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6 people are interested
Neighborhood Family Partner
ORGANIZATION: Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
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6 people are interested
Volunteer Service Description:
The Neighborhood Family Partner (NFP) Program matches volunteers with Habitat families to help create a welcoming climate for homebuyers committed to becoming successful homeowners and engaged citizens in their community.
Responsibilities:
Homebuyer Stage: Meet the Habitat family before they move in to their home. This can be done at a class at Habitat, at the family dedication, or by arranging to get together in the community.
First Year Homeowner Stage: NFPs commit to visit the family four times to complete a questionnaire and maintenance reminder checklist provided by Habitat. NFPs are encouraged to build a relationship by inviting the family to do something outside of the home visits. Some volunteers have attended a community event together, or assisted the family during the Habitat landscaping day.
Long Term Stage: The structured program ends after the first year, but NFPs are encouraged to stay in touch with the family. NFPs are asked to continue to be a resource for homeownership and community connections.
Volunteer Impact:
NFPs are essential in extending welcome to Habitat families especially during their first year of homeownership. NFPs are also helpful in assisting Habitat homeowners with an understanding of home maintenance and settling into their new community. NFPs will be rewarded by observing the Habitat family enjoying their new home and community. NFPs will also form a relationship that will allow for mutual sharing and learning.
Skill Qualifications:
* A member of a community in which Habitat is building new homes
* Ability to engage families in conversation
* An understanding of basic home maintenance
* Ability to connect people to community resources
* A desire to learn from a new neighbor
* An appreciation for people from a variety of cultures
Training & Supervision:
Training will be provided by the Twin Cities Habitat Family Services department on program specifics, as well as the related topics of healthy relationships/boundaries, cultural awareness, and living in an association. Interviews are conducted for this position, and background checks are required.
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About Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Location:
1954 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55104, US
Mission Statement
To eliminate poverty housing from the Twin Cities area and to make decent, affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience.
Description
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity builds homes in partnership with families who demonstrate need and willingness to work with Habitat for Humanity by helping to construct their own housing. With a safe, decent and affordable home to call their own,families are then free to concentrate on parenting, employment, education and community engagement. Each Habitat build provides a setting for people from all walks of life to work side by side in partnership with future homeowners--finding common ground as they create quality, affordable housing.
Twin Cities Habitat relies on volunteer labor and tax deductible contributions of cash, materials, professional services and property to build simple, decent homes with low-incomes families. Working under the principle that no profit should be gained from assisting those in need, Habitat for Humanity charges no interest on the mortgages that it issues to homebuyers. In operation since 1985, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity has built more than 650 homes in the seven-county metro area.
We manage additional homeownership preservation programs that help low-income families keep their homes. The Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program offers assistance to residents of Minneapolis, providing intensive in-person counseling, phone counseling and referrals, negotiation with lenders, and financial assistance. A Brush With Kindness is a neighborhood outreach program offering painting, landscaping, and minor repairs to homes for qualifying low-income homeowners.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
VariousSt. Paul, MN 55104
DATE POSTED
October 2, 2017
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Cross-cultural Communication
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1 year
- Current or former homeowner