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Program
Success - The Home Connection
- Provides transitional
housing and supportive
services to homeless
families with emphasis
on attaining self-sufficiency
and home ownership.
- Professionals
work with families
to identify the
causes of their
homelessness and
develop a plan,
with goals, to remedy
causes and attain
economic self-sufficiency
within 24 months.
- Is the only program
with single family
homes and duplexes
located in Des Moines
neighborhoods.
- Program owns 21
housing units that
typically serve
25 families per
year.
- Requires at least
one adult working
or in an educational
or job training
program.
- Requires adults
in the families
to be involved in
their children's
education and development
and perform community
volunteer work.
- Requires that
family pays 35%
of their income
to The Home Connection
- 25% is set
aside in an
escrow account
established
for the family.
- Funds that
accrue are used
to pay their
past debts,
if applicable.
- The balance
is returned
to the family
when they complete
the program
to use as a
down payment
on a home, rent
and rent deposit.
- The remainder
goes toward
utility costs,
maintenance,
and other program
costs.
 Familes
Served: 29
Individuals - 119
Children - 82 or
69%
Adults - 37 or 31%
- Family Make-Up:
Single mother -
21 or 73%
Couples - 7 or 24%
Single Father -
1 or 3%
- Race:
White - 61 or 51%
Black/African-American
- 50 or 42%
Black/African-American
& White - 4
or 3%
Asian - 4 or 3%
- Ethnicity:
Hispanic - 23 or
19%
- Eight families
completed the transitional
housing program
during 2008
- Eight or 100%
moved to permanent
housing rental
- Household monthly
income for families
that completed program
in 2008
- Average family
household monthly
income at beginning
of program -
$1,099
- Average family
household monthly
income at completion
of program -
$1,694
- Average family
household monthly
income increase
- $595
- Average family
household monthly
income percentage
increase - 54%
- Household Monthly
Income for Current
Families in 2008
- Average Family
Household Monthly
Income at Beginning
of Program -
$1,115
- Average Family
Household Monthly
Income on 12/2007
- $1,464
- Average Family
Household Monthly
Income Increase
- $349
- Average Household
Monthly Income
Percentage Increase
– 31%
- Of the 37 adults
in the program in
2008
- 17 were employed
- 3 in college
and receiving
FIP
- 11 in college
and employed
- 1 employed
and in job training
- 3 taking English
as a Second
Language classes
- 4 obtained
their GED
- Teens in the
Program
- 2 graduated
from high school
and went on
to college
- 3 honor roll
students
- 3 in Gifted
& Talented
program
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