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AARP Foundation Digital Skills Ready @50+  

For CHA residents, ages 50+. 
In partnership with AARP, CHA offers free lectures, workshops, and multi-week technology courses in our Digital Resource Centers. These programs help older adults learn computer basics and develop useful tech skills. 

Interested? Email us at digitalinclusion@thecha.org or call at 312 913-7979 and a staff member will reach out.

Kemena Brooks serves as Chief of Staff at the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). In this role, she supports executive leadership in advancing agency-wide priorities and managing cross-departmental initiatives. She also oversees CHA’s real estate development department, leading efforts to plan, preserve, and deliver affordable and mixed-income housing across the city.

Cheryl Burns serves as Chief Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Officer for the Chicago Housing Authority. Since ascending to that role in 2018, she has overseen the day-to-day management of the HCV program, which serves 47,000 participants and administers 1,165 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV’s). Over a more than 25-year career, Ms. Burns has held affordable housing leadership roles in small, medium and large Public Housing Authorities around the nation.

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