Just Home Project
The Just Home Project is a national initiative launched by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Urban Institute designed to advance community-driven efforts to break the link between housing instability and jail incarceration.
This initiative includes an initial grant of nearly $370,000 from the MacArthur Foundation to create a plan to address the impact of incarceration on housing instability in Tulsa, along with technical assistance and coordination provided by the Urban Institute.
Tulsa and the three other communities awarded this grant will have the opportunity to receive additional support from a pool of $15 million to implement plans and acquire or develop housing for populations that are not being served by current housing resources.
By coupling grant funding with investment capital, this project seeks to unlock local government innovation, absorb risk that housing providers are hesitant to take, and provide much-needed support for people in danger of remaining trapped in a cycle of housing instability and jail.
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Family & Children's Services
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Housing Solutions
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The Terence Crutcher Foundation
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Current Opportunities
For over a century, Family & Children’s Services has been the place to turn for help with problems that seem overwhelming and too difficult to handle alone. The agency restores children’s well-being, heals victims of abuse, strengthens individuals and families, and provides hope and recovery for adults suffering from mental illness and addictions. Today, its life-changing services help one in six Tulsans.
Learn more about Family & Children’s Services at https://www.fcsok.org/
Housing Solutions is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to building systems that make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Housing Solutions is the lead agency for the Tulsa County HUD-funded Continuum of Care (CoC). The lead agency works with the community to implement the strategic plan while guiding local service providers to implement evidence-based practices through system changes.
Learn more about Housing Solutions at https://www.housingsolutionstulsa.org/
The mission of the Terence Crutcher Foundation is to create just and liberated communities free from racial violence and harm by advancing policy, strengthening communities, and honoring the legacy of our ancestors. The Terence Crutcher Foundation serves as a strong backbone organization in Tulsa, creating the social change platform that centers the voices of people impacted by the criminal legal system. The Foundation creates space for experimentation and learning while providing durable, long-term organizing infrastructure through convening, guiding, and coordinating social justice efforts across the community.
Learn more about the Terence Crutcher Foundation at https://www.terencecrutcherfoundation.org/
Affordable Housing Finance Consultant
- The Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity d/b/a PartnerTulsa (“TAEO”) is seeking an affordable housing finance consultant to provide professional services in a development project or projects to create new transitional, supportive, and affordable housing units in Tulsa as part of the Just Home Project. The RFQ can be downloaded at the link here.
Fast Facts
"The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity. We are a trusted source for changemakers who seek to strengthen decision-making, create inclusive economic growth, and improve the well-being of families and communities. For more than 50 years, Urban has delivered facts that inspire solutions—and this remains our charge today."
Technical Assistance Provider , Urban Institute
"The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including promoting local justice reform in the U.S."
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