FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOME REPAIRS

 

HELPFUL HINTS 

 

·        Start by contacting the neighborhood organization nearest you

·        Ask to speak to the grant person, get their name and note the date

·        Ask what are the qualifications for their grants

·        Explain your situation

·        Ask if you qualify for any grants

·        Ask if there is any grant money available

·        If not, when will there be grant money available

·        Ask if you can fill out an application or be put on their list

·        Ask if they know of any other organizations that have grants

·        Contact another organization on the list

  

Grant money comes and goes real quick. Mark on your calendar to make monthly calls to all the organizations you contacted. Ask for the same person you talked to before. Try to develop a good relationship.          

 

Grant money is very limited. So, if money is not available when you call, don’t give up, just keep trying.

  

Be Persistent.

Be Patient.

Be Polite.

... and, Good Luck!

 

 

THE "FLOWER CITY WORK CAMP" IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM.                    PLEASE CALL CHUCK AT 428-5982 TO BE PUT ON THE APPLICATION LIST FOR THE NEXT YEAR.   ~  Pam 04-02-13

November1st, 2011                                                              Hello All ,                                                                                It’s that time of the year again that the Flower City Work Camp starts accepting application.                                     The Flower City Work Camp is a faith based organization that has been around for over 20 years and that during the Spring recess of 2012 will reach out, with over 500 youth and over 200 adult supervisors, to designated locations and work for three days doing home repairs at no cost to the home owner.                            They are now accepting applications due by December 1^st.                                                                                       To best qualify the applicants must be of low income and have a owner occupied single family home. FCWC is looking for a variety of inside and outside work to keep them busy for three days. They cannot do roof or gutter repairs that are over one story, but that is really the only restriction. All applications will start to be evaluated in December, homes chosen in January/February and work to be completed in April of 2012.                                                          If you would like more information please contact Councilwoman Carla Palumbo’s office at 428-5982. Just give me a name, address and phone number and I will contact the person, explain the program and submit the application . This program really helps some of our most neediest people and really gets results. Last year they worked on over 60 homes. Please help pass the word.                              Chuck Stechna

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Please contact NeighborWorks® Rochester to find out more information about their current programs.   ~  Pam 04-02-13

4/19/11

Hi Pamela,

How are you?  This is Jared from NeighborWorks® Rochester.  I hope the first few weeks of spring have been going well.  I just wanted to send a quick email to remind you about NeighborWorks® Rochester’s home repair program.  This is the time of year that homeowners start thinking about repairs, and I just wanted to make sure that Lyell-Otis residents were still aware of our program.  As a non-profit CDFI, we are more flexible than a traditional bank with our loans, and we offer construction management to ensure that the work is done correctly.  Our program has no income restrictions, but we do have a partial grant for households that qualify based on income.

I also wanted to let Lyell-Otis residents know that NY State is offering free energy audits to households that earn below $130,000 annually.  Residents can feel free to contact us if they are interested in having a free energy audit done.  The audit discloses repairs that will eventually pay for themselves through lower RG&E bills.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or you can forward my information to any residents that are in need of home repair assistance.

Sincerely,

Jared Strohl  

Community Lending Specialist 

NeighborWorks® Rochester 

570 South Avenue

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