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NANAY CDC Gets Dream Maker Award |
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MIAMI, Feb.
26, 2007 --
The NANAY Community Development Corporation
(NANAY-CDC, also known as NANAY Housing Resource
Center) received the prestigious "Dream Maker
Award", together with The Carrie P. Meek Foundation,
The Children's Trust, Udonis Haslem Children's
Foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
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"These fine organizations deserve such honor for
improving the lives of people and making the
American Dream possible," says Dottie Johnson,
Vice-Mayor of Opa-Locka and Founding President of
the Portrait of Empowerment (POE).
POE hosted the 2007 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Spirit
of Excellence and Scholarships Gala held at
Renaissance at the Gables on February 24, 2007, in
partnership with Jeffrey Lamar Johnson Jr.
Foundation, Opa-Locka Rotary Club, Joint Alumni
Coalition of Miami-Dade County Inc.,
HBCUentrepreneurs.com, Billy Raven Foundation,
Africana Research & Education Foundation Aviation,
and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade &
Festivities Committee, Inc.
"We are honored to be recognized for our
contribution to the community," says Winnie Tang,
NANAY-CDC Chair. The event was attended by officers
and directors of NANAY Inc and NANAY-CDC.
NANAY Inc (National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and
the Youth), a community-based 501(c)(3) organization
established in 1994, has a community center in North
Miami that provides free counseling, computer
classes, recreational activities, transport, health
sessions, soft exercises for elders, caregiver
support and intergenerational programs.
In June 2004, NANAY established the NANAY Community
Development Corporation (NANAY-CDC) to develop
affordable housing and homeownership counseling for
low-moderate income families. Financial literacy
programs and asset-building strategies were provided
for low- and moderate-income families in North Miami
in 2005.
In 2006, NANAY-CDC opened its NANAY Housing Resource
Center (NHRC) as a one-stop center where people with
housing needs can get information about available
resources and access a support network that helps
them qualify for home ownership, learn about
government down payment assistance programs, learn
ways to reduce their debts, sustain their housing
after they buy or rent, and improve their living
situation. In November 2006, NHRC hosted the "I Need
Help in Housing" Fair that was attended by 200
participants.
NANAY also partnered with Neighborhood Housing
Services and Little Haiti Housing Association to
form the Housing Partnership of North Miami, which
was recently approved by North Miami Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to provide homebuyer
training, credit pre-qualification and purchase
assistance services to prospective buyers of its
affordable housing project.
"We hope to soon be able to make people's dream of
homeownership come true, " says Eva Bruce, newly
appointed Executive Director of the NANAY Housing
Resource Center.
NANAY was also recently designated as one of the 20
Magic Johnson Empowerment Centers across the U.S.,
to provide state-of -the-art virtual technology for
all youth and adult program participants. The
initiative will offer financial and homeownership
counseling, adult education, basic skills training,
English as a second language education,
entrepreneurial programs, literacy training,
web-based interactive learning and leadership
development for both elders and youth.
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