FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Santa Barbara County, CA, May 26, 2022 – People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH) has received a visionary grant of $40,000 from the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara. The funding will underwrite a much-needed expansion of their College Club.
“We cannot thank the Women’s Fund enough for their support of students pursuing their dreams of going to college,” said Joanna Dominguez, PSHH Director of Education. “With this incredible gift, many more students throughout Santa Barbara County will have a strong foundation for building bright and successful futures through higher education.”
College Club is offered through PSHH’s Camino Scholars education program, a service which helps college-bound students with application assistance, financial aid navigation, career exploration, campus visits, and mentorship. This new funding will allow PSHH to address the 500% increase in students requesting support.
People’s Self-Help Housing was selected, along with 10 other local agencies, to receive funding in the Women’s Fund’s 2021-22 grant cycle. The 11 nonprofit organizations received a combined $900,000 in funding, which reflects the largest annual pool of contributions in the 18-year history of the volunteer-led collective donor organization. This year’s amount brings the total funds awarded in grants to more than $9.5 million since 2004 when Women’s Fund members first began combining their charitable dollars into significant grants to address the critical needs of women, children, and families in south Santa Barbara County.
To learn more about People’s Self-Help Housing, visit pshhc.org.
About People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH)
With nearly 1,000 units of new housing in its pipeline and founded in 1970, PSHH is the longest-serving nonprofit affordable housing organization on the Central Coast. Our mission of building homes and providing services to strengthen communities and change lives, sees us serving low-income households, families, farmworkers, seniors, and veterans. We also provide welcoming environments for those living with disabilities, youth transitioning out of foster care, and the formerly homeless. Homeownership opportunities through a self-help, “sweat-equity” program have created over 1,200 homes and with a presence in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Monterey counties, PSHH manages over 2,000 rental units, and employs over 200 members of staff. PSHH acknowledges the indigenous people of the territories that our organization occupies, including the Chumash, Salinan, Yokuts, Kitanemuk, and Tataviam people. To read the full land acknowledgement, visit pshhc.org/IDEA. For more information about the organization, visit pshhc.org, email info@pshhc.org or phone (805) 781-3088.
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Media Contact: communications@pshhc.org, (805) 548-2340
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