Fannie Mae Foundation Honors Finalists For 2007 Maxwell Award
December 21 2007 - 10:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
Fourteen nonprofits are honored for their work in supportive
housing for homeless people. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ --
The Fannie Mae Foundation, in collaboration with the Partnership to
End Long Term Homelessness, today announced the 2007 Maxwell Awards
of Excellence finalists. Fourteen nonprofit organizations are
recognized for their work in the field of housing for homeless
people. At a January 2008 awards ceremony, four final award winners
will be announced. Each Maxwell winner receives a $75,000 grant to
continue work in the field of supportive housing for homeless
individuals and families. Each runner-up will receive a $10,000
grant. "These organizations have done outstanding work in the field
of creating new housing opportunities for homeless people," said
Peter Beard, executive director of the Fannie Mae Foundation.
"Supportive housing for the homeless is an essential part of the
fight to end homelessness in our country. These organizations are
all doing important work in that struggle," said Bob Hohler,
executive director of the Melville Charitable Trust. The following
organizations have been selected as finalists: In the homeless
families category: -- Avalon Housing, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan
-- East Liberty Development in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Mercy
Housing Lakefront in Chicago, Illinois -- Umpqua Community Action
Network in Roseburg, Oregon In the homeless youth category: -- AEON
in Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Common Ground in New York, New York --
La Casa Norte in Chicago, Illinois In the homeless veterans
category: -- Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless of Brevard
County in Cocoa, Florida -- The Connection Fund in Middleburg,
Connecticut In the chronically homeless category: -- Avesta Housing
Development Corporation in Portland, Maine -- Boley Centers, Inc.
in St. Petersburg, Florida -- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
in Denver, Colorado -- Downtown Emergency Service Center in
Seattle, Washington -- Skid Row Housing Trust in Los Angeles,
California Organizations from across the country submitted
applications for projects that were placed into service during
2004, 2005 or 2006. These applications were evaluated on the basis
of creativity in addressing local housing needs, quality of design,
originality and innovation in financing and affordability, and
success in implementing the project. Winners were selected by an
independent advisory committee for having produced the best
examples of supportive housing. Maxwell Award winners' case studies
will be posted on KnowledgePlex (http://www.knowledgeplex.org/) and
the Partnership to End Long Term Homelessness
(http://www.endlongtermhomelessness.org/). Created in 1988, the
Fannie Mae Foundation's Maxwell Awards program seeks to encourage
and recognize the outstanding work of nonprofit organizations that
develop and maintain affordable housing in urban, metropolitan, and
rural communities across the country. The awards are named in honor
of David O. Maxwell, who retired in 1991 after 10 years of service
as chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae and chairman
of the board for the Fannie Mae Foundation. DATASOURCE: Fannie Mae
Foundation CONTACT: Chrissie McHenry of Fannie Mae Foundation,
+1-202-752-1297 Web site: http://www.fanniemae.com/
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/
http://www.endlongtermhomelessness.org/
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