On Monday, November 7th, join the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island and the Housing Network of Rhode Island for the Reaching Home Rhode Island 2011 Conference.

You are invited to network and learn as nationally renowned speakers, trainers, and facilitators present workshops on:

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On Thursday, October 27th from 3 - 4p.m. EST, the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) will host a webinar entitled Where to Start? How to Know What Your State Should Do to Improve Medicaid’s Connection with Supportive Housing.

Presented as part of CSH's 2011 Supportive Housing & Healthcare Webinar Series, this webinar will examine the differences in Medicaid from state to state and how those differences relate to reimbursement for services in supportive housing. 

CSH has developed ‘Medicaid Crosswalk' in several states, which helps to outline state-specific issues. Webinar presenters will explain how this process works and the next steps it has generated.

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On Saturday, June 11th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., join non-profit developers across Rhode Island as they host open house events for their affordable housing currently available for sale.

Open houses will be held at the following locations:

BARRINGTON:
• Walker Farm Lane, 562 County Rd., new houses priced from $146,200 to $210,000. A model home will be open. The developer is West Elmwood Housing Development Corp.; contact Jasmine Peters, 453-3220, ext. 20.

BRISTOL:

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Crossroads Rhode Island recently celebrated the completion of 24 long-term affordable rental homes in North Kingstown, part of the first phase of development that will ultimately result in the creation of 104 homes.

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On Friday, June 10th at 1p.m., the National Housing Conference will host a webinar entitled Affordable Housing's Role in Fostering Local Economic Development. HousingWorks RI Executive Director Nellie M. Gorbea will be one of the featured speakers.

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HousingWorks RI this week released a three-minute animated short to raise awareness about the need for long-term affordable housing in Rhode Island.

The script was written in-house and the organization worked with local company They’re Using Tools, owned by RISD alum Melinda Rainsberger, to bring the storyboard to life. The result may seem like pure entertainment, but the messaging still depicts the seriousness of the issue.

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For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau has released 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates and the data confirm a persistent housing affordability crisis for Rhode Islanders. HousingWorks RI's analysis of the data indicates that Rhode Island is the most housing cost-burdened state in New England.

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The House of Hope CDC, Rhode Island Housing, and their community partners hosted a ribbon cutting on Monday to celebrate the completion of the Thomas Wilbur Homestead in Warwick.

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With the general election around the corner, HousingWorks RI has put together a Candidate Toolkit to better inform each candidate of the important role affordable homes play in growing Rhode Island’s economy.

The tool kit includes:

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On Monday, August 16, Crossroads Rhode Island broke ground for Kingstown Crossings, an affordable rental development in North Kingstown. The new affordable homes are being developed on a vacant parcel of land adjacent to former Navy housing that has provided homes to formerly homeless families.

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