Jurha Housing and Community Development Organization

Home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters (hippy) is a home- based early childhood education program that actively engages parents in teaching age and developmentally appropriate learning activities to their three and four year old children. Parent's as teachers (pat) is also ahome-based early childhood education program that actively engages parents in teaching age and developmentally appropriate learning activities to their birth to two year old children. Hippy and pat recognize the important role parents play in their child's early learning experiences and provide in-home parenting support, as well as, parent group meetings that enable them to acquire needed skills, and confidence to teach their child. For the program year 2018/2019 there was a total of 61 children served by these programs.

These funds will be used to provide for the Development of additional affordable Housing within the Community of jonesboro, craighead county, Arkansas and to set aside funding for additional staff training. Management is currently seeking appropriate uses of these funds, such as the acquisition of property to be rented as affordable Housing, the Development of new affordable Housing, the improvement of existing affordable Housing, staff training and other qualifying purposes.