15 Oct NHS of LA County and Congresswoman Barragan Announce NHS Center for Sustainable Communities in Wilmington Coming Soon
NHS Awarded $850,000 from Congresswoman Nannette Barragan
Neighborhood Housing Services of LA County (NHS) was awarded $850,000 through Congresswoman Nannette Barragan’s office to open its new community development space in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles.
The award announcement was held on Thursday, October 10th, at 11:00 am at Wilmington Town Square, 105 West “I” Street in Wilmington, Los Angeles.
It included an introduction from Congresswoman Barragan and remarks from local resident, Dora Palomino and Lori Gay, NHS President & CEO.
NHS operates its first Center for Sustainable Communities in Compton, which served as the model for the Wilmington project. With this funding, NHS will work to expand upon its 40 years of building stronger communities by hosting a variety of community service providers, facilitating financial, health, economic and workforce development programs and resources for local Wilmington, San Pedro and Harbor Gateway residents. The Center will provide equitable access to a host of community-based programs which will serve to enhance and support new and existing resources, along with extensive financial education and counseling for the local community. NHS hopes to have the new Center available to the community during the first quarter of 2025. Interested parties should contact NHS at (213)381-2862 or [email protected].
About NHS — NHS creates sustainable pathways for financial independence for low-and middle-income families by uniting residents, businesses, and local leaders to build thriving neighborhoods. NHS revitalizes communities through financial education, creating affordable housing, preserving homeownership, and protecting cultural neighborhoods through equity and justice focused business services. Since 1984, NHS has developed and rehabilitated more than 28,500 housing and commercial units, assisted more than 7.2 million families to get on the path to homeownership, and reinvested more than $10 billion into some of the region’s most under-served neighborhoods.
About Congresswoman Barragan — With a desire to give back to her communities, in the late 1990s, Congresswoman Barragan began her career in public service. She steered outreach efforts for African Americans in the Office of Public Liaison for the Clinton White House and worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) focusing on racial health disparities and discrimination. In 2016, Nanette decided to take her advocacy to the national level. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2016, becoming the first Latina ever to represent California’s 44th Congressional district. Rep. Barragán’s FY24 Community Project Funding.
Congresswoman Barragán has submitted funding requests for important community projects in California’s 44th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee. Click here to read about more 2024 projects she is hoping to have funded.
You can also click here for projects the Congresswoman’s office has submitted in prior years
