Program Information - The Home Connection

Program Information

The transitional housing program requires a family to pay 35 percent of their income to The Home Connection. Of this amount, 25 percent is set aside in an escrow account established for the family. Funds that accrue in the families escrow account is used to pay their past debts, if applicable. The balance is returned to the family when they complete the program. The family can use their funds as a down payment on a home, rent and rent deposit, or other costs they may have when they transition from our program into mainstream housing. The remainder of the 35 percent goes toward utility costs, maintenance, and other program costs.

The Home Connection family program manager works with families to identify the causes of their homelessness and develop a plan, with goals, to remedy those causes and attain economic self-sufficiency.

At least one parent in each family must be working or in an educational or job training program. All adults in the families must be involved in some level of community volunteer work or community activities, and they must also be involved in their children's education and development. The family program manager monitors the family's progress in attaining their goals through monthly home visits and quarterly, yearly and program-end evaluations.