Family Self-Sufficiency Program

Through its Family Self-Sufficiency Program, the HOPE VI project provides a variety of supportive services to residents planning to occupy the revitalized communities. Residents are assigned to a case manager. Together, case managers and the residents will develop individualized Service Plans. Service Plans establish self-sufficiency goals, such as obtaining a GED, getting a job, or completing a community college degree program. The plans are designed to move residents from public housing to economic self-sufficiency. To reside in the revitalized community, all public housing residents, except seniors, must sign a Contract of Participation in which they agree to work toward the goals in their Service Plan. Case managers then refer residents to one of the more than twenty local agencies and organizations that actually provide the services they need. These services include such assistance as job training and placement, childcare service, transportation assistance, senior activities credit counseling and money management advice, and substance abuse treatment. The following are a few of the local agencies and organizations work with HOPE VI participants and sit on the Community Supportive Service Task Force:

• Goodwill Industries
• Employment Security Commission
• Job Link Center
• Center Point
• Urban League
• Department of Social Services
• Cooperative Extension

To obtain more information about the Family Self-Sufficiency Program and supportive services provided by the HOPE VI project, contact Terrance Gerald at (336) 748-3593 or Rosalind McClelland at (336) 748-3214.