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<span>Need Help With Your Income Taxes? </span><br>The SDHC Achievement Academy in partnership with Thrive San Diego is offering free income tax preparation for families and individuals receiving federal Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8). For more information, call the SDHC Achievement Academy.

<span>College Bound</span><br>The Money Project helped Damaris learn important financial skills and, through her Individual Development Account, buy a laptop. The computer will help her with classes at Kenyon College in Ohio. Click here for more information about the Achievement Academy's "Money Project" program.

<span>Second Graduating Class - Achievement Academy</span><br>Twenty future small business owners graduated from the Business Initiatives & Strategies Training Program of the Achievement Academy of the San Diego Housing Commission. Participants completed eleven weeks of small business education.Watch Video. 12.15.11

<span>Dream Weaver</span><br>Mother of three starts her own daycare business with help and encouragement from the San Diego Housing Commission’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program.

SDHC Achievement Academy

Providing participants a bridge to a better economic future, the San Diego Housing Commission’s (SDHC)flagship Achievement Academy is now operating at our downtown SanDiegoheadquarters.

The brand new 9,600 square foot Achievement Academy is a state-of-the-art learning and skills center available at no charge to families receiving federal Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and those living in our public housing properties.

The SDHC Achievement Academy evolved from a 1990 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) request that public housing agencies implement programs to assist clients with career planning, job training and financial literacy.

Three major programs comprise the SDHC Achievement Academy’s comprehensive curriculum: Family Self-Sufficiency, Aspire, and The Money Project. Qualified participants are also eligible for special savings accounts that can assist with education expenses, provide seed money to start a small business, or a down payment for a home purchase. Motivated clients have successfully pursued college degrees, started their own businesses, and purchased homes under a special first-time homebuyer program.

With its expanded curriculum, the SDHC Achievement Academy also offers a variety of workshops and classes for personal and career enrichment.

SDHC's Achievement Academy staff serves as program coordinators, helping participants develop achievable career goals. Area colleges and private-sector partners donate funds or services and provide free workshops on topics such as personal finance, finding a job, and starting a small business.

So take control of your future! For more information about the SDHC's Achievement Academy, please call Frances Flores at (619) 578-7451.

SDHC'sdowntown Achievement Academys is located at:

SDHC Achievement Academy Downtown (Main Headquarters)

1045 11th Avenue

San Diego, CA 92101

Two additional Achievement Academycampusesoperatein City Heights and San Ysidro:

SDHC Achievement Academy campus in City Heights

4283 Juniper Street, No. 3 & No. 4

San Diego, CA 92105

SDHC Achievement Academy campus in San Ysidro

188 ½ Calle Primera

San Ysidro, CA 92173