Among the countless short-term and structural social impacts of the economic fallout of the COVID 19 pandemic includes an increase in housing insecurity. A variety of interventions, including eviction moratoriums, have delayed some of the quantitative evidence of increased housing insecurity.  Some of the most successful interventions have included financial support for both the tenant and the landlord alike, yet many of these strategies are difficult to implement at the massive scale required to address the issue. In Oklahoma, two organizations have been on the front-end of addressing the eviction concerns for thousands of families. Community Cares Partners, based in Oklahoma City, and Restore Hope, based in Tulsa, have been transactional leaders in braiding funding from state, local and non-profit sources in an effort to fund current and past-due rent and utilities for those that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.

Ginny Bass Carl, Executive Director of Community Cares Partners has a long history of serving the state through community service and philanthropic efforts, and her leadership has resulted in tens of millions of dollars being utilized to address potential evictions across Oklahoma.

Community Cares Partners (CCP), a program of Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, is making a difference for Oklahomans by assisting individuals and families facing housing crisis and eviction as a result of lost wages or hardship from COVID-19. A public-private partnership, CCP distributes Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) allocated by the State of Oklahoma, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, and Cleveland County to help our neighbors maintain housing stability.