The U.S. Housing and Urban Development said 33 public housing agencies in Ohio, including the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority, will receive more than $2 million to link low-income families.

Funded through HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency Program, the department said the grants allow public housing agencies to work with welfare agencies, schools, businesses, and other local partners to “develop a comprehensive program to help individuals” to obtain jobs that pay a living wage.

The funding lets local housing authorities hire coordinators (or caseworkers) to link adults in the Housing Choice Voucher program to local organizations that provide job training, childcare, counseling, transportation and job placement.

The Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority will get $95,252, allowing two positions to be funded, the department said.