New Business

Are you a first-time home buyer? Has it been more than 3 yrs. since you owned your last home? If you answered yes to either question, you may qualify for loans and financial assistance through the Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation. Next meeting is March 6.

See the January 12th posting on Budgeting and Home Ownership.

For more information on the meeting, please contact: 

Sharon German at Sharon German, Miami-Dade Affordable Housing

Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation
1444 Biscayne Blvd, Ste 312
Miami, Fl 33148
305.371.6760

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No School March 12-16: SPRING BREAK

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Ft. Lauderdale Job Fair 

Monday, March 19, 2012 
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Sheraton Ft Lauderdale 

Airport & Cruise Port Hotel 

1825 Griffin Road 
Dania Beach, FL 33004

Ft. Laud. Job Fair

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Since Spring Break falls on the second week of March, the Parent Committee Meeting will be moved to the third week, Weds. March 21 at 3:30 p.m.

We will be deciding on the end of the year "Parent Field Trip" (no kids allowed!) Previous Parent Field Trips were held on a weekday during from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and were held at Amelia Earhart Park, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, ZooMiami and other locations in Miami-Dade county approved by Head Start. Free lunch and transportation is available. Only parents who actively participate in Parent Committee Meetings may attend.

No School & New Business Days

No School Fri., Feb. 3 due to a Teacher's Planning Day.

Ft. Lauderdale Job Fair 

Monday, March 19, 2012 
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Sheraton Ft Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port Hotel 1825 Griffin Road 
Dania Beach, FL 33004


To browse jobs: Jobs in Ft. Lauderdale

Budgeting and Home Ownership

If you can't make it to meetings, please send someone in your place. There's great information that you don't want to miss. For example:

• Sharon German, Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation
• Loans are offered to those who qualify. Some qualifications are:
• Miami-Dade resident for at least 3 mos.
• may not currently have a mortgage in your name; if you were previously a home owner and it's been at least 3 yrs since the mortgage ended, you are still considered a new home owner
• must be income guidelines
• must have a credit score of 620 or above
• cannot have any negative account pending on credit report
• For more info, email Sharon German at sgerman@bellsouth.net
• As of Jan. 13th Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation will move to
• Miami-Dade Affordable Housing Foundation
• 1444 Biscayne Blvd, Ste 312
• Miami, Fl 33148
• 305.371.6760

If you're not sure whether your credit is good or bad, you can get 
your credit report for FREE!!

• As a Florida resident, you can get your report for free at www.annualcreditreport.com
• This site will only give you a report of account in good or bad standing. It will not give you a credit score or number unless you pay to upgrade. (Many sites will give you the score for FREE for 30 days! Just remember to call and cancel before the 30 days end.)
• This site will give you recommendations to improve your credit (ie. it's better to pay more than the minimum balance; it's better to pay a small amount consistently than nothing at all; don't keep a high balance on credit cards; have a variety of loans in good standing: credit cards, car loans, student loans, etc.)
• You will be able to check your credit one time a year with each of the credit reporting agencies: Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. You should check it once every 4 mos. from each agency. Equifax measures more accurately than the other two agencies.

Even employers check your credit score and sometimes your facebook profile to see what type of person they would be hiring.




And in other news:

• No school on Jan. 16th (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) or Jan. 23rd (Teacher's Planning Day).
• Applications for Magnet Schools in Dade County are being accepted through Jan. 15. Get your children started on the right track with curriculums in International Studies, Visual & Performing Arts and Math/Science/Technologies. For more info, go to www.miamimagnets.org
• Now is the time to start applying for Summer Camps. Check out Miami Dade Parks Miami Dade Parks Summer Camps or your local YMCA.

Parent Committee Mtg Jan. 11!

• The next Parent Committee meeting will be Weds. Jan.11 at 3:30. We will have a training on Home Ownership and Budgeting. Please park in the lot infront of the CAA (Community Action Agency) Bldg. Feel free to bring children. Tip: Bring crayons and paper, books, puzzles or other quiet toys so children will be occupied.

 

• Applications for Magnet Schools in Dade County are being accepted through Jan. 15. Get your children started on the right track with curriculums in International Studies, Visual & Performing Arts and Math/Science/Technologies. For more information, go to www.miamimagnets.org
• Now is the time to start applying for Summer Camps. Check out Miami Dade Parks Miami Dade Parks Summer Camps or your local YMCA.