by PRRAC IT Administrator | Sep 18, 2016 | Essays
Hopscotching over southern-sector Dallas, TX, Christina’s mother made her way to a northwest Dallas suburb from Arkansas in search of greater opportunity for herself and her family. With a housing choice voucher and support, she found it. Although in a neighborhood...
by PRRAC IT Administrator | Jan 13, 2015 | Essays
Summer can’t come quickly enough. The cold winter weather keeps Elijah from meeting the other boys in his new neighborhood. In the meantime Elijah plays big brother to his seven-year-old sister and focuses on school, which appears to be working as his grades continue...
by PRRAC IT Administrator | Jun 30, 2014 | Essays
“There are parks and better schools and three grocery stores nearby.” When the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) announced that everyone living at Cabrini Green would have to move, Dana Southward saw an opportunity to make a better life for her young son,...