TDHCA Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA") for the Program Year 2018 Amy Young Barrier Removal ("AYBR") Program The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") announces that it has published the Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA") for the Program Year 2018 Amy Young Barrier Removal ("AYBR") Program. The NOFA details the release of $3,090,482.73 [...]
Sign up for Voice of Women, a leadership training program from Women Build designed for Habitat’s women homeowners. Training is designed to provide women homeowners in partner families with leadership skills and structure to affect positive change in their neighborhoods and communities. This six-part training series is designed to help women take ownership and to [...]
Do you remember the lessons of the 2016 Lone Star Summit? When Bridget Brandt taught us all about story-telling? With a year to practice, you're probably great at it now, so enter this competition below. Good luck! Storymakers 2017 Is Coming. Tell Your Story. Win Prizes. Effective storytelling can transform Habitat for Humanity of [...]
Habitat Texas has launched a brand new program to benefit affiliates. It's a great way to ask for quick, easy, and safe donations. Like where? Construction Sites - Take a break and Text to Donate - Engage when volunteers are excited about a job well done! Speeches to community groups - Add the Text to [...]
A new class of the ACCES executive leadership program, designed exclusively for Habitat leaders, will be starting in September and two spaces have come available. Please see a note from Sue Henderson below about the program. If you are interested in applying, please contact Krista Padgett right away at kpadgett@habitat.org. Dear Affiliate Leader, In the [...]
Habitat Texas Board Makes Commitment to Faith Engagement Recognizing the difficulty affiliates have with finding the resources to engage congregations in their communities, the Habitat Texas Board of Directors recently held a planning session around developing partnerships with regional and statewide religious institutions and organizations that in turn filter to congregational level (interfaith or intrafaith). At [...]
Habitat Texas held an Advocacy Retreat, May 4-6. 2016. Here are the digital files and materials from that retreat. Beaman's Slides Attendees Voter Registration Drive Info Register to Vote (Spanish) Register to Vote Poster I VOTE Stickers Avery Label template 5294 SAMPLE Reminder to Register Letter SAMPLE Time Off to Vote Policy Board Education: Why [...]
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Department") is pleased to announce a revised 2015 Single Family Programs Reservation System ("Reservation") Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA"). On November 12, 2015, the TDHCA Governing Board approved an amendment which adds approximately $6,000,000 in program income and deobligated funds to the NOFA. $1,000,000 will be added [...]
Funding opportunities for July 2015 feature the following: G.R. White Trust, which supports nonprofit organizations in the state of Texas, with areas of interest including community development, social services, the environment, and Christian agencies. Types of support include programmatic, equipment, general operating and building. With an application deadline of September 1, interested applicants should submit a [...]
