants’ abilities to find a path toward self-sufficiency and to achieve substantial economic growth.
Supervisor Kathryn Barger, whose 5th district includes the Santa Clarita Valley, recently participated in a grocery giveaway, which took place in Castaic.
“Just in time for Christmas, we distributed groceries to 1430 Santa Clarita households at Castaic Lake,” Barger said. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to partner with our dedicated community volunteers and the L.A. Regional Food Bank to ensure local families are fed this holiday season.”
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Here are a few photos from the event.
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Citing pandemic hardships, Los Angeles school officials on Monday deferred any failing grades from this semester until at least Jan. 29, giving students additional time to avoid receiving an F in their classes.
The move is the latest effort by the nation’s second-largest school district to avoid penalizing students under increasing strain during the surging coronavirus emergency that continues to upend their education and worsen family hardships.
Compared with last year, grades have dramatically deteriorated, especially for Latino and Black students, English learners, students with disabilities, foster youth and those experiencing homelessness, according to a directive sent to secondary school principals Monday and obtained by The Times.