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West Oakland artist, Greg Kloehn, drives around the streets near his home studio looking for illegally dumped trash piles that show up every night.
Along with a team of volunteers, Greg fashions those pieces into tiny, moveable structures. Ever since his first home give-away, Greg has converted trash into more than a dozen small homes on wheels and given them to the homeless in his area.
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Federal Programs Related to - Artists' Services
Programs that provide technical services, subsistence funding, studios or living facilities, and/or other services for individual artists. Artist Registries; Legal Services for Artists; Slide Registries; Travel Grants for Artists; Equipment Access and Services for Artists; Artisans ServicesFederal Programs Related to - Housing, General/Other
Programs that seek to meet the basic shelter needs of the community by providing temporary shelter for people who are in emergency situations, home improvement programs, housing location assistance and a variety of housing alternatives.Federal Programs Related to - Housing Development, Construction & Management
Programs that make housing available to wide range of individuals or offer housing options not specified below. Housing Construction; Housing Development; Housing Management- Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
- Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans
- Rural Housing Site Loans and Self_Help Housing Land Development Loans
- Rural Rental Housing Loans
- Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance
- Rural Rental Assistance Payments
- Rural Housing Preservation Grants
- Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
- Shelter Plus Care
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program
- Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
- Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program
- Rural Housing and Economic Development
- CPD"s Transformation Intitiative Technicial Assistance
- Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants
- Fair Housing Organizaiton Initiatives
- Recovery Act Transitional Housing
- Recovery Act - Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants For Indian Tribal Governments
Federal Programs Related to - Services for the Homeless
Programs that provide supportive services for individuals and families who are homeless or which work with people who are at risk for homelessness in an effort to prevent them from losing their permanent residence.Federal Programs Related to - Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, General/Other
Programs that focus on protecting and promoting the broad civil rights and civil liberties of individuals and work to change public policy and opinion in a variety of areas.See also: +COMMON CODE Advocacy (**B); Hate Crimes Prevention (I02.07); Housing Discrimination (I05.08); Voter Services (W08.05)
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Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Students and Social Enterprises
Two students interested and engaged with the social enterprise movement speak about their experiences:
