Buckner Family Pathways helps area moms, receives grant
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation awarded a $15,000 Texas Fund Grant to Family Pathways in Lubbock at a check presentation Jan. 19. In seven cities across Texas, Buckner
International offers family transition pro- grams, residential programs with services designed to strengthen families, enabling single parents to pursue education or voca- tional training and become self-sufficient. The Texas State Affordable Housing
Corporation has supported the work of Buckner Pathways programming in Lubbock and Lufkin, Texas, for the last three years totaling $126,000. Family Pathways Lubbock received one of 16 grants awarded this year across the state by the Texas State Affordable
Housing Corporation as part of the Texas Foundations Fund Program. Eligible grant applicants were nonprofit organizations and rural government entities. Specifically, grants were awarded for the construction, rehabilitation and/or critical repair of owner-occupied single family homes and for the provision of supportive services in multifamily housing “The goals and objectives of the grant
are to provide supportive housing services to single moms, focusing on higher education and self-sufficiency and alleviating home- lessness in this population,” said Buckner Area Vice President of Operations Henry Jackson. “Many mothers do not have other viable options to assist them with educa- tion, safe housing and spiritual guidance during difficult times of transition in their
lives. Buckner offers such opportunities for those mothers who are looking for redemptive hope and transformation for themselves and their children.” Texas State Affordable Housing Corpo-
ration is a non-profit organization created at the direction of the Texas Legislature in 1994 for the promotion of public health, safety and welfare through the provision of safe, decent and affordable housing for low-income Texans and other under served populations. Buckner has been dedicated to providing
services that help strengthen at-risk children and families in Lubbock since 1958. Buckner serves children, families and single mothers with the goal of building the necessary skills and knowledge they need to succeed in life. –Jordan Corona
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