Huntsville
Housing Authority partners with more than 40 agencies throughout
the city of Huntsville and Madison County. Several of these agencies
have established offices in public housing communities. HHA desires
to provide a variety of services that will assist in removing
barriers towards economic independence for public housing residents.
Community agencies have been extremely supportive in HHA's effort
to bring services on-site to public housing residents.
The Huntsville
Police Department (All Communities)
The Huntsville Police
Department (HPD) provides an eight-member police unit for police
protection above the baseline service that is normally provided.
The police officers build trust among law-abiding residents
through the concept of community-oriented policing, where the
police and citizens jointly curtail criminal activity.
Huntsville/Madison
County Mental Health Center (All Communities)
The Mental Health
Center provides a drug prevention specialist that visits
each
of the family public housing communities and conducts counseling
for individuals and families who have substance abuse characteristics.
The counselor is certified as an associated prevention specialist
through the state of Alabama.
H.E. Monroe
Scholarship Program (All Communities)
HHA
provides a scholarship to a high school senior who will be entering
college. The scholarship
pays $4,000 (to be paid in annual installments of $1,000 each
year) for four years.
WDJL
Radio Scholarship
WDJL
radio station 1000 AM annually awards two five hundred dollar
academic scholarships to two graduating high school seniors
living in public housing, or one thousand dollar
scholarship to a public housing adult who is continuing their
education.
Alabama A & M University and Alabama Cooperative Extension
System (L. R. Patton Apartments)
Through
the combined efforts of the Life Science Department at Alabama
A & M University, the Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional
Programs of Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and HHA,
this
partnership has developed a Family Life Center in the L. R.
Patton community. Qualified family life specialists and educators
and Alabama A & M faculty provide training programs, seminars,
and workshops that strengthen the resilience of individuals,
youths, and families by enhancing coping and survival skills.
Community
Action Agency Headstart Program (Councill Court)
This program
is located in Councill Court and provides free services
to families
who meet income guidelines. Children ages 3 and 4 participate
in educational programs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday
through
Friday.
Youth
Sports (All Communities)
Each year,
public housing youths compete in sporting events within the
city of Huntsville and the state of Alabama. The Metro League
and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Huntsville team with
HHA to provide a variety of sporting events.
New Futures
New Futures
assists homeless families with children in obtaining public
and Section 8 housing. GED/Word Processing classes and job
search assistance are provided for residents in either housing
program. Classes are available three times daily and two
evenings each week. New Futures also manages the Interfaith
Hospitality Network. The Network, comprised of 21 host and
support congregations, assists families in need of temporary
housing, meals, transportation assistance, and a support
system, and operates a Day Center at 228-H Binford Drive.
Resident
Councils (All Communities)
The
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Huntsville (Sparkman Homes)
Girls'
Incorporated of Huntsville (L. R. Patton)
Huntsville/Madison
County Public Library (Sparkman Homes)
Cultural
Arts Conservatory (Oscar Mason Center)
Crisis
Services of North Alabama (L. R. Patton)