CDC is issuing a new order temporarily halting evictions in counties with heightened levels of community transmission in order to respond to recent, unexpected developments in the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the rise of the Delta variant. It is intended to target specific areas of the country where cases are rapidly increasing, which likely would be exacerbated by mass evictions. Read more
Our children are at highest risk for overdose due to counterfeit pills. Children often start experimenting with prescribed medications thinking they are safe. All types of illicit drugs (marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, etc.) are testing positive for Fentanyl. DPH shows Fentanyl overdoses were up 163% in Georgia last year. Narcan can reverse an overdose caused by fentanyl and all other opioids. Read more about counterfeit pills
Project Row Houses (PRH) is a neighborhood development providing 54 units of affordable housing to residents of Houston Texas’s Third Ward. PRH’s founders consisted of 7 African American artists who worked alongside neighbors to rehabilitate 22 shotgun row houses that were threatened to be torn down. Read more
This digest contains recently published resources from HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) and its national, state, and local partners. Read more
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