FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority receives $10,000 from the Bama Works Fund to support the growth of their Resident Services program.
Charlottesville, VA (August 28, 2023) — The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA), is pleased to announce a generous grant award of $10,000 from the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band. The grant will assist with expanding their Resident Services program to better meet the needs of low-income members of the Charlottesville community.
With the $10,000 donation from Bama Works, CRHA’s Resident Services staff will attend and participate in state and national trainings where they will learn how to increase participant engagement and success while sharing their own knowledge of Resident Services to other programs around the country.
This contribution from Bama Works reinforces the organization’s commitment to building a more equitable, resilient, and environmentally sound world. Please direct any questions to matthewsk@cvillerha.com.
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About CRHA
The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) is a resident-centered organization committed to excellence in providing affordable quality housing, revitalizing communities, supporting resident involvement, and promoting upward mobility and self-sufficiency through partnerships in the public and private sectors.
About Bama Works https://www.bamaworks.org
Established by Dave Matthews Band in 1999, the Bama Works Fund supports a wide range of efforts to build a more equitable, resilient, and environmentally sound world. While the fund primarily focuses on effecting positive change in the band’s homebase of Charlottesville, Virginia, it has also engaged in a great number of national and international causes over the years, including everything from natural disaster relief to voting-rights projects to intersectional movements such as the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. To date, Bama Works has raised more than $65 million and awarded over 2,500 grants, ultimately serving as an invaluable source of sustenance for an incredible diversity of charitable programs and initiatives.
