Jobs-plus pilot initiative

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office awarded the Housing Authority City of Alice TX $272,250 on June 1, 2026, under the Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative to support employment and economic mobility initiatives for public housing residents in Alice, Texas.

The award funds service coordination and employment support activities serving the Housing Authority's public housing population through May 31, 2029. Place of performance is Alice, TX 78332. The Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative is a competitive project grant program designed to address economic and housing self-sufficiency needs of public and Indian housing residents by providing grant-funded coordinators who connect residents to supportive services needed to achieve economic and housing self-sufficiency.

The Housing Authority is a municipal housing authority and HUD grant recipient that operates public housing in Alice, Texas. It has received fifty-two federal grant awards since 2006, with a combined obligation total of $24.4 million, all from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. Recent awards span the Public Housing Operating Fund, Public Housing Capital Fund, and Family Self-Sufficiency Program. The Housing Authority received a prior Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative award covering June 2023 through May 2026; this new award represents either a continuation or renewal phase of that initiative.