Operation Pathways
Resident Engagement and Services Innovators In Housing and Education
The NHP Foundation's commitment and mission to preserve affordable housing and mission to preserve affordable housing is not realized through bricks and mortar alone, but in union with programs and services offered that help
transform residents’ lives. Residents in NHPF communities have access to a wide variety of educational, health, and enrichment programming through Operation Pathways, a subsidiary of NHPF.
Operation Pathways’ efforts in connecting housing with education has created a new partnership with CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology), a nonprofit education research organization and developers of the Universal Design for Learning. Together Operation Pathways and CAST have been awarded a three- year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and create a Multi- Generational Makerspace at NHPF’s Bayview Towers apartment community in Stamford, CT. The Makerspace movement focuses on exploratory learning opportunities in STEM by creating intentional spaces with materials, supplies and tools intended to increase educational and workforce readiness outcomes. By co-designing a Makerspace with residents in the context of affordable housing, Operation Pathways and CAST hope to increase access to innovative and evidence- based educational opportunities for whole families to learn together.
GROWING UP & OUT OF POVERTY: WHY HOUSING MATTERS • 15
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