Resident Services

Mission:

“To increase the capacity of resident families to improve quality of life through community partnerships in education, job training, employment, and financial management that promotes self-sufficiency.”

Goal 1: To increase supportive services, community partnerships, and programs that will identify gaps and expand access to resources.

Goal 2: To work with all residents in accomplishing the successful completion of agreed upon goals that lead to self-sufficiency.

Resident Opportunities & Self-Sufficiency (ROSS)

Public Housing residents work with ROSS Service Coordinators who will assess the needs of residents, and coordinate available resources in the community to meet those needs. The ROSS program works to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the Public Housing program with public and private resources, for supportive services and resident empowerment activities. These services should enable participating families to increase earned income, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency, or, in the case of elderly or disabled residents, help improve living conditions and enable residents to age-in-place.