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Equity in Bond Planning

October 2020

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The Student and Family Resource Centers report was completed in collaboration with the Dallas Independent School District and HR&A Advisors. The report features Dallas ISD's Equity in Bond Planning project, an effort to make place-based investments in historically redlined communities so that students and their families have what they need to thrive.

Equity in Bond Planning is a project led by the Dallas Independent School District’s Racial Equity Office to develop concepts for Student and Family Resource Centers within the Lincoln, Roosevelt, Pinkston, and Spruce feeder patterns. The resource centers will be new or renovated facilities that can host programs to improve student performance and address community needs. The District recognizes that students face many out-ofschool factors that impact their education and is collaborating with the community to address these areas. Funding for the resource centers has been identified as part of the 2020 Bond Program. The Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) supported the Racial Equity Office with data analysis and community engagement for this project. Other key collaborators include HR&A Advisors, Concordia, and bcWORKSHOP. The report that follows was written under the direction of HR&A with input by Dallas ISD, CPAL, Concordia, and bcWORKSHOP.

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  • Rental Housing Needs Assessment

    CPAL’s Rental Housing Needs Assessment analyzes the growing gap of rental housing supply and demand for low-income families.

    • As of 2021, Dallas had a 33,000+ unit gap in affordable rental housing. Without action, this shortage of affordable housing units is projected to nearly triple to 83,500 units by 2030.
    • The lack of homes that are affordable to lower-income families disproportionately affects Black renters, households with children, and seniors.
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  • WIC Playbook

    CPAL’s WIC playbook features prototypes designed to increase WIC benefit uptake in Dallas through human-centered design.

    • The WIC program plays an important role in improving birth outcomes and containing health care costs. Every dollar spent on WIC leads to savings in health care costs from $1.77 to $3.13 within the first 60 days after birth.
    • National data shows that in 2021, an average of 12.13 million moms, babies, and young children were eligible for WIC but only 51% actually participated.
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  • Improve Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance

    CPAL’s Housing Voucher Acceptance Guide explains Dallas’ voucher ecosystem dynamics and ways to improve HCV acceptance.

    • In a 2020 survey of apartment complexes across Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and Collin Counties conducted by the Inclusive Communities Project, only 7% of respondents reported accepting vouchers.
    • Those that benefit most from vouchers are primarily women and BIPOC renters who live below the federal poverty threshold. 15% of the DHA Housing Choice Voucher recipients (~2,400 families) are households with dependent children.
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